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SAKS Health is your go-to independent healthcare communications agency. Our leadership team brings over 125 years of combined experience, especially in rare disease, oncology, and specialty pharma.
We are built from the tenets of our success to enable Better Healthcare Tomorrow™
Strategy
The foundation of our approach. Every partnership is solidified with sound rationales and compliant guidance to activate each brand’s unique definition of success.
Agility
Healthcare communications never stops evolving. The experience of our staff empowers us to pivot, to be flexible and nimble, and to control your response to unexpected challenges and opportunities.
Knowledge
The healthcare landscape is a broad and complex ecosystem that continues to innovate while its challenges grow. We immerse ourselves in the business of healthcare to help our partners navigate timely solutions.
Service
Service is part of our DNA. We rightsize our team to support each partnership. Every member of our team works collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, internal and external, to reach our collective goals.
Our customized teams are focused on partnering with clients from strategic planning and development through market and stakeholder activation. SAKS Health offers an integrated model that can be implemented globally across the following practices and solutions:
Market Access
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Value & Access Strategy/Planning
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Reimbursement Initiatives & Support
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Advisory Boards & Value Resources
Brand Marketing
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Brand Positioning & Messaging
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Creative Development & Execution
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Omnichannel Launch Campaigns
Medical Communications
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Scientific Platforms & Publication Planning
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Ad Boards & KOL Engagements
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Speaker Bureaus & Congress Planning
Media
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Digital & Print Media Planning
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SEO/SEM & Social Media
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Analytics & Reporting
With more than 125 years' combined healthcare and life sciences experience across our leadership team, SAKS Health is poised to become your independent healthcare strategy and communications partner.
Khawar Khokhar,
Founder and CEO, SAKS Health
Khawar Khokhar
Founder & CEO
Khawar has over 25 years of experience in healthcare marketing, market access, and communications strategic planning and activation. He founded SAKS Health in 2017 to provide unique strategic and creative market solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health system and health & wellness client partners. Khawar knows what it takes to be successful, starting his healthcare career at Cigna and founding five healthcare agencies and divisions across the industry. Having launched over 25 brands and businesses in healthcare, including in the US and Global markets, his leadership and guidance across all marketing, communication strategy and commercialization efforts, drives our success.
Steve Toman
Senior Vice President
Director of Client Services
With over 20 years in market access, medical communications, and healthcare planning and execution, Steve provides expert consulting and communication services to support our clients. Steve is responsible for managing client relationships and partnering with internal and client teams to activate strategy through tactical execution. In his career, Steve has launched over a dozen brands to market access decision makers and medical communication stakeholders. He has led cross functional teams in the development and execution of professional education and advocacy development programs across a wide range of specialty therapeutic areas.
Marilyn Gury, DDS
Vice President
Client Service Director
With over 20 years in medical communications, Marilyn draws from both her clinical and client services background to help translate scientific information into customer-focused solutions. Marilyn's focus has been on the strategic planning and tactical execution of publications; thought leader identification and management; advisory board and working group meetings; and speaker training in numerous therapeutic areas. As a former clinician, she has a broad understanding of the professional audience and how best to approach these individuals. And, in her client services role, Marilyn brings a unique perspective – offering creative solutions to client challenges while managing expectations.
Philip Reynolds
Vice President
Creative Director
Philip develops creative strategies and executions that let brands communicate with people in meaningful ways. For over 20 years, he has connected with provider, patient, and payer audiences in healthcare by translating data into impactful messages, visualizations, and experiences. With a love of collaborative problem-solving, he has helped clients launch multiple life-changing brands across diverse therapeutic areas. Philip has been the creative lead for numerous pharmaceutical product launches, including Brand marketing and market access, and his leadership across all aspects of content execution has been recognized by multiple industry awards.
Donna Schroeder, PharmD
Vice President
Medical Director
Donna has more than three decades of experience in medical affairs spanning clinical practice, academia, pharmaceutical leadership, and scientific consulting. She has led U.S. and global medical strategy and scientific initiatives across the product lifecycle, with expertise in translational medicine, immuno-oncology, hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, rare diseases, and precision medicine. As the lead for medical communications and medical affairs strategy at SAKS Health, Donna enjoys helping organizations navigate complex scientific and strategic challenges, translating evolving evidence into clear, actionable medical strategies. She has partnered with cross-functional teams to develop evidence-generation strategies, medical communications, advisory boards, publications, launch planning, and scientific engagement that ultimately improve patient care.
Cynthia Glass
Director
Program Management
With over 15 years’ experience supporting life sciences clients with information and tools for healthcare decision-makers, payers, physicians, and internal sales teams, Cindy has fine-tuned the ins-and-outs of operations for marketing tactics, medical communications activation, non-personal promotions, and conference management. Cindy has successfully led cross-functional teams and managed print and digital projects on strategy, on time, and on budget. As the program management leader for SAKS Health, Cindy has also maintained commercial and regulatory groups’ data management tools including Veeva Vault and Datavision. Her wide therapeutic experience includes immunology, infectious disease, CNS, oncology, psychiatry, and vaccines.