Commercial Teams

Execute commercial strategy with precision—at scale

Drive brand awareness, boost prescription volumes and gain deep insights into patient and prescriber needs—all while managing tight deadlines and multiple high-stakes projects with limited resources.

Are scattered tools slowing down your critical commercial activities?

Commercial teams and their agency partners waste hours switching between disjointed tools—manually updating spreadsheets, copy-pasting speaker information, and chasing down approvals.

Each program creates another data silo, making it impossible to see your brand’s full impact. This hidden productivity tax costs market share.

One platform—and partner—that finally connects your commercial activities

 

ExtendMed’s Health Expert Connect™ platform eliminates the endless sprawl of tools by centralizing every aspect of your commercial operations. From speaker program logistics to congress management to market research, everything lives in one place.

Your team can focus on what matters most: driving brand awareness and building meaningful relationships with healthcare providers. Commercial teams work with us when they want to execute their strategies with precision and measurable impact.

A few key commercial capabilities at a glance

Congress and conference event support

We build and manage registration sites that actually work, handle venue logistics without the back-and-forth emails, schedule 1:1 meetings through an intuitive interface and generate comprehensive reports that show real impact.

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Speaker programs

We deploy speaker training that tracks completion, manage slides and assets in one searchable library, track attendance without manual data entry and handle venue management systematically.

Learn more about speaker programs

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Webcasts, podcasts and videos

We provide content creation and editing tools, manage distribution channels, track engagement with analytics and integrate efforts with other marketing initiatives.

Learn more about webcasts, podcasts and videos

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Market testing

We equip you with survey design and distribution tools, real-time data collection and analysis, customizable reporting features and integration with other market research initiatives.

Learn more about market testing

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Journey mapping and message testing

We deliver the latest in interactive journey mapping capabilities, conduct message testing across various channels, integrate stakeholder feedback and provide data-driven insights for strategy refinement.

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Run speaker programs your way—full-service or self-managed

Whether you want us to handle everything or prefer to run programs in-house, our Health Expert Connect™ platform adapts to your needs.

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Full-service partnership

End-to-end planning, stakeholder communications and execution without adding headcount. Perfect for teams without dedicated event staff, organizations new to speaker programs or those seeking white-glove service with strategic guidance. We manage setup so you can focus on strategy.

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Self-managed platform

For experienced teams running hundreds of speaker programs, get full control with automated workflows, smart targeting tools and robust analytics plus integration support. Ideal for pharma teams with event expertise, agencies managing multiple clients or high-volume programs. We’ll set up and train in month one, integrate and launch in month two.

Both options run on the same powerful compliance-ready platform so you can deliver high-impact speaker programs with less friction and more results.

Prefer a partner, not just another tool?

We plan the journey, facilitate live and async work, and deliver decision‑ready outputs. You get the value of Health Expert Connect™ without taking on implementation.

  • Kickoff, close and an async core that drives depth
  • Rosters, outreach, NPI and licensing
  • Moderated threads with prompts and evidence
  • Virtual or onsite with polls and Q&A
  • AI‑cited summaries, evaluation dashboards and briefs
  • Timesheets, fixed and group expenses, Sunshine exports
  • Optional ties to Veeva, Salesforce and Concur
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Agency collaboration

We support agencies with full back-end management, co-branded portals, white-labeled logins, and shared dashboards—so your client remains front and center while we handle the tech and compliance.

See how we help teams like yours

Mediar Therapeutics needed rapid, cross-functional insights in fibrosis. We convened a virtual advisory board of top experts, facilitated real-time collaboration and fast-tracked the feedback loop.

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A global oncology biopharma used Health Expert Connect™ to orchestrate 1:1s, a dinner forum and follow-ups across ASCO and EHA—centralizing schedules, compliance tracking and KOL analytics to deepen relationships at scale.

An inflammatory-disease company expanding into nephrology ran asynchronous boards, surveys and chart audits to learn the market fast, refine messaging and engage specialists every six weeks—accelerating entry with lower spend.

