Havas Lynx, a healthcare communications agency with a full-service global offering and almost 400 multidisciplinary specialists, is celebrating 40 years in the industry!

Starting out in 1986 as a team of two in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, Havas Lynx has much to celebrate, having grown to become an international healthcare communications agency with offices in Manchester, London and New York.

The agency, founded by Stuart Wilson in 1986, brings together fresh perspectives, creative thinking and a progressive approach to partner with clients, healthcare professionals and patients to find solutions for the modern-day healthcare landscape.
“Reaching 40 years is all credit to the brilliant people who’ve built Havas Lynx and kept pushing us forward,” said CEO Claire Knapp.

“This milestone isn’t just about how long we’ve been here, but what we’ve stood for along the way – making an impact that matters for our brands, our people, and our world. Over four decades the industry has changed dramatically and we’ve evolved with it – meeting new challenges head-on and rethinking how we work and how we innovate.”

After first opening its doors on Oldham Street, as Creative Link, the company rapidly established itself as a trailblazer in the healthcare sector, out-pitching bigger, international marketing and design agencies to win high profile contracts.

Notably, working on the first gold standard Alzheimer’s disease treatment, the first fully integrated pharma campaign to harness social media, an EFGR disease awareness campaign that changed NICE guidelines, and the world’s first photochromic poster for Cancer Research UK. Not to mention developing the first brain emoji – getting the world talking about brain health in a language we all speak.

The company merged in 2012 with global integrated advertising agency, Havas, and today maintains its position as a leading player in the Havas Health Network. It now employs almost 400 creatives across Manchester, London and New York, making it the biggest creative healthcare department in Europe.

The 2025 launch of Havas Village Manchester, taking up two floors of Bruntwood’s No.3 Circle Square, saw Lynx come together with five other Manchester-based Havas agencies, further enhancing collaboration amid the city’s talent and creative pool.

Supporting collaboration across the life sciences sector, Amiculum has become a member of Bionow, joining a collaborative community that plays an important role in bringing together life sciences organisations across the north of the UK.

At a time when early-stage innovation is advancing rapidly and development decisions can carry long-term impact, strong regional networks like Bionow are essential for fostering progress and collective learning. The agency is excited to be part of a network that supports connection and knowledge sharing across the region where it has a strong presence, including offices in Manchester, Bollington, Newcastle and Dundee.

Amiculum, an independent healthcare communications agency, has teams in key locations worldwide that amplify the scientific advances that transform healthcare, taking its clients’ science and creates evidence-based narratives that ignite understanding and inspire action across the healthcare community.

With 300 team members worldwide, Amiculum works with life-science companies across the globe from the early stages of drug development, helping teams shape clear, strategic foundations that support confident decision-making and drive faster, smoother progression through development milestones.