Pharmaceutical Translation Services UK
Specialist pharmaceutical translation for MHRA submissions, clinical trial documents, drug labelling, and regulatory correspondence — from £19.99 per page.
Pharmaceutical translation is its own world — narrower than medical translation, denser in regulatory language, and entirely B2B. We work with CROs, sponsors, and small biotech firms on MHRA submissions, clinical trial documentation (ICFs, IBs, study protocols), CIOMS adverse-event reports, drug labelling, and patient information leaflets. Every document needs to land at the same regulatory standard the originals were written to, in either direction. The rate is £19.99 per page. Pharmaceutical work needs translators with regulatory training (often a pharmacy or life-sciences degree alongside translation qualifications), an established back-translation workflow, and a QC pass that flags any deviation from MHRA / EMA / FDA terminology conventions.
What pharmaceutical documents do you translate?
We translate MHRA regulatory submissions, clinical trial documents (informed consent forms, investigator brochures, study protocols, case report forms), CIOMS adverse-event reports, drug labelling, patient information leaflets (PILs), and pharmacovigilance correspondence. Each translation is certified with statement of accuracy and translator credentials.
Clinical trial documentation is the highest-volume stream — multi-country trials regularly need ICFs, IBs, and study protocols translated for each participating site, often with very short turnarounds when an amendment goes through. We work to ICH-GCP terminology standards and run a back-translation QC for ICFs at sponsor request.
Regulatory submissions for the MHRA cover Module 1.3 product information (SmPC, Patient Information Leaflet, labelling), Risk Management Plans, and post-authorisation safety variations. For drug labelling specifically, the QRD template (Quality Review of Documents) sets the language conventions we work within.
- MHRA regulatory submissions — Module 1.3 product information
- Clinical trial protocols and amendments
- Informed Consent Forms (ICFs) and patient-facing trial documents
- Investigator Brochures (IBs)
- Case Report Forms (CRFs)
- CIOMS adverse-event reports
- Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) and SmPCs
- Drug labelling and packaging text
- Pharmacovigilance correspondence
- Manufacturing and quality documentation
How do you handle clinical trial translation timelines?
Clinical trial documents run on sponsor and CRO timelines, not standard SLAs. We assign dedicated pharmaceutical translators to each project and offer parallel processing across multiple language pairs for multi-site trials, with same-day turnaround for urgent protocol amendments.
A multi-country trial sending out a protocol amendment can need 8–12 language pairs translated and back-translated inside a week. We handle this by assigning a per-project lead translator who maintains terminology consistency across the language pairs, with parallel translators handling each pair under the lead's QA.
For ICFs specifically, sponsors increasingly require back-translation as a quality control step — the document is translated to the target language, then a separate translator translates it back to English without seeing the original, and the two English versions are compared for divergence. We bundle this into pharmaceutical orders on request.
- Dedicated lead translator per project for terminology consistency
- Parallel processing across multiple language pairs
- Back-translation QC for informed consent forms
- Same-day turnaround on urgent protocol amendments
- Glossary and terminology management across project lifecycle
How much does pharmaceutical translation cost?
Pharmaceutical translation costs from £19.99 per page. This covers a translator with regulatory background (typically pharmacy or life-sciences qualifications), QC against MHRA / EMA / FDA terminology, and an ICH-GCP-aligned process. Back-translation and terminology management are quoted on a per-project basis.
Per-page pricing applies to standard documentation. Long-form clinical trial work (multi-country protocols across 8+ language pairs) is usually quoted on a per-project basis to cover the lead-translator coordination and terminology management overhead. We work directly with CRO procurement teams on framework agreements for ongoing trial portfolios.
- Standard pharmaceutical translation: from £19.99 per page
- Back-translation QC available for ICFs
- Per-project pricing for multi-site clinical trials
- Framework agreements available for CROs and sponsors
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