A small pharma prepping first launch scaled stakeholder engagement with a lean team, mixing virtual meetings and ongoing discussion to surface payer hurdles and patient insights early, de-risk and beat rivals to key KOLs.

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Jaime Arvizo Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs

In 25 years of working with vendors, ExtendMed stands at the top of the list. They’re strategic partners, arming my staff with vital statistics and sharing their experience and ideas for the future. They’re nimble and they understand our business. They’ve anticipated issues, recommended new directions and implemented our decisions efficiently.”

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Vice President, Group Account DirectorGlobal Medical Comms Firm

We feel your team does the best job out of any vendor we have used for virtual advisory boards.”

Dr. Michael Chang Vice President, Medical Affairs

The virtual format enables more frequent touchpoints while reducing time commitments for busy specialists. We can build relationships and confidence across multiple specialty areas in ways that traditional in-person meetings never could. The platform makes it possible to engage specialists who would never attend a weekend conference but will participate in targeted discussions relevant to their practice."

Better commercial engagements in just three steps

Nobody wants to gamble on a complicated new system. That’s why we’ve made getting started with ExtendMed simple and supportive—from first conversation to long-term success.

Express your interest

Fill out the form below so we can understand your speaker program goals, challenges, and priorities.

Get a tailored demo

We tailor a demo to your needs. If we’re a fit we’ll work closely with your team to craft and deliver successful programs

Have better engagements

Save time planning, organizing and facilitating productive interactions.

A few FAQs

Still have questions? Here are answers to the most common ones we hear from clients exploring Health Expert Connect™.

How does ExtendMed complement our existing medical communications agency?

We work alongside your medical communications agency, not against them. While your agency excels at content development and messaging strategy, we provide the specialized healthcare technology platform to execute and manage your engagement programs efficiently. Instead of your agency piecing together different tools like Zoom, Survey Monkey, and email for each project, ExtendMed offers a comprehensive platform that handles virtual advisory boards, speaker programs and expert engagement in one integrated system. This allows your agency to focus on what they do best—content and strategy—while we handle the technology and logistics.

What's the difference between using ExtendMed versus managing speaker programs and advisory boards in-house?

Managing programs in-house means handling contracting, training, logistics, compliance, financial tracking and reporting as separate processes. ExtendMed provides an end-to-end platform that manages the entire workflow from speaker contracting to final analytics. You're getting expert program management, compliance tracking, payment processing and detailed reporting that demonstrates ROI—not just a virtual meeting platform.

How does ExtendMed support our marketing initiatives differently than other platforms?

Our platform lets you share marketing videos, patient brochures and promotional materials for expert feedback; track which content resonates with different speaker segments; and build a comprehensive view of your KOL activities. We understand commercial teams focus on metrics like script growth and market penetration.

Can ExtendMed handle both advisory boards and speaker bureau programs?

Yes, we support both with distinct workflows. For advisory boards, we handle advisor contracting, meeting facilitation, insight collection and reporting. For speaker programs, we manage the full lifecycle including training, presentation management, program execution, expense reporting and performance analytics. Both feed into your commercial strategy and provide different value for market education and relationship building.

How does ExtendMed ensure compliance and streamline financial management for our programs?

We have built-in compliance tracking and approval workflows for pharmaceutical marketing requirements. The platform manages speaker contracts, tracks HCP payments, handles expense reporting with receipt uploads and ensures all activities meet industry guidelines. Everything flows through one platform with audit trails and automated reporting, reducing compliance risk while saving administrative time.

What kind of insights and analytics does ExtendMed provide for commercial programs?

We provide comprehensive analytics that help demonstrate program ROI and optimize future initiatives. You can track speaker performance, measure audience engagement, analyze which marketing materials generate positive feedback and see geographic and therapeutic trends. The platform generates executive-ready reports that connect your engagement activities to commercial objectives, helping you make data-driven decisions about resource allocation and program strategy.

Ready to improve your commercial engagements?

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