Advancing Promotional Review: MRL In Sync
Better Alignment. Better Decisions. Better Outcomes.
An Opus Regulatory Event
January 19-21, 2027 | Carlsbad, California
Ready to take promotional review to the next level?
Developed and presented by Opus Regulatory, Advancing Promotional Review: MRL in Sync brings together Medical, Regulatory, and Legal professionals in coastal Carlsbad, just north of San Diego, for an interactive event focused on navigating today’s changing promotional landscape. Through expert-led sessions, panel discussions, real-world case studies, and peer learning, attendees will exchange experiences, explore solutions to shared challenges, and gain actionable strategies to strengthen collaboration, improve decision making, streamline review processes, enhance compliance, and support more effective promotional communications.
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Learn from experienced MRL professionals and industry leaders
Explore practical solutions to real world promotional review challenges
Strengthen collaboration across Medical, Regulatory, and Legal teams
Connect with peers in an intimate, interactive setting
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Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Legal and Compliance
Commercial and Marketing
Promotional Review Committee members
Marketing Coordinators
Agency partners
Fellows
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$1,995 per registration or $1,795 before 12/1
Access to the complete two-day program
Admission to the January 20 networking event
Registration to the leadership forum on January 19th is separate and requires an additional add-on.
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Advancing Promotional Review: MRL in Sync brings together Medical, Regulatory, Legal and Commercial professionals for two days of expert-led sessions, panel discussions, real-world case studies, and collaborative conversations. Topics will explore the most relevant and pressing challenges pharmaceutical companies face today.
Attendees will gain practical insights, candid industry perspectives, and actionable strategies while exchanging experiences and building meaningful connections with colleagues, including at the networking party on January 20.
As an optional add-on to the main symposium, attendees may also register for Promotional Review in Motion: An MLR Leadership Forum addressing today’s dynamic regulatory landscape on January 19. This collaborative roundtable is designed for industry leaders seeking to identify real solutions to the challenges shaping promotional review. Separate registration is required.
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Promotional Review in Motion: An MRL Leadership Forum on Today’s Dynamic Regulatory Landscape
A Collaborative Roundtable for Medical, Regulatory, Legal and Commercial Leaders
Promotional review leaders are navigating an increasingly complex environment shaped by evolving regulatory expectations, rapid technological innovation, emerging AI-related risks, and growing organizational pressure to work faster and more efficiently.
This interactive forum will bring together experienced Medical, Regulatory, and Legal leaders for a candid, collaborative conversation about the most significant challenges facing promotional review today. Rather than following a traditional presentation format, participants will help shape the discussion by sharing perspectives, examining real-world challenges, and exploring how their organizations are responding.
The facilitated roundtable will create space to discuss:
Changes in the regulatory and promotional landscape
Technology innovations influencing review processes
Emerging risks and challenges associated with AI
Organizational demands for greater speed and efficiency
Cross-functional alignment and effective decision-making
Practical approaches to strengthening review operations
Through open dialogue and peer exchange, participants will identify shared challenges, learn from one another’s experiences, and work toward real solutions to the real problems affecting today’s promotional review teams.
*Separate registration required at an additional cost.
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Promotional review works best when teams learn together. Register three attendees from the same organization and receive one registration free.
EVENT AT A GLANCE
Early-Bird Registration: $1,795
Regularly $1,995 · Early-bird pricing ends 12/1
Leadership Forum: January 19, 2027
Main Symposium: January 20–21, 2027
Networking Party: January 20, 2027
Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa
7100 Aviara Resort Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92011
The vision behind mrl in sync
Meet the Co-Chairs
Heta Zaveri
Advertising & Promotion Practice Leader
Opus Regulatory
Joel Davis
Medical Review & Information Practice Leader
Opus Regulatory
Heta Zaveri and Joel Davis serve as the co-chairs and co-creators of Advancing Promotional Review: MRL in Sync. Heta and Joel each bring more than 15 years of U.S. and global Regulatory and Medical Affairs experience. Through their work with cross-functional teams, they recognized the need for a different kind of industry event—one centered on open dialogue, shared experiences, and practical problem-solving. Together, they created MRL in Sync to bring Medical, Regulatory, Legal and Commercial professionals into one collaborative setting to examine the dynamic regulatory landscape, discuss technology and AI, address increasing demands for efficiency, strengthen cross-functional alignment, and identify actionable solutions to the real challenges facing promotional review teams today.
become a sponsor
Position your brand in front of Medical, Regulatory, Legal, Compliance and Commercial professionals working to improve alignment, strengthen decision-making, streamline review processes, and support compliant promotional communications.
Sponsoring Advancing Promotional Review: MRL in Sync gives your organization meaningful opportunities to build relationships, increase visibility, and engage with a focused life sciences audience in an intimate, collaborative setting at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, California.
Sponsorship opportunities are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve an opportunity or request additional information please complete the form.
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Tabletop Sponsor — $5,000
Put your organization at the center of the conversation with a dedicated exhibit space directly outside the event meeting room.
Your sponsorship includes:
Dedicated tabletop exhibit space outside the meeting room
One tabletop and two chairs
Opportunity to display company signage, collateral, and promotional materials
Sponsor recognition on the event website
Company logo on event sponsor signage
Recognition during the event
One complimentary event registration
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Exclusive Networking Party Sponsor — $10,000
Extend your presence beyond the formal program as the exclusive sponsor of the event’s signature networking experience.
Your sponsorship includes:
Exclusive designation as the Networking Party Sponsor
Opportunity to host a tabletop exhibit during the networking party
Dedicated tabletop exhibit space outside the meeting room
One tabletop and two chairs
Opportunity to display company signage, collateral, and promotional materials
Sponsor recognition on the event website
Company logo on event sponsor signage
Recognition during the event
One complimentary event registration
Ready to Bring Your MRL Team Into Sync?
Join us in Carlsbad for two days of learning, collaboration, and meaningful industry connection.