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Pharma marketing has reached the digital-majority era

The industry that built its commercial model on television and the field visit now operates in a digital-majority reality: digital channels carry more than three-quarters of US healthcare and pharma ad spend, social media spend is overtaking linear TV, and regulators have placed DTC advertising under formal enforcement. Winning brands are not simply reallocating budget; they are rebuilding the marketing operating model, governing consumer media, HCP engagement and compliance as one system, and holding every partner to measurable value. VA helps pharmaceutical leaders orchestrate that ecosystem, optimise the media budget and prove ROI.
75.9%
Digital share of US pharma ad spend, 2025
$24.77B
US healthcare & pharma digital ad spend, 2025
100+
FDA letters on misleading DTC ads, Sept 2025
40%
HCP channel preference still face-to-face
Case study

Reinvention in action

Selected client work and measurable outcomes.
Value added

How VA supports pharma marketing

Marketing operating model

  • Central, regional and local governance
  • Brand and HCP-channel investment coordination
  • Decision rights and ways of working
  • Budget allocation and guardrails

Media investment governance

  • Ecosystem audit and spend mapping (digital, HCP media, social)
  • Media-inflation and CPM benchmarking
  • Rationalisation of duplicated buys and channels
  • One governed view of investment

Agency and partner ecosystem

  • Roster design and rationalisation
  • In-house versus external capability
  • Remuneration aligned to outcomes
  • Pitch and tender (RFQ, bid governance)

Content, production and launch

  • Global-to-local content and adaptation
  • Production model and cost baseline
  • Launch orchestration (timing and embargo)
  • Modular, reusable assets

Performance and value measurement

  • Holistic measurement across digital and traditional
  • Cost saving vs cost avoidance
  • ROI and value reporting
  • E3 method: Efficiency, Excellence, Ecosystem