In this article, we rank the top pharmaceutical SEO agencies of 2024, based on a proprietary algorithm developed by our research team consisting of:
- Notable Clients (40%): A list of the most notable pharmaceutical companies that each agency provided SEO services to. We also include notable clients from related industries such as medical device or healthcare in this list.
- Leadership Experience Score (20%): A qualitative evaluation of each agency’s C-suite and senior management based on their experience in SEO and prior pharmaceutical experience, rated from 1.0 to 5.0.
- Average Reviews (30%): A weighted average of each agencies online customer reviews gathered from available third-party sources. Agencies targeting pharmaceuticals as one of several Industries have had their average score adjusted to prioritize reviews left by their clients in the pharmaceutical industry and closely related fields.
- Company Size/Year Founded (10%): A report of each agency’s number of employees and founding year, suggesting either a pattern of growth or stagnation reflecting the quality of their performance over time. Both of these factors correlate with agency skill and their ability to provide effective SEO services to their clients.
The top 9 companies on our list are reported on the table below. in addition to scoring information, each agency also includes information on corporate headquarters location, as well as a summary of their focus area within SEO.
The Top Pharmaceutical SEO Agencies: 2024 Report
| Rank | Company | Notable Clients | Leadership Experience | Company Size | Year Founded | Headquarters | Average Reviews | Focus |
| 1 | First Page Sage | BIOVIA, Tesseract Medical, Index Health | 4.9 | 100-250 | 2009 | San Francisco, CA | 5.0 | Combining thought leadership with SEO to establish pharmaceutical clients as industry leaders |
| 2 | McCann Health | Stelara, Neuriva, Mucinex | 4.0 | 201-500 | 2003 | New York, NY | 4.8 | Branding, PR, and SEO for pharmaceutical companies |
| 3 | Samba Scientific | Geno.Me, DxTerity, HTG | 4.7 | 11-50 | 2018 | Longmont, CO | 3.5 | Traditional advertising and Hubspot integrations for life science companies |
| 4 | Real Chemistry | AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson | 4.2 | ~1500 | 22 | San Francisco, CA | 4.5 | AI-driven advertising for life science companies |
| 5 | Amra & Elma | Pfizer, Swanson | 4.5 | 11-50 | 2014 | New York City, NY | 4.0 | Digital marketing for healthcare companies, including pharmaceuticals |
| 6 | BioDigital | Johnson & Johnson, Abbot, Medtronic | 3.5 | 11-50 | 2002 | New York, NY | 3.5 | 3D visualizations for pharmaceutical SEO content |
| 7 | Sciencia Consulting | Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Form Bio | 4.8 | 2-10 | 2016 | San Diego, CA | 4.8 | Full service digital marketing for life sciences companies |
| 8 | Digital Silk | Keona Health | 3.9 | 51-200 | 2019 | Miami, FL | 5.0 | Webdev and design focused SEO for pharmaceutical companies |
First Page Sage
First Page Sage is the largest thought leadership SEO agency in the United States, making it an ideal choice for pharmaceutical companies seeking to gain a wide level of public trust and lead important industry discussions. First Page Sage has extensive experience with pharmaceutical clients, having worked with several highly recognizable names in the industry. This, as well as the quality of their customer reviews, is an accurate reflection of the company’s leadership, who are not only recognizable names in SEO, but have helped define the practice since their founding in 2009.
- Notable Clients:
- Leadership Experience: 4.9
- Company Size: 100-250
- Year Founded: 2009
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Average Reviews: 5.0
- Approach to Marketing: Combining thought leadership with SEO to establish pharmaceutical clients as industry leaders
- Contact: First Page Sage Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage provides clients with “the best SEO [they’ve] come across,” allowing clients to effectively “change [their] economics around lead generation” resulting in clients “ranking on the first page of Google.” |
McCann Health
McCann Health combines branding and PR services with SEO, making them a good fit for pharmaceutical companies seeking to update their public image. Much of their work focuses on the visual language of their clients’ websites, and they include access to webdev and design teams as part of their services. McCann Health has worked with several recognizable pharmaceutical companies over the last two decades, growing to a considerable size over that period of time. This as well as the high score of their online customer reviews suggests a high level of quality in the work they produce.
- Notable Clients: Stelara, Neuriva, Mucinex
- Leadership Experience: 4.0
- Company Size: 201-500
- Year Founded: 2003
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Average Reviews: 4.8
- Approach to Marketing: Branding, PR, and SEO for pharmaceutical companies
- Contact: McCann Health Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| McCann Health provides “knowledgeable, trustworthy” teams with “years of experience in branding” that allow clients to “improve [their] image online in a short period of time.” |
Samba Scientific
Samba Scientific uses SEO as one of several marketing channels for their clients, and pair it with traditional advertising and HubSpot integration. This makes them a good match for companies seeking to improve their overall sales pipeline and generate a higher number of conversions over the course of a paid or organic campaign. Samba Scientific’s C-suite has a great deal of experience in traditional advertising, digital marketing and the healthcare field as a whole. They are the youngest company on this list, however they have worked with several recognizable pharma companies in that time.
