Field force
Medical representatives and managers travelling between cities every week, often on short notice, with tight per-day budgets.
Industry · Pharmaceutical
Travel management for pharmaceutical companies
Pharmaceutical companies run some of Pakistan’s most complex travel: large field forces moving between cities, scientific conferences abroad, plant audits and inspections, and events involving healthcare professionals that must follow the rules.
Travel patterns
How pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan travel
Scientific congresses
Medical and commercial teams attending international congresses and industry fairs, often as groups.
Audits and inspections
Quality, regulatory and supply-chain staff visiting plants, suppliers and principals in Europe, China and the Gulf.
What matters
What a pharmaceutical travel programme needs
- Clear rules for domestic field travel: when to fly, when to drive, hotel limits by city
- Approvals that follow your code of conduct before anything is booked for an event
- Group bookings for congress delegations, with name changes handled cleanly
- Visa files for audits that depend on letters from principals and suppliers
- A record of every trip for finance and compliance reviews
Compliance
Events involving healthcare professionals
Pakistani pharmaceutical companies operate under DRAP’s rules on ethical marketing to healthcare professionals, their principals’ global codes and, often, local industry codes. These set limits on what can be offered when doctors attend meetings and congresses.
Travel is where those rules are tested. We do not decide what is permitted; your compliance team does. What we provide is a process that makes it easy to follow: approvals before booking, the class of travel and hotel your policy allows, no leisure extensions on sponsored itineraries unless approved and paid separately, and a full record of who travelled, where and at what cost.
Field force
Domestic travel at scale
A national field force can mean hundreds of trips a month across Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar and smaller cities. The savings come from consistent rules and fewer exceptions: booking windows, preferred hotels in each city and a clear choice between flights and road travel on short routes.
Managers need to see who is where. With approvals and trip records in one place, regional managers approve quickly and head office sees spend by team and territory.
How we work
How Go Global runs it
Policy
We map your rules and your code of conduct into the booking process.
Approvals
Event and congress travel approved before we book.
Booking
Field and international travel within policy.
Support
A contact for changes and disruptions.
Reporting
Spend by team, territory, event and traveller.
FAQ
Pharmaceutical travel questions
Can you book travel for doctors attending a sponsored congress?
We can book travel your company has approved under its own compliance process and applicable rules. We do not decide eligibility; we make sure bookings match what was approved and keep the record.
Do you handle large field-force travel?
Yes. We manage domestic flights, hotels and ground transport for teams across Pakistan, with rules set per city and per grade.
Can you arrange visas for plant audits abroad?
Yes. Audit trips to principals and suppliers usually need business visas supported by invitation letters, which we prepare with you.
Can you report travel by brand or therapy area?
Yes. Bookings can carry brand, therapy-area or cost-centre codes, and reports group spend by them.
Typical trips
Where pharmaceutical teams go, and what to plan
| Trip type | Typical destinations | What to plan |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic field travel | Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar | City hotel limits, flight-or-road rule, weekly approvals |
| International congresses | Europe, the Gulf, Asia | Group bookings, compliance approval, Schengen or UAE visas |
| Plant and supplier audits | China, Europe, the Gulf | Invitation letters, M or Schengen visas, longer stays |
| Principal meetings | Europe, the UK, the US | Visitor visas with clear invitations, flexible fares |
Audit and inspection trips are often longer than sales trips and involve several sites. We plan the route between sites, book apartments or long-stay rates where that is cheaper, and keep the travel record ready for the quality and regulatory files your auditors may ask for.
Plan with Go Global
Planning travel for a pharmaceutical company?
Tell us who is travelling, when and why. We reply with a plan, the visa route and a quote. Email insights@goglobal.pk or WhatsApp 0320-4111222.