MHRA approval and a positive NICE opinion get you to the starting line. Reaching NHS patients is a different challenge, and it depends on a team that already knows how the system works.
CHASE builds outsourced commercial, clinical and market access teams for pharmaceutical, medtech and healthtech companies entering the UK. No UK entity required, no permanent headcount, and teams operational in as little as six weeks.
A positive regulatory decision is the first step of a UK launch. The NHS operates as a layered system: NICE guidance sits above NHS England commissioning policy, Integrated Care Boards(ICBs), and individual hospital formularies, each with its own timeline, criteria and decision-makers. Without existing relationships at any of these levels, a new market entrant has to navigate them all at once.
Companies launching in the UK for the first time typically face:
CHASE recruits, employs and manages commercial and clinical teams exclusively within the UK. You get the people and the relationships you need, without setting up a UK entity or carrying the risk of direct employment.
Outsourced teams, built around your launch
Field sales, market access specialists, MSLs, nurses or pharmacists: CHASE recruits, employs and manages your UK team under your brand and strategy. We carry the HR administration, employment risk and compliance burden, so you can focus on the launch itself. Most teams are field-ready within six weeks.
In practice: when a dermatology brand needed to rebuild its entire UK field team, CHASE recruited, assessed and mobilised eight roles, including four staff transferring under TUPE, in 4.5 weeks. Every role was filled, ITP occupancy reached 100%, and client satisfaction hit 98.3%.
NHS access, from day one
Our market access and clinical specialists have spent their careers working with NICE, ICBs and NHS formulary committees. We understand what a positive national decision requires at local level, and we bring the relationships that help turn approval into patient access.
In practice: CHASE partnered with a pharmaceutical client and an NHS Trust to launch a local specialist clinical service from a standing start. The service was fully operational within three months of project approval, cutting the time to start patients on biologic treatment from up to two years, including travel to two separate city hospitals, down to a single local appointment.
25-plus years in one market
CHASE works exclusively in UK life sciences and the NHS. That focus gives us a deeper talent network, faster recruitment, and teams who understand the NHS environment from their first day in the field.
This is the expertise every CHASE team draws on, whichever service you need. Tell us about your launch, andwe'll show you what that looks like in practice.
“I didn't think it would be possible to source such a high-quality team in such a short time. We worked as a true partnership, and I believe we have the best possible team for our launch.”
Sales & Marketing Director
Tell us about your product,your therapy area and your timeline. We will tell you what a UK launch team looks like, and how quickly we can build it.
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