Pharmaceuticals

Complexity like never before.

There's a confluence of challenges facing today's pharmaceutical brands, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Marketing teams need to be ready to respond.

Pressures of speed and scale

The urgency to innovate and launch new drugs is ever-present. Brands must reach a growing number of health care providers, payers, and patients with personalized content and experiences. Global markets demand both consistency and nuance. Marketing messages must be created and adapted quickly to address evolving needs and competitor actions.

Tension between compliance and agility

In pharma marketing, a thorough Medical, Legal, and Regulatory review is critical to ensure that drug information follows FDA direction. But, the exacting demands of the MLR review often slow marketing workflows and challenge agile marketing operations. This creates a tension between the need for strict compliance and the drive for rapid delivery.

More work, fewer resources

Pharmaceutical Marketing Teams are further strained by tightening budgets, leaner teams, and shorter timelines to get everything done. They’re being asked to do more with less, and to do it faster than ever.

How we help pharmaceutical brands

As a leading pharma marketing agency, we partner with global pharmaceutical companies to streamline creative operations, scale their content, and get campaigns to market faster.

Modular Content

With reusable content modules, pharma marketers can reduce costs, accelerate approvals, and develop content at record speed. We're your partner in navigating the process, people, and technology elements of modular content strategies. We'll help you create a reusable, scalable content library and build generative AI into your workflows, enabling you to deliver new tactics more efficiently.

MLR Process Efficiency

MLR reviews can stall your marketing efforts without a strategic approach. Our deep industry knowledge and marketing operations expertise combine to deliver highly effective MLR reviews and secure first-round approvals for our clients. This translates to faster message delivery and quicker time to market.

Pharmaceutical Compliance

The pharma industry demands specialized marketing knowledge alongside operations mastery. We empower agile teams by handling tasks like annotating tactics, maintaining reference libraries, and project managing the FDA pre-submission process. This frees marketers to focus on their core strengths: crafting impactful marketing strategies.

Agency Partnership

Forget rigid agency of record (AOR) structures. Unlike a traditional AOR, we're the pharma agency partner that brings our expertise to adapt to your workflow and scales our support seamlessly. Our team becomes experts in your brand, tailoring solutions that integrate effortlessly. This streamlines your process and empowers you with the marketing agility you need to thrive in today's landscape.

The idea that compliance and agility can't coexist in pharmaceuticals marketing is a myth. With smart strategies and innovative technologies, we can uphold strict regulatory standards without sacrificing the speed and creativity needed to connect with our audiences. It's what elevates pharma marketing to new heights, and it's what we do everyday with our clients.

Tom Reynolds

SVP, Service and Delivery, Aquent Studios

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