Fingerpaint, a full-service health and wellness marketing firm with a global team of more than 580 people, has acquired Splice, a healthcare communications business based in Emeryville, California. Fingerpaint is known for its innovative and data-driven approach to providing analytics-enabled, integrated marketing solutions to a growing roster of healthcare clients, specifically in the pharmaceutical, rare disease, and gene therapy sectors. Knox Lane, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, is a strategic investor in Fingerpaint.

Lucid Group has acquired the US-based strategic brand consultants, DiD. This union will strengthen Lucid Group’s existing presence in the US and its ability to provide a compelling strategic, creative and digital offering globally. It is a large step forward for Lucid to advance its mission to improve global health outcomes by building an integrated suite of industry-leading capabilities to better address complex healthcare challenges. Founded in 2007, Lucid Group is a strategic healthcare communications company committed to advancing patient health outcomes.

Celebrity Fight Night Foundation, an internationally recognized philanthropic organization that has generated more than $90 million in charitable funding throughout its 27-year history, is merging with Gateway for Cancer Research, a global sponsor of innovative, patient-centric, clinical cancer research.

Internet Brands, a KKR portfolio company and owner of WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”), a leader in health information services for physicians and consumers, today announced an agreement to acquire PulsePoint Inc., a leading technology company using real-time data to unlock and activate health insights. Internet Brands’ acquisition of PulsePoint accelerates its expansion into the healthcare marketing technology space, adding enhanced programmatic and data capabilities across its portfolio of companies.

Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced Tuesday its acquisition of Deft Research, LLC (“Deft Research”), the healthcare industry’s leading source for consumer and market data. Over the last 15 years, Deft Research has developed a full suite of market research services that offer invaluable insights into the senior and commercial market as well as overall healthcare industry trends.