Mother Tongue Life Sciences

Content that cares for every detail.

Inspire confidence with always accurate, precision-driven content that gives your consumers peace of mind – in any language.

Giving Healthcare a Human Touch

Internationalizing content for the pharmaceutical industry comes with its own unique set of challenges. Mother Tongue’s Life Sciences division provides specialized support, comprising a dedicated team of in-house project managers and a worldwide network of expert medical creatives, strategists and linguists.

Covering all stages of the project lifecycle, from local market insights to content creation, translation, claim research, submission support and more, Mother Tongue Life Sciences provides a comprehensive solution to always accurate, culturally appropriate and authentically local pharmaceutical content.

With a commitment to quality and expertise, we only partner with linguists who are experts in their field; who have life sciences experience, deep sector expertise and are steadfast in holding themselves to the most stringent standards.

AI Automation & Integration

We carefully pair human expertise with artificial intelligence to deliver a range of AI-powered pharma solutions. These include automated translations post-edited by our expert writers, and training of bespoke AI translation models tailored to your unique brand voice and terminology.

Our streamlined workflows can be fully integrated with your systems, by leveraging connectors and our workflow orchestration platform. Content flows seamlessly between your teams and ours, with simple briefing and timely delivery exactly where you need it.

Medical Use Cases

Our skilled team of highly qualified medical creatives, strategists and linguists are equipped to handle a wide array of medical and pharmaceutical documents, including:

Marketing Materials

Brochures, website copy, social posts, flyers, conference posters, training materials for sales representatives, infographics, video animations

Clinical Trial Documentation

Synopses, Investigator’s Brochures, informed consent forms, patient cards and diaries, patient-reported outcomes

Regulatory Documentation

Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPCs), Patient Information Leaflets (PILs), labelling, scientific conclusions, yellow card reporting

Medical Device Materials

Instructions for Use (IFUs), app content, help guides, data sheets, component lists, lab reports, technical specifications, software and operational manuals

Medical Solutions

Our global team of medically specialized creatives, strategists and linguists bring a breadth of experience to any brief:

Medical Transcreation

Our expert medical translators and copywriters join forces to deliver medical marketing that feels authentically local and resonates with market audiences from HCPs to patients, all while retaining its scientific rigour.

Medical Translation

Trust our highly qualified medical translators to meticulously prepare localized regulatory documentation — from pre-clinical through to post-marketing materials, our linguists take a precision-driven approach, leveraging their deep sector expertise to ensure effective communication with both HCPs and patients. For efficiency where it counts, our AI-assisted translation solution pairs the power of AI with our expert writers.

Medical Content Creation

Need new materials created from scratch? From whitepapers and clinical study reports to educational content and marketing assets, sit back while our writers prepare accurate, resonant and culturally adapted copy. Keeping compliance with regulatory and publishing guidelines in mind, our writers create carefully researched materials that effortlessly communicate even the most complex content.

Claim Research & Origination

Enlist our medical specialists to perform local market research, identify appropriate references and develop tailored local claims. After preparing a reference pack for approval, our specialist linguists craft claims adapted to local cultural, linguistic and regulatory considerations.

Submission Support

Let us streamline the submission process — from initial translation to final approval, our specialist team will be with you every step of the way. Our expert medical linguists carefully substantiate claims and ensure accurate and consistent reference mapping to uphold the integrity of your content. Once localization is complete, we upload content directly to your internal review platform and work closely with your regulatory teams to efficiently gather and implement feedback, ensuring a smooth and timely submission process.

Market Insights

Our full suite of cultural consultation and insight services is at hand to help you navigate the nuances of local pharmaceutical markets. Count on our worldwide network of medical strategists to provide all the insights you need to go to market with confidence. From in-depth analysis of local industry trends, insights into regulatory requirements and culturally specific ethical practices, through to product name audits, consultation on messaging, and accessibility audits to ensure inclusivity, we will develop a tailored insights package to facilitate cultural and regulatory adherence.

Our Medical Specialists

Medical Translators

Our worldwide network of medical translators offer close adaptation of technical medical material, such as SmPCs, clinical trial and medical device documentation, and infographics. Prioritizing terminological and linguistic accuracy, as well as style and readability, our translators faithfully convey the intended meaning for their market. For copy where efficiency and speed is the priority, we can also post-edit AI-assisted translations. Our medical translators are categorized by therapeutic area specialism, with a relevant academic background as well as deep professional experience.

Medical Transcreators

For creative marketing materials for the pharmaceutical sector, our ad agency-experienced copywriters are on hand to provide expert adaptation. They seamlessly craft local versions of taglines, social posts, web copy and more which are brand-aligned, locally resonant and above all, technically accurate (supported by QA from a specialized medical reviewer).

Medical Writers

Our medical writers are experts at creating new content that is engaging, accurate and compliant with existing regulatory guidelines where content, format and structure are concerned. Fusing medical qualifications with a creative touch, they are skilled in producing a wide range of content, from technical documentation such as claims, patient education materials and policy documents, through to creative marketing materials such as videos, blogs and social posts.

Medical Editors & Reviewers

Medical editors and reviewers are quality assurance specialists— with a keen eye for detail, they perform stringent multi-point checks, holding every piece of content to exacting standards. Our expert medical editors hold medical qualifications and carry out secondary checks on the accuracy and clarity of content while also ensuring that all claims are substantiated. Our team of medical reviewers use their language prowess and relevant academic background to verify copy for linguistic and terminological accuracy, as well as editing for style and local relevance.

Strategists

Turn to our team of medical strategists to provide tailored, digestible market insights related either to a specific campaign or product, or the local pharmaceutical landscape more generally. Our medical strategists have broad knowledge of the medical and pharmaceutical industries, with professional experience working in a medical communications or advertising agency environment, making them a valuable resource when developing compelling and locally relevant ideas.