Pharma & Biotech Podcast Production

Podcast production built around MLR review, not around it.

Scientific credibility, policy conversation, and market access voice, produced on a schedule that already accounts for a 50-to-60-day review cycle.

Resonate Recordings produces Prescription for Better Access, a recurring show covering drug pricing, PBMs, and FDA policy for a pharma and biotech industry audience. The production schedule is built around MLR and fair balance review from the start — so a show doesn't stall waiting on a compliance sign-off nobody planned for.

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The pharma podcasting gap

MLR review isn't going away. The production schedule just has to plan for it.

MLR (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) review cycles commonly run 50 to 60 days per content piece at mid-to-large pharma companies. Most podcast agencies treat that as someone else's problem to solve after the episode is already recorded — which is exactly how a show quietly stalls for two months before its first release.

Resonate builds the review timeline into the production schedule from the first planning call, the same way we do for Prescription for Better Access, our recurring show for the pharma and biotech industry. Editorial, non-promotional content can often move faster by design; promotional content gets the runway MLR actually requires, planned in advance instead of discovered mid-production.

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MLR review cycle
50-60 days

typical review timeline per content piece at mid-to-large pharma companies.

Caidera, MLR Review Guide 2026
Compliance market growth
$27.1B

projected size of the MLR review software market by 2032, up from $13.1B in 2025.

ResearchAndMarkets 2026
Real client show
Ongoing

Prescription for Better Access has run continuously since 2023 for the pharma and market access industry.

Resonate Recordings
In business since
2014

The year Resonate started producing podcasts for enterprise and regulated-industry clients.

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Pharma podcast formats

What kind of show fits your organization's MLR reality?

The right format often depends on how much of it falls under full MLR promotional review versus editorial or policy content that clears faster. We help you pick a format that matches your review capacity, not just your content ambitions.

Policy & Market Access Shows

Cover drug pricing, PBMs, and affordability policy rather than specific product claims. This is the exact format behind Prescription for Better Access, and it typically clears review faster than promotional content because it isn't making product-specific claims.

Scientific Storytelling

Feature researchers and R&D teams discussing the science behind a therapeutic area in general terms. A scientific storytelling show builds credibility with clinicians and scientists without triggering full promotional MLR review.

Medical Affairs & Industry Commentary

A recurring show for medical affairs teams and business development audiences tracking industry trends, FDA policy, and competitive landscape. Internal or semi-public distribution keeps the review path lighter.

Product-Adjacent Promotional Series

For shows that do make product claims, a production schedule built around the full MLR and fair balance review timeline from day one, so the release calendar reflects reality instead of an assumption.

A real pharma industry client, ongoing since 2023

Prescription for Better Access, produced episode after episode.

Prescription for Better Access is co-hosted by Mark Hansan and Dr. Scott Howell, two industry veterans covering drug pricing, PBMs, patient access, and FDA policy for pharma, biotech, and market access audiences. Resonate has produced the show continuously since its 2023 launch, including live episodes recorded at industry events like Asembia's AXS Summit.

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With pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers launching more high-cost specialty drugs, two industry veterans have joined forces to co-host an interview-focused podcast to help shape the future of patient access and affordability.

Prescription for Better Access
Hosted by Mark Hansan & Dr. Scott Howell — produced by Resonate Recordings
Pharma-relevant podcast examples

Pharma, policy, and enterprise podcasts produced by Resonate.

A real, ongoing pharma industry client, alongside enterprise internal-communications and practitioner formats that translate to medical affairs and R&D audiences.

Prescription for Better Access

A recurring interview show co-hosted by Mark Hansan and Dr. Scott Howell, covering drug pricing, PBMs, patient access, and FDA policy for a pharma and biotech industry audience. Produced by Resonate since its 2023 launch.

This is Resonate's clearest pharma-vertical credential: a real, ongoing client show built for exactly the policy and market access audience this page is written for.

Shared Practices — Your Dental Roadmap

A practitioner-focused show for dental professionals navigating practice ownership, growth, and transition. Produced by Resonate since launch, the show has built a loyal, returning audience within its niche.

Pharma and biotech teams can use this same practitioner-deep-dive format to build credibility with a clinical or scientific audience over time.

Better by Great Place to Work

A branded podcast for Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, interviewing executives and people leaders on building high-trust workplaces. Produced and managed end-to-end by Resonate.

Pharma and biotech organizations can use this same internal-communications model for R&D team storytelling and employee-facing content that sits outside promotional MLR review entirely.

Ready to build a show your MLR team can actually plan around?

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Pharma podcast FAQs

Common questions about pharma and biotech podcast production.

Everything you need to know before starting or scaling a podcast for your pharma, biotech, or market access organization.

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What is a pharma or biotech podcast?+
A pharma or biotech podcast is a podcast produced by or for a pharmaceutical, biotech, or market access organization to build scientific credibility, discuss policy and access issues, or educate healthcare professionals and patients, while meeting MLR (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) review and FDA fair balance requirements.
Does pharma podcast content need to go through MLR review?+
Yes, for any promotional or product-related content. MLR review cycles commonly run 50 to 60 days per content piece at mid-to-large pharma companies. A pharma podcast needs a production schedule built around that review timeline from the start, or non-promotional editorial content that falls outside MLR scope by design.
What does a pharma podcast production agency do?+
A pharma podcast production agency handles strategy, audio and video production, a review workflow that accounts for MLR and fair balance requirements, show notes, and distribution. Resonate Recordings produces Prescription for Better Access, a recurring show covering drug pricing, patient access, and FDA policy for a pharma and biotech industry audience.
Can a pharma podcast discuss specific drugs or products?+
Only within MLR-approved claims and with required fair balance and risk information included. Many pharma podcasts avoid this entirely by focusing on policy, market access, science communication, or industry trends rather than product-specific promotional claims, which keeps content outside the full MLR promotional review path.
What kind of podcast should a pharma or biotech company launch?+
Most pharma and biotech organizations succeed with one of three formats: a policy and market access show covering drug pricing and affordability, a scientific storytelling show featuring researchers and R&D teams, or an industry commentary show for medical affairs and business development audiences.
How much does pharma podcast production cost?+
Pharma podcast production cost depends on episode frequency, whether video is included, and how much MLR-aware review is built into the workflow. Shows involving promotional claims typically need more planning and longer review windows than policy or science-communication formats. Book a call for pricing specific to your organization.
How is a pharma podcast different from a general branded podcast?+
A pharma podcast has to account for MLR review, FDA fair balance rules, and required risk disclosures in a way most branded podcasts do not, and production timelines have to accommodate review cycles that can run 50 to 60 days per piece. The format and topic selection are shaped by those constraints from the start.
Has Resonate produced podcasts for pharma or biotech organizations specifically?+
Yes. Resonate Recordings produces Prescription for Better Access, a recurring show co-hosted by Mark Hansan and Dr. Scott Howell covering drug pricing, PBMs, patient access, and FDA policy for a pharma, biotech, and market access industry audience.

Your MLR team already has a review timeline.
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