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European Union

Healthcare · 13 months

Healthcare Compliance Across EU Markets

YMYL and regulatory constraints varied by member state. The program paired compliant localized copy with links from hospitals, universities, and EU health trades.

+128%

EU qualified clinical leads

Client
Medical device manufacturer
Duration
13 months
Services
EU Healthcare SEO, Compliance Review, Local PR

EU clinical leads (org.)

95/mo217/mo

+128%

Healthcare-classified RD

48%92%

+44 pts

Broken legacy links fixed

62%97%

+35 pts

Links by EU market

Germany
France
Italy

EU organic clinical leads

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Challenge

  • Global pages used US FDA language inappropriate for EU clinician audiences.
  • Legacy links pointed to discontinued device SKUs after a portfolio rebrand.
  • Each market required local distributor pages that English outreach failed to support.

Approach

  • Localized clinical evidence summaries with EU MDR references reviewed by regulatory consultants.
  • Earned links from university hospitals and EU specialty societies with anchors to market-specific device pages.
  • Reclaimed and redirected legacy links before expanding net-new outreach in DE, FR, and IT.

Results

  • EU qualified clinical leads from organic search rose 128%.
  • Market-specific referring domains grew 89% with 92% healthcare-classified publishers.
  • Legacy broken backlink equity largely recovered within two crawl cycles.

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