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Do pharma websites need HCP verification?

Only for content specifically restricted to healthcare professionals, such as full prescribing information or clinical evidence not appropriate for public disclosure — general corporate and product content does not require it.

In detail

What actually needs verifying, and what does not

The distinction that matters

Verification is a requirement of the content, not of the website as a whole. A corporate site with public information needs none; a section holding full prescribing information, dosing calculators or unpublished clinical data typically does.

What verification actually involves

Methods range from a manual approval process to a professional registry check to federated identity, matched to how sensitive the content actually is. See HCP authentication for how we scope the right level of rigour rather than defaulting to the strictest option everywhere.

The common mistake

A self-declaration checkbox does not provide reliable verification, while an excessively slow manual process can prevent legitimate clinicians from gaining timely access. Both failure modes are avoidable with the right method for the specific content.

Related questions

What counts as content requiring verification?

Typically full prescribing information, dosing calculators, and clinical trial data not intended for a public or patient audience, though the exact boundary depends on your specific product and market. Your medical and regulatory team should confirm the definitive list before it is built into the site’s access rules.

Is this the same as building an HCP portal?

Verification is the foundation of an HCP portal rather than the whole of it — a portal also typically adds personalised content, engagement tracking, and a broader clinical content library beyond the verified basics, plus its own KPIs to monitor. See HCP portal for the fuller build that verification usually supports.

Do you supply the verification data?

No, we build to whichever verification method your team approves, whether that is self-declaration, a professional registry integration, or a third-party identity service, and can integrate with a registry your organisation already has access to. The choice of method is a policy decision, not a technical one.

Can a visitor see any content before completing verification?

Yes, most sites show a public landing page describing the resource and inviting verification, since showing no content at all can look evasive and hurts findability. The restricted content itself — prescribing information, dosing tools, and similar material — stays behind the verification gate regardless of what the landing page shows.

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