AI in Healthcare

Our story

Why we started Veltis AI

Pharmaceutical companies invest more in commercial execution than almost any other industry. The content, the field force, the strategy: the inputs are substantial. But the outputs have often been harder to measure, harder to improve, and harder to scale than they should be.

We started Veltis AI because we believed that better tools could change this. Not tools that add complexity, but tools that cut through it, giving teams a clear view of performance, a practical way to plan, and a scalable approach to developing their people.

The opportunity was straightforward: bring the best of AI to pharmaceutical commercial teams in a way that is genuinely useful, not just technically impressive.

Our expertise

Why we're uniquely qualified

Pharmaceutical commercial teams face problems that sit at the intersection of industry knowledge, strategic thinking, and technical capability. Our team has experience across analytics, customer engagement, strategic planning, and AI.

Data analytics
Data analytics

Hands-on analytics leadership across pharma and biotech, from measurement frameworks to advanced modelling and performance benchmarking.

Customer engagement
Customer engagement

Strategy and execution experience across field force, omnichannel, and HCP engagement.

Insights and planning
Insights and planning

Pharmaceutical insights and strategic planning expertise, with a track record of turning complex data into decisions that teams can act on.

AI and technology
AI and technology

Deep technical capability in AI, data platforms, and applied machine learning, supporting commercial teams with practical solutions.

Meet the team

Pharmaceutical and AI experts

Our founders are supported by a network of expert collaborators, together combining extensive pharmaceutical industry experience with deep expertise in AI, analytics, and digital strategy.

Mukarram Malik Co-Founder

Mukarram Malik

AI and technology

A founder and hands-on technology leader with experience across data platforms, advanced analytics and AI, designing and scaling solutions for top pharma and biotech companies.

Alex Valassopoulos Co-Founder

Alex Valassopoulos

Commercial strategy

Senior pharma executive with experience across commercial strategy, analytics, forecasting, and enterprise transformation. Alex helps life-science organisations improve performance through AI.

Sam Halfpenney

Sam Halfpenney

Data and analytics

Pharma and biotech data and analytics expert who collaborates with Veltis on applying advanced analytics, insight frameworks and patient-journey intelligence to inform strategic decision-making.

Tom Botting

Tom Botting

Digital strategy

Pharma digital strategist and Veltis collaborator with deep content strategy expertise. Tom helps clients turn the complex AI visibility challenge into practical, prioritised fixes.

Toon De Baere

Toon De Baere

Customer engagement

Pharma transformation leader and entrepreneur who works with Veltis on customer engagement, having helped shape a top global pharma company's omnichannel strategy, uniting teams, platforms and markets.

Why pharma

We're not a generalist agency

Veltis AI works exclusively with pharmaceutical and biotech companies. We're not learning your industry as we go - we've spent our careers inside it.

  • MLR compliance: Every recommendation, persona, and simulation is designed to work within Medical, Legal, and Regulatory constraints.
  • HCP engagement: We understand the complexity of HCP communication, from digital content to live rep interactions and prescribing decisions.
  • Commercial execution: We've spent careers designing and improving pharma field force strategy, rep training, and the tools that make commercial teams more effective.
  • Strategic planning: We understand how pharma brand teams plan, how market research informs strategy, and how that process needs to evolve for an AI-shaped future.
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