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Product: AI Pulse for Pharma GEO Monitoring
Track share-of-answer, verify claims against PI, and govern fixes across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity.
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What AI Pulse Does
AI Pulse is the monitoring layer for AI-driven customer journeys. It uses proprietary response indexing to track how large language models describe, recommend, and cite your pharmaceutical brand - then turns findings into a governed action queue your teams can run.
Every day, over 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions[2, 3]. Those answers shape perceptions, influence decisions, and increasingly replace traditional search for both patients and HCPs. But AI systems can drift, omit, or cite weak sources - and without monitoring, you won't know until the damage is done.
AI Pulse gives you visibility into what AI says, how it positions you vs competitors, and whether claims align with your prescribing information. Then it routes findings to accountable owners with evidence and audit trail.
Three Pillars: Visibility, Positioning, Truth Alignment
AI Pulse measures your brand across three dimensions, each with its own sub-score:
Visibility
Are you appearing in AI answers? How often? Share-of-answer measures your presence across providers and question types.
Positioning
How does AI position you vs competitors? Ranking, framing, and context - not just mentions.
Truth Alignment
Do AI claims match your PI? Supported, Ambiguous, or Not-in-PI verification for every claim.
These three pillars combine into an overall AI Pulse Score - a single metric to track brand health in the AI layer over time.
What AI Pulse Detects
AI Pulse monitors for three critical risks:
- Share-of-Answer Loss: Your brand is missing from AI answers where it should appear, or appearing less often than competitors. This is the new battleground for brand visibility - share-of-voice in the AI era.
- Narrative Drift: AI systems are framing your brand differently than intended, using competitor language, or shifting positioning over time. Drift is gradual and hard to catch without continuous monitoring.
- Claim Defensibility Gaps: AI is making claims about your product that aren't supported by prescribing information, citing low-quality sources, or omitting required safety information[4, 5].
How It Works: Measure → Diagnose → Fix → Re-test
AI Pulse follows a four-step loop:
- Measure: Run standardized question sets across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Capture exact AI responses, citations, and context.
- Diagnose: Analyze responses for share-of-answer, positioning, and claim accuracy. Identify which sources are shaping AI answers (Influence Graph).
- Fix: Route findings to governance queue with owners, evidence, and due dates. Teams publish content, refresh sources, or escalate to Medical/MLR.
- Re-test: Run question sets again weekly to verify fixes and track improvement. Delta metrics prove lift vs baseline.
This creates a continuous improvement loop - not a one-time audit. AI answers change; your monitoring should too.
Key Capabilities
AI Pulse provides the following capabilities for pharma brand teams:
Provider-Level Monitoring
AI Pulse monitors across all major LLMs where patients and HCPs ask health questions:
- ChatGPT (OpenAI) - 40M+ daily health queries[2]
- Claude (Anthropic) - Growing enterprise adoption
- Gemini (Google) - Integrated with Search and Android
- Perplexity - Citation-heavy AI search
Each provider has different source preferences and answer patterns. AI Pulse shows you performance by provider, so you can see where you're strong and where to focus.
Influence Graph
The Influence Graph maps which domains and pages are shaping AI answers about your brand. It shows:
- Citation frequency: Which sources AI cites most often
- Domain authority: Government, academic, commercial, or unknown sources
- Context: How each source is used (supportive, contradictory, neutral)
This reveals whether AI is citing your peer-reviewed evidence, your competitors' marketing, or low-quality blogs. You can then prioritize content publishing to strengthen high-authority sources.
PI-Backed Verification
Every AI-generated claim about your product is checked against your prescribing information (PI). Claims are categorized as:
- Supported: Claim directly matches approved labeling
- Ambiguous: Claim is partially supported or requires interpretation
- Not-in-PI: Claim not found in approved labeling - potential compliance risk
Not-in-PI claims are flagged for immediate Medical/MLR review. This catches hallucinations and inaccuracies before they spread.
Governance Queue
Findings don't disappear into reports. The governance queue routes every finding to an accountable owner with:
- Owner assignment: Brand, Medical, Omnichannel, or Comms
- Due dates: Clear deadlines for action
- Priority levels: Based on compliance risk and competitive impact
- Audit trail: Timestamp, evidence, and resolution logged
This creates MLR-friendly workflows where every action is documented. When regulators or leadership ask what you did, you have the answer.
Portfolio Rollups
For multi-brand organizations, AI Pulse aggregates scores across your portfolio. See which brands are performing well in the AI layer, which need attention, and how trends compare across therapeutic areas.
