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Marketing Support for the Healthcare & Life Sciences Sector

Helping innovators and institutions connect science with strategy to drive commercial, clinical, and societal impact.

The Marketing Landscape in Healthcare & Life Sciences

This sector operates at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and public trust. Whether you're developing biotech IP, launching a healthtech product, managing a clinical trial, or offering specialised B2B services, marketing must speak with clarity, credibility, and care.

Challenges you might face:

  • Scientific teams often lead commercial efforts without strategic marketing support
  • Messaging can be overly technical or fail to engage buyers and investors
  • Regulatory barriers limit promotional flexibility and channel use
  • Long sales cycles and multi-stakeholder buying journeys slow progress

What Healthcare & Life Sciences Organisations Are Trying to Achieve

At the same time, healthcare and life sciences organisations are under pressure to:

Launch new innovations with credibility and traction
Align commercial messaging with scientific integrity
Secure funding through clearer positioning and market readiness
Scale marketing without compromising compliance or brand trust
Build visibility among clinicians, researchers, investors, and policy-makers

free online audit

Marketing Capability Assessment for Healthcare & Life Sciences Organisations

Take our free online audit to assess your marketing performance across six core capabilities using our proprietary 'BANKSE' framework. It takes just 5-minutes.

What you'll get:

Instant marketing capability score
Personalised report sent to your inbox
Clarity on which marketing areas to prioritise
Complimentary consultation with our experts to discuss your results

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How We Help Healthcare & Life Sciences Clients

We help healthcare and life sciences organisations translate complex science into clear strategy — building credible brands, compliant communications, and commercial momentum in highly regulated, innovation-driven environments.

Featured services:

Fractional CMO

Lead marketing with experience in regulated, technical, and mission-driven environments.

Marketing Audit

Review of marcomms, digital channels, content, and internal capability to identify gaps and compliance risks.

Market Analysis

Uncover demand, segment value, and decision-maker priorities in a fragmented and complex ecosystem.

Meet Our Healthcare & Life Sciences Marketing Expert

Paul has:

  • Advised a global CDMO on repositioning to strengthen its presence in the biotech and pharma markets.
  • Rebuilt a CDMO’s marketing function and supported the recruitment of a high-calibre Head of Marketing whilst mentoring a junior team member.
  • Delivered hands-on technical support for a rapid website rewrite and rebuild, significantly boosting digital traffic and prospect conversion.
"Healthcare and life sciences require agility in a VUCA environment — with the skill to present complex science in ways that engage without oversimplifying.

Paul Mills - Chartered Fractional CMO & Founder of VCMO

Our project was to create a top-level marketing strategy which, once built, we could drive forward ourselves. And I can honestly say the work has been transformational for Yellowtail. After each workshop with VCMO, both Dennis Hall and I would be amazed at how much we'd achieved. We worked hard! But the results are worth it.

Sarah Steele
Operations Director, Yellowtail Financial Planning
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Shout out to Paul Mills who bravely took on running a positioning workshop with us yesterday. Is there anything harder than doing the thing your client does for others for them?! Great work. Really thought provoking, and so important to have facilitated by someone with an external perspective!

Bryony Thomas
CEO, watertight business thinking

Paul is a professional strategic marketeer who is able to apply his expertise with marketing budgets large and small. The commercial impact of Shaw & Co's rebrand, which was initiated, designed and implemented by Paul, has been to differentiate us positively in a sector where few have succeeded. He delivers what he promises, on time and on/under budget, to a high quality. Paul made a positive impact on our business that will last.

Rod Leefe
chair, shaw & co

VCMO's audit brought clarity to a complex set of challenges. They cut through the noise and delivered a clear, prioritised roadmap that we could act on immediately. Their ability to engage across teams and translate insight into action was exactly what we needed.

Dr. Ross Burn
Co-founder, Catsci limited  
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Lydia possesses a deep understanding of marketing strategies and has consistently delivered exceptional results. Her ability to analyse market trends, create engaging campaigns, and drive customer acquisition is truly impressive. Her dedication, attention to detail, and strong communication skills make her an invaluable asset to any organisation. I cannot recommend Lydia enough for her expertise, professionalism, and exceptional work ethic.

Alan Leckey
Business Consultant, CCO - the Collaboration Company  

Paul Mills wasn't just an outsourced marketing leader — he was a mentor. His support helped me enhance my technical marketing skills and shape a more strategic mindset, as well as build my  confidence with senior leadership and deliver higher-impact work. He is dependable and skillful, and his guidance has made me feel more capable and prepared for future challenges.

Caitlin Daniels
marketing manager, catsci limited
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VCMO brings knowledge, insight and practical experience to the table, but also something else, which is quite rare, the unwavering commitment to finishing the job without compromising on the quality of the output. Their work for Yellowtail has been exemplary and we're seeing the results already.

Dennis Hall
founder, yellowtail financial planning

Ruth brought great experience and insight to my firm over many years. Her considered and thoughtful approach to problem solving are a real strength and her experience of marketing and business development in the legal sector was invaluable.

Gavin Tyler
Managing Partner, Cripps

VCMO helped us think beyond our capabilities and reframe how we communicate the true value of what we do. Paul's workshop unlocked fresh ideas resulting in a more strategic approach to our content plan and go-to-market materials. The quality of the output and power of the messaging is really impressive.

Peter Ridgway
Business Development Director, Reach Separations
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VCMO has been instrumental in reshaping how we approach marketing at Lucent. Their strategic clarity, attention to detail, and ability to deliver at pace have been exceptional. Paul's embedded himself seamlessly into the team and quickly earned trust — not just from me, but from our wider staff and partners. The website and content strategy he led have already started delivering results, and I now feel far more confident in how we grow the business over the coming years.

Steven Rowe
Founder - Lucent Financial Planning
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VCMO helped me find the words and structure to communicate what I do — and who I do it for — in a way that finally connects. I’ve had more inbound enquiries since the website relaunch than in the previous two years.

Lee Spencer
aka The rowing marine
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Ready to build marketing that matches your innovation? Let’s align your science with a strategic narrative — and deliver marketing that makes impact measurable.

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