- Notable Clients: Geno.Me, DxTerity, HTG
- Leadership Experience: 4.7
- Company Size: 11-50
- Year Founded: 2018
- Headquarters: Longmont, CO
- Average Reviews: 3.5
- Approach to Marketing: Traditional advertising and Hubspot integrations for life science companies
- Contact: Samba Scientific Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Samba Scientific is “an invaluable partner” that creates “tailored approaches for small, fast moving companies” through a “thoughtful marketing strategy that focused on measurable results.” |
Real Chemistry
Real Chemistry is a pharmaceutical SEO agency specializing in integrated communications, and helps their clients to define a unique branding within the pharmaceuticals industry and stand out from their competitors. Real Chemistry has worked with a few of the most highly recognizable pharmaceutical companies. They are an enterprise-level agency, which is reflected in their service pricing, making them an option for larger pharmaceutical companies.
- Notable Clients: AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson
- Leadership Experience: 4.2
- Company Size: ~1500
- Year Founded: 22
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Average Reviews: 4.5
- Approach to Marketing: AI-driven advertising for life science companies
- Contact: Real Chemistry Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Real Chemistry is a “great asset” to their clients, “revitalizing” client images with “incredibly friendly teams that know their stuff.” |
Amra & Elma
Amra & Elma is a full service marketing agency, but emphasizes social media and influencer marketing. For more traditionally-minded pharma companies seeking campaigns in traditional channels, they also provide media buying services that provide clients avenues into television and print. The breadth of their services combined with their specialty in social media makes them a good choice for pharma companies looking to roll out new products to younger audiences. While they’ve worked with some very recognizable pharmaceutical clients, much of their background is more in social media marketing than SEO.
- Notable Clients: Pfizer, Swanson
- Leadership Experience: 4.5
- Company Size: 11-50
- Year Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: New York City, NY
- Average Reviews: 4.0
- Approach to Marketing: Digital marketing for healthcare companies, including pharmaceuticals
- Contact: Amra & Elma Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Amra & Elma provide “specific and strategic” feedback that helps clients “define a clear vision for [their] next marketing move,” effectively “tripling [client] sales in 7 months.” |
BioDigital
BioDigital specializes in a niche use case for SEO marketing: providing interactive 3D visualizations in order to increase engagement on the client’s website. This can be particularly useful creating conversion-oriented materials that push readers closer to a sale, and can be highly effective for pharmaceutical companies. Biodigital has worked with several highly recognizable names within the pharmaceutical industry and their management has broad experience in marketing. Their services are more limited in scope compared to other companies on this list, however.
- Notable Clients: Johnson & Johnson, Abbot, Medtronic
- Leadership Experience: 3.5
- Company Size: 11-50
- Year Founded: 2002
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Average Reviews: 3.5
- Approach to Marketing: 3D visualizations for pharmaceutical SEO content
- Contact: BioDigital Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Biodigital provides “responsive and transparent teams” that “deliver a high-quality product,” but the app provided “has a learning curve” and some customers “wish they could do more.” |
Sciencia Consulting
Sciencia Consulting is a full service digital marketing agency that provides pharmaceutical clients with both organic and paid channels. The breadth of their services makes them an ideal match for clients looking to identify new target markets by testing multiple channels at once. Sciencia Consulting has worked with several high profile clients within the pharmaceutical sector, however they operate on the smallest teams of any on this list. On one hand, this means you’ll likely be working with the agency’s leadership. On the other, however, smaller teams often mean fewer available resources for clients.
- Notable Clients: Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Form Bio
- Leadership Experience: 4.8
- Company Size: 2-10
- Year Founded: 2016
- Headquarters: San Diego, CA
- Average Reviews: 4.8
- Approach to Marketing: Full service digital marketing for life sciences companies
- Contact: Sciencia Consulting Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Sciencia Consulting is “amazing to work with,” “enabling a smooth transition” for in-house teams to take over, allowing firms to “cut out waste and decrease media ad spend by 35%.” |
Digital Silk
Digital Silk is an SEO agency specializing in the web design side of SEO, helping their clients improve their websites’ visual language. This is particularly useful for older pharmaceutical companies who are in need of a digital facelift to create more trust with readers and generate leads. While they have healthcare SEO experience, Digital Silk is somewhat less experienced in working with pharmaceutical clients. Similarly, their leadership appears to specialize more in technical SEO than traditional SEO practices, but their client reviews are quite positive.
- Notable Clients: Keona Health,
- Leadership Experience: 3.9
- Company Size: 51-200
- Year Founded: 2019
- Headquarters: Miami, FL
- Average Reviews: 5.0
- Approach to Marketing: Webdev and design focused SEO for pharmaceutical companies
- Contact: Digital Silk Website
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Digital silk provides “clear and on-time” teams which “act as experts in each things we ask for,” “driving positive response” and “creating a successful partnership.” |
