CommonHealth's Thomas Ferguson Associates Announces Advancements and New Additions.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004

Thomas Ferguson Associates (TFA), CommonHealth's founding professional advertising and promotion unit, today announced three promotions and three new hires within its ranks.

CommonHealth (www.commonhealth.com) is the world's leading healthcare-communications resource and a WPP Group (LSE: WPPL.L; NASDAQ/ADR: WPPGY; www.wpp.com) company.

Promotions:

-- Lori Mathews and Sherry Novembre have been promoted to account

group supervisors from account supervisors. In their new role,

each will continue to oversee the daily activities for their

assigned accounts, manage internal team members and contribute

to new business opportunities.

-- Janine Wentz has advanced to group art supervisor from group

art director. She will direct the development and production

of marketing materials for her assigned account.

New Hires:

-- Jigna Baranello and Sergio Dente have joined Thomas Ferguson

Associates as account supervisors. Immediately prior, Ms.

Baranello was employed as a senior account executive with The

Eden Communications Group in Maplewood, and Mr. Dente was a

senior account executive at DVC Worldwide in Morristown.

-- Louis Vaccaro has been hired as a senior art director.

Previously, he was an art director/graphic designer at The

Seibel Group in Princeton.

CommonHealth comprises Thomas Ferguson Associates, Adient, The Quantum Group, Noesis Healthcare Interactions, Carbon Healthcare Communications, The Xchange Group, Solara, Health Learning Systems, ProCom International, The Conectics Group, MBS/Vox, Enterprise IG Health, EinsonHealth, MD/Salud, Shire Health New York, CommonHealth Europe, CommonHealth Australia and CommonHealth Kyowa.

CommonHealth also has partnerships with the following companies: Ogilvy Healthcare Network, Media Marketing Solutions, Medical Broadcasting Company (MBC) and PDI.