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Pharmaceutical manufacturers · Social media

Show partners and procurement teams a plant they would trust with their name.

Social media marketing for a pharmaceutical manufacturer is a company presence aimed at partners, stockists and procurement teams, not at patients. GullySales works on what the profile shows about the plant, the team and the range, within the rules that govern promoting medicines.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Pharmaceutical staff inspect sealed medicine packs in a cleanroom

What social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For pharmaceutical manufacturers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The audience is the trade, not the patient”

    A franchise seeker and a hospital buyer want to see a real plant, a quality team and an active company. Posts that speak to patients drift into promotion of medicines, which is where the risk sits.

  • “The plant is the best proof and it stays hidden”

    Manufacturing floors, laboratories and dispatch areas answer the question every partner holds: does this company make what it says. Photographed with permission and without product claims, they carry more weight than a stock banner.

  • “Platform choice follows the buyer”

    Pharma trade buyers and tender officers spend time on professional networks, while stockists and small partners are on short video and messaging apps. One post copied across everything reaches none of them well.

  • “Comments become a compliance question”

    A stranger asking which tablet to take for a symptom is asking for medical advice. Without a rule for replying, a junior employee will answer and create exposure for the company.

What we do

What we deliver for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Company profile set-up

    Profiles with the licence-holding entity, plant location, range summary and a route for partner enquiries.

    Result: A visiting buyer can confirm who you are in one look.

  2. Plant and team posts

    A plan for photographing the plant, laboratory and dispatch areas with permission and without product claims.

    Result: Your profile shows a working company, not a catalogue.

  3. Platform plan by audience

    Which network serves trade buyers, which serves stockists, and what each receives.

    Result: Effort goes only to places where your buyers actually are.

  4. Comment and message rule

    A written rule for replying to patient questions, which is to decline and point to a doctor.

    Result: Your team has one agreed answer and nobody improvises.

  5. Review step for wording

    A checklist your regulatory head runs before a post goes up. Rules on promoting medicines differ by product type, by profession and by state, so check the wording with your own regulatory head or adviser before anything goes live.

    Result: Every post has a named person who approved it.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Posts and pieces to plan

Posts should show the company to the trade, with no claim about any medicine.

Plant walk-through
A short video of the production floor and the quality room, filmed where the rules allow, for partners who have never visited.
New partner welcome
A post introducing a newly appointed partner and their territory, with their agreement. It tells other traders the franchise is active.
Exhibition and conference presence
Photographs of the stall and team at a trade event, with the date and place, so a buyer can ask for a meeting.
Quality team introduction
The person who signs off batches, with their role described. A purchase officer reads it as evidence of a working quality system.
New dosage form added
An announcement for the trade that a new range is available to partners, kept to the form and pack and not to its use.

Who it is for

This is written for these pharmaceutical manufacturers.

  • Tablet and capsule formulation companies
  • Injectable and infusion manufacturers
  • Syrup, suspension and oral liquid plants
  • Ointment, cream and topical manufacturers
  • Ophthalmic and ENT drop makers
  • Ayurvedic and herbal formulation companies
  • Nutraceutical and food supplement manufacturers
  • Veterinary medicine manufacturers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your team has not agreed who may reply to a comment about a medicine, and an unreviewed answer is a compliance problem.
  • You want to reach patients with product posts, which is a separate question for your regulatory adviser and not a social plan.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Social media marketing for pharmaceutical manufacturers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Review the posts that produced useful conversations, not only the ones with the most views. Gather buyer questions and decide which team member can contribute credible material.

Make the scope clear

Choose the audience and channel before setting a posting volume. Agree who supplies material, approves posts, and handles messages, including complaints or questions the agency cannot answer.

Check the work in use

Follow a post through to the profile, website, and response. A useful report explains the quality of conversations and enquiries, alongside reach and engagement.

Know when to change course

If publishing takes time away from unanswered buyer messages, fix the response routine first. Do not expand to another channel without a clear reason for being there.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the social media work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Platform and access agreement

    We confirm the audience and platforms covered, then check account ownership. You retain control of the pages and grant the access needed for the agreed work.

  2. 2

    Content input handover

    Your team supplies approved product information and usable images or footage. We review existing posts and agree who will answer factual questions during drafting.

  3. 3

    Calendar approval

    You review the proposed themes and response routes. Missing information is identified before posts enter production, rather than holding up a finished calendar.

  4. 4

    Draft approval and publication

    The named approver checks captions and creative files before scheduling. We also agree which replies can be sent directly and which need your team's decision.

  5. 5

    Sales handover and content decisions

    Buying questions go to the agreed sales contact with the conversation attached. Reported enquiries and sales feedback guide changes to the next calendar.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Can we post about our formulations?
Treat that as a regulated question and not a design one. Rules on promoting medicines differ by product type, by profession and by state, so check the wording with your own regulatory head or adviser before anything goes live.
Should the owner appear on the page?
A named owner or technical head gives a partner a person to trust. Use real photographs, agree the wording with the person, and keep the posts about the company rather than the individual.
Do we need video?
Video suits a plant walk-through, because a buyer sees equipment and cleanliness directly. A short clip with permission and no product claims is enough, and still photographs serve where video is not practical.
Can a medical representative share our posts?
Staff can share company news, but a post about a medicine reaches the public once it leaves their circle. Agree a short sharing rule with your regulatory head, because rules on promotion differ by product type and state.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.