Human Resources: Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting: The Best Formula For ‘Right-Fit’ Candidates

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – October 8, 2007 – Publicis Selling Solutions Group, the
leading   provider   of outsourced sales and marketing solutions, has
introduced Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting, a new division dedicated to
helping pharmaceutical, biotech, and other healthcare companies find the
best possible “right fit” candidates. Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting and
Publicis Selling Solutions Group are part of the Publicis Healthcare
Communications Group.

“One of the unique distinctions of Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting is our
staff of industry-experienced recruiters,” said Steve DeMorro, VP of HR and
Recruiting and Managing Director of Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting.
“We’ve been in the shoes of human resource professionals, their candidates,
and hiring managers.   We have had experience as pharma and biotech
representatives,   sales   managers, trainers, HR managers and – most
importantly – recruiters. We have a broad array of therapeutic and product
expertise.”

Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting’s proprietary Rxecruiting Selection Process
™ includes:

   Conducting Rxecruiting Temperature Checks™ with hiring managers to
      ensure full understanding of their needs and expectations
   Seeking out high-performing, talented “passive candidates” who are not
      actively looking for new positions, through sophisticated methods
      such as advanced Internet recruiting strategies (AIRS)
   Employing highly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence to
      include conceptual mapping and cloning to find candidates that
      uniquely fit a client’s specific profile
   Demonstrating a strong commitment and passion for diversity recruiting,
      as well as significant diversity search experience and resources
   Deploying our unique Legends™ recruiting methodology when candidates are
      needed with strong relationships in the local medical community
   Using the Predictive Index® to benchmark characteristics of a client’s
      most successful employees

About Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting

Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting is a premier recruiter for the
pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare industries.
Publicis Healthcare Rxecruiting’s team of industry-experienced recruiters
specialize in finding the best possible “right fit” candidates for each
client’s unique culture, core competencies, and performance standards.
Website: www.publicisrecruiting.com.

About Publicis Selling Solutions Group

Publicis Selling Solutions Group (PSSG) offers a comprehensive range of
innovative, strategic and fully integrated selling solutions to the
pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries through its
companies, which include Publicis Selling Solutions, Arista Marketing
Associates, Pharmagistics, and Total Learning Concepts. With offices in
Lawrenceville, NJ, Somerset, NJ, Blue Bell, PA, and Boston, MA, Publicis
Selling Solutions Group works with clients to design customized sales and
marketing solutions.
Websites: www.psellingsolutions.com, www.aristamktg.com,
www.pharmagistics.com, www.tlconline.com.

About Publicis Healthcare Communications Group

Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), a member of Publicis
Groupe SA, is one of the largest healthcare communications groups in the
world, with over 2,700 employees located in 10 countries. Worldwide
healthcare services include advertising, medical education, sales and
marketing, and medical and scientific affairs. PHCG offers its clients a
strategic partnership, a strong focus on ensuring value for their marketing
spend, and exceptional performance on their assignments.
Website: www.publicishealthcare.com.

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577 and NYSE: PUB) is the world's
fourth largest communications group and its second largest media counsel
and buying group. With activities spanning 104 countries on five
continents, Publicis employs approximately 40,000 professionals. Its
activities include advertising, through three autonomous global
networks—Leo Burnett, Publicis and Saatchi & Saatchi—and through its two
multi-hub networks, Fallon Worldwide and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty;
media consultancy and buying through two worldwide networks,
ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and marketing services and
specialized communications including direct marketing, public relations,
corporate and financial communications, event communications, multicultural
and healthcare communications.
Web sites: www.publicisgroupe.com and www.finance.publicisgroupe.com