Portfolio views help prioritize resources and identify systemic issues (e.g., all oncology brands citing the same weak source).
What You Get in a Baseline
An AI Pulse baseline establishes your starting point across all dimensions:
- AI Pulse Score with Visibility, Positioning, and Truth Alignment sub-scores
- Share-of-answer metrics by provider and question type
- Competitive positioning analysis (your brand vs top 3-5 competitors)
- PI-backed verification of all current AI claims
- Influence Graph of sources shaping AI answers
- Prioritized findings in the governance queue
A baseline typically covers 50-200 question variations across patient and HCP intent patterns, run across all four providers. Results are available within days.
Implementation & Onboarding
AI Pulse is designed for fast implementation - days, not quarters:
- PI upload: Provide your prescribing information (PDF or structured data)
- Competitor definition: Identify 3-5 key competitors for share-of-answer tracking
- Question set configuration: Define patient and HCP question patterns for your therapeutic area
- Baseline run: First results within 3-5 business days
- Governance setup: Configure owners, escalation paths, and notification preferences
No complex integrations, no IT dependencies. AI Pulse is a standalone SaaS platform that works with your existing workflows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which AI systems does AI Pulse monitor?
AI Pulse runs standardized question sets across ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), and Perplexity. We track performance by provider over time, so you can see where each model represents your brand differently.
What is share-of-answer?
Share-of-answer measures how often your brand appears in AI responses compared to competitors. It includes mention rate (how often you appear), ranking position (where you appear in lists), and citation frequency (how often your sources are cited).
What is PI-backed verification?
PI-backed verification checks every AI-generated claim about your product against your prescribing information (PI). Claims are categorized as Supported (matches PI), Ambiguous (partially supported), or Not-in-PI (claim not found in approved labeling).
What is the Influence Graph?
The Influence Graph maps which domains and pages are shaping AI answers about your brand. It shows citation frequency, domain authority, and context - so you can see whether AI is citing your peer-reviewed evidence or a competitor's marketing site.
How does the governance queue work?
The governance queue routes findings to accountable owners (Brand, Medical, Omnichannel, Comms) with due dates and priority levels. Every action is logged with timestamps, creating an audit trail for MLR review and regulatory compliance.
How fast can we implement AI Pulse?
Most brands can onboard in days, not quarters. Implementation involves uploading or sourcing PI, defining competitors and question sets, running a baseline, and configuring the governance queue. No complex integrations required.
Is AI Pulse different from SEO or social listening?
Yes. SEO optimizes for search rankings; social listening tracks conversations. AI Pulse monitors how AI systems synthesize and present your brand in answers - a different layer where traditional tools have no visibility.
What do we get in a baseline?
A baseline includes: AI Pulse Score with sub-scores, share-of-answer metrics by provider, competitive positioning analysis, PI-backed verification of current AI claims, Influence Graph of sources shaping answers, and prioritized findings in the governance queue.
Citations
- [1] OpenAI - Introducing ChatGPT Health (Jan 7, 2026) https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-health/
- [2] Healthcare Dive - More than 40 million people ask ChatGPT healthcare questions every day (Jan 6, 2026) https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/40-million-use-chatgpt-health-questions-openai/808861/
- [3] Fierce Healthcare - 40M people use ChatGPT to get answers to healthcare questions (Jan 5, 2026) https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/40m-people-use-chatgpt-answer-healthcare-questions-openai-says
- [4] Covington - 2023 End-of-Year Summary of FDA Advertising and Promotion Enforcement Activity (Jul 22, 2024) https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2024/07/2023-end-of-year-summary-of-fda-advertising-and-promotion-enforcement-activity
- [5] FDA OPDP The Brief Summary (Jan 2025 PDF) https://www.fda.gov/media/185040/download
- [6] Digiday - US pharma digital ad spending $20.19B (May 20, 2025) https://digiday.com/marketing/pharma-marketers-weigh-economy-and-chance-of-tv-ad-ban-during-upfronts-season/
- [7] IQVIA case study - predictive field alerts 36% Rx uplift (Dec 26, 2023) https://www.iqvia.com/library/case-studies/predictive-field-alerts-driving-rx-lift-and-roi-in-autoimmune-treatment
- [8] ZS - Unified engagement / omnichannel context (Apr 15, 2025) https://www.zs.com/insights/unified-engagement-goal-pharma-marketing
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