We know
life sciences

We support customers across the healthcare spectrum through our Life Sciences Center of Excellence.

As the leading life sciences travel management and meetings company, we service over 100 organizations in this sector across travel, meetings and consulting, including 90% of the top 10 pharmas in the world.

Within our companies, we support customers across the healthcare spectrum from pharmaceuticals to medical device companies, biotechs, hospital systems, CROs, insurance and beyond. We understand that a positive travel and meetings experience can be a reputational differentiator for your organization – whether you are working with an HCP going to a speaker program, a colleague travelling to a congress or a patient participating in a clinical trial. We are the only agency that can provide you with a fully customized and progressive, compliant, globally integrated solution across travel, meetings and consultancy through our Life Sciences Center of Excellence.

Latest news and insights

BCD TV Patient centered Travel Solutions

LSCOE Executive Sponsor Teri Miller breaks down how our specialized team helps patients and their families with their travel needs.

It’s no secret that BCD leads in life sciences travel programs, but there are lessons to be learned from this unique vertical that apply to all travel programs. On this episode, Chad and Miriam connect with Teri Miller, Executive Vice President, and Ashley Williams, Global Vice Present, and they illustrate how listening is vital and working together is paramount. The group also discusses how using the combined power of BCD’s technology makes the journey seamless for travelers with specific needs. 

The power of one

We know that life sciences need more than a fulfillment supplier. You need a partner who speaks your language: who understands your industry, your compliance requirements, your challenges, your peers and your future. 

Our vast, global experience across the corporate, HCP and patient landscape allows us to bring new energy, strategy and solutions to your travel and meetings program.

Like you, we understand how critical the innovative core is to deliver the right, cost-efficient solutions to those in need.

Enhanced global governance

Integrated travel & meetings program

Seamless attendee & travel experience

Holistic global data and strategy

Life Sciences Center of Excellence

With unique drivers including patient-centricity, regulatory and compliance requirements, we recognize that life sciences cannot be managed as ‘typical’ corporate programs. Given our footprint, expertise and client base, we’ve developed a Life Sciences Center of Excellence that turns our insights into optimization.

Our clients benefit from our rich experience and dedicated expertise in this vertical through best practices, benchmarking and resource intelligence. Life sciences organizations need a different kind of support from program design to technology, traveler experience to consultation. That’s why BCD is working across our organization to provide cohesion of strategy, best practices and consultation to our customers.

Our expanded service offerings, including patient travel, break free from traditional models to further enhance travel programs, leverage cost and improve experience. Our regular connectivity, customer surveys, benchmarking and external validation allow us to deliver to you our learnings from managing more than 100 customers across 40+ therapeutic areas.

Going beyond traditional travel and
meetings management

As a result of more than 30+ years of experience servicing this segment, we intimately understand, and can deliver on, your unique drivers. Our customers expect delivery beyond fulfillment and regard us as strategic, value-creating partners.

We appreciate that no two programs are the same which is why our key benefits and features are entirely customizable to your needs and address both your small and larger challenges.

We service 90%
of the top 10 pharmas

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BCD demonstrates strategic leadership, innovation and collaboration that reaches far beyond the confines of traditional travel and meetings management. We applaud BCD for evolving their Life Sciences Center of Excellence during a pandemic, illustrating that their focus on the voice of the customer has not wavered in uncertain times. The heightened focus on patient-centricity shows leadership and is squarely in line with what’s most important to us.

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Paige Furr

Global Business Service,
Enterprise Travel and Meetings, Pfizer

Our improved outcomes

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HCP / Patient / Meeting travel

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Patient travel & logistics

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Payment

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Program solution design

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In-person, virtual and hybrid capabilities

BCD M&E has more than 35 years of experience in planning meetings and events, and 15+ years helping customers deliver their messages in the digital world. We bring the expertise to design, plan and operate all events while pivoting between in-person, hybrid and virtual to adapt seamlessly to restrictions.
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Product lifecycle experience

From clinical to commercialization, our expertise covers meetings management services for both external and internal meetings. This breadth and depth of expertise gives our clients an unmatched level of comfort and customer service.
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In-house creative, media and production services

BCD M&E has a full suite of in-house creative, media and production services. Our talented experts work with clients to create customized experiences for the in-person and digital worlds. They elevate the attendee and meeting host journey and optimize the connection to the messaging of the event.
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External meetings

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Internal meetings