CANNES LIONS 2019: Big wins for Asia as McCann Health Shanghai & IMPACT BBDO, Dubai win Pharma and Print&Publishing Grand Prix

The first day of Cannes Lions 2019 Awards has just ended and the results are in. Big wins for the Asia Region as McCann Health Shanghai takes home Healthcare Agency of the Year as well as winning the Pharma Lions Grand Prix for “Breath of Life”. IMPACT BBDO, Dubai also nabs the Print & Publishing Grand Prix for AN-NAHAR Newspaper’s  “The Blank Edition”.

Congratulations to @mccann_health Shanghai, you’ve won the #CannesLions Healthcare Agency of the Year!! pic.twitter.com/ylY5iInp9R

— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) June 17, 2019

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The #CannesLions Print & Publishing Grand Prix goes to @Impact_BBDO for The Blank Edition, a campaign for An-Nahar! Congratulations on the FIRST EVER Print & Publishing Grand Prix for UAE! pic.twitter.com/627wri3lKD

— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) June 17, 2019

There were a total of 19 winners in the Asia region for tonight’s awarding including Cheil Worldwide HongKong, Ogilvy Group Thailand, TBWA\INDIA Mumbai, CHEIL PENGTAI Beijing, TBWA\HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE Seoul, DENTSU INC. Tokyo, BBDO BANGKOK and BBDO PAKISTAN.

The categories announced tonight are as follows: Pharma Lions, Health & Wellness Lions, Outdoor Lions, Design Lions and Print & Publishing Lions.

Congratulations to all the winners!

PHARMA LIONS WINNERS

Congratulations to @mccann_health, Shanghai… Your Breath of Life campaign for @GSK has won the Pharma Grand Prix at #CannesLions pic.twitter.com/YHFWsBOXnR

— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) June 17, 2019

McCann Health Shanghai bags the top awards as the group is named Healthcare Agency of the Year, as well as winning the Pharma Lions GRAND PRIX and a Gold Lions for their work for GlaxoSmithKline Cronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness (COPD) entitled “Breath of Life”.

For full list of winners under Pharma Lions, click here.

PRINT & PUBLISHING LIONS WINNERS

IMPACT BBDO, Dubai wins the Print & Publishing Grand Prix for An-Nahar Newspaper’s  “The Blank Edition”.

Bronze Lions:

• CHEIL WORLDWIDE HONG KONG for Chupa Chups “Homework”
• CHEIL WORLDWIDE HONG KONG for Chupa Chups “Music”
• CHEIL WORLDWIDE HONG KONG for Chupa Chups “Tidy-Up”
• OGILVY GROUP THAILAND, Bangkok for LEGO “ SPACESHIP DKSH (THAILAND)”
• OGILVY GROUP THAILAND, Bangkok for LEGO “DRAGON DKSH (THAILAND)”
• OGILVY GROUP THAILAND, Bangkok for LEGO “EMPIRE STATES DKSH (THAILAND)”
• TBWA\INDIA, Mumbai for NEUROGEN BRAIN AND SPINE INSTITUTE “One Mindful Mind”

For full list of winners under Print & Publishing Lions, click here.

HEALTH & WELLNESS LIONS WINNERS

Bronze Lions:

• CHEIL PENGTAI, Beijing / CHEIL WORLDWIDE HONG KONG for Samsung’s “BACK2LIFE”
• TBWA\INDIA, Mumbai for NEUROGEN BRAIN AND SPINE INSTITUTE “One Mindful Mind”

For full list of winners under Health & Wellness Lions, click here.

DESIGN LION WINNERS

Silver Lions: 

• TBWA\HAKUHODO INC., Tokyo for “The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders” 
• INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE, Seoul for Hyundai Motor Group’s “The Quiet Taxi”

Bronze Lions:

• DENTSU INC., Tokyo for East Japan Railway’s “GET BACK, TOHOKU.”
• DENTSU INC., Tokyo for Dentsu Advertising Awards 2018 “Aspiration & Perspiration”
• BBDO PAKISTAN, Lahore for Berger Paints “Truck Art Childfinder”
• BBDO PAKISTAN, Lahore for UN Women “The Bridal Uniform”
• BBDO BANGKOK for HOMEPRO’S “7:1 Furniture Collection”

For full list of winners under Health & Wellness Lions, click here.

OUTDOOR LIONS

Unfortunately, no Asian agency made it to the list of winners under the Outdoor Lions category. For full list of winners however, you can click here.