A retained, continuing partnership for the Medical-Legal-Regulatory review and certification of your promotional and non-promotional materials — so compliance expertise is in place whenever your teams need it, not just for a single project.
Certification is not a one-off task. Materials are created, updated and re-certified throughout a product's life, and each item needs an appropriately qualified signatory available when it is ready for review. A retained arrangement keeps that expertise continuously in place.
Every retained arrangement is tailored to your organisation's needs, taking into account anticipated material review volumes, therapeutic complexity and the level of support required.
We agree the scope, review arrangements and commercial terms with you before work begins, providing a practical and flexible approach to ongoing Final Signatory and MLR support.
Internal signatory capacity can be stretched by leave, vacancies, launches and peaks in material volume. Ongoing cover provides a consistent reviewer who becomes familiar with your products, your claims and your previous approvals.
Certified materials that remain in use need to be re-certified at the intervals the ABPI Code requires, and reviewed again whenever prescribing information, the evidence base or the competitive landscape changes. A retained signatory helps keep these cycles on track.
A single, continuing point of compliance judgement helps keep the application of the ABPI Code consistent across brands, channels and teams, reducing the risk that comes from variable interpretation.
Ongoing cover spans the review and certification workflow — from early compliance input on draft materials through to final sign-off and re-certification.
Medical-Legal-Regulatory review and ABPI Final Signatory certification of promotional materials, with clear, actionable feedback where changes are needed.
Review and certification of non-promotional materials, checking that they remain appropriately non-promotional in content, context and intended use.
Evidence grading, reference verification, and fair balance assessment, so that claims are defensible, references are accurate, and risk information is appropriately presented.
Our signatory and MLR service is led by Dr. Anzal Qurbain (MBBS, BSc (Hons), MBA, FFPM), a GMC registered pharmaceutical physician with over 26 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and a seasoned ABPI Final Signatory.
Previous Final ABPI Signatory roles have spanned CVS and Anaemia, Immunology, Rare Diseases, Respiratory, Dermatology, and MS.
Where materials are adapted across markets, ABPI, EFPIA, PhRMA, IPHA, and FDA/EMA requirements can be considered alongside UK certification.
Tell us about your portfolio, your current review workflow and where you need support, and we can discuss how a retained arrangement could work for your team.