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In today’s episode, our Field Medical experts will discuss tips to understand how you can lead through change.
In the past 18 months, at least two variables in the DOL equation have changed.
In the 3rd and final episode of this series, we’ll be meeting with Georgios Tramountanis, a member of the MAPS Digital Focus Area Working Group to examine where we see potential opportunities for Medical Affairs as it relates to Automation and review some predictions on the future of Automation in Medical Affairs.
In this podcast episode, we discuss how Medical Affairs teams can compliantly engage with patients in disease-specific social networks to provide important information that optimizes outcomes, while placing the patient at the center of drug development.
In the 2nd of this 3-part series, we’ll be meeting with Shinya Suda-san, Sr. Vice President and Global Head of Information Systems at Astellas to glean insights on Automation opportunities as it relates to Digital Transformation.
MAPS speaks with Sameer Lal, SVP, Enterprise Medical Business Unit, Indegene about how to move from today’s largely siloed customer engagement framework to a truly cross-functional, omnichannel approach.
Instead of being static representations of an event, insights can become actionable—informing what can be done to improve future events or even larger business decisions.
In this webinar, we’ll discover an evolving framework that leverages various perspectives within our industry to address health disparities & inequities in order to bring a more equitable distribution of healthcare.
Congress planning is time-consuming and heavily manual, and it can be challenging to quickly share insights across the business. What’s the alternative for better medical congress planning?
Influence is an inside-out game, requiring us to look inward before we lead outward.
Today, HCPs are taking to the internet to release new research or create a digital research community in real-time. Through social media channels like Twitter, the new thought leaders or digital opinion leaders (DOLs) share research and reach a broader audience with digital influence and presence.
In this first of 3 episodes, we will be meeting with an industry expert on Automation within the pharmaceutical industry.
This webinar demonstrates how enhanced visualization solutions can be applied to scientific communications and Medical Affairs tools to enhance content clarity and increase HCP engagement.
This podcast addresses how Medical Affairs teams should be re-evaluating their overall strategy to make sure that even in the face of uncertainty, there is a path forward for clinical design, and how Rescue sites can provide that path forward.
MyHealthTeam presents three case studies and four actionable steps to help improve your Medical Affairs Programs for patients.
This podcast, the 2nd in a 2-part series, discusses the What of the collaboration– the specific topics covered by phactMI, a nonprofit collaboration of Medical Information leaders.
After this webinar, attendees will walk away with a critical understanding of artificial intelligence, best practices for building trust in AI, and real-world applications for Medical Affairs.
Being able to track the progress of each contract as it moves through the process can provide benefits both internally and externally.
if you start your day in work mode (4th & 5th gears), and you drive all day like that, you are going to burn out fast!
MAPS speaks with Annemarie Clegg, CMO, OPEN Health, about the evolving role of Medical Affairs in providing context for payers, regulators and policy makers whose decisions can dramatically affect which patients can access industry innovations.
This podcast discusses the how and why this group of MI professionals, who are part of phactMI, a nonprofit collaboration of Medical Information leaders, came together and the lessons learned from their collaboration.
In this podcast, MAPS speaks with Renu Juneja, who started a medical writing fellowship program at Janssen, and with two of her former fellowship participants, Jennifer Lee and Lauren Brown.
This webinar, a continuation from April 27, analyzes the future of Medical Affairs in Japan while discussing what we can do together to make Medical Affairs in Japan even more effective.
This webinar, a MAPS Middle East Chapter event, centers on experts discussing the evolving role of the MSL in the new normal.
This podcast details how Renu Juneja went from earning a PhD in the pharmaceutical industry to becoming a medical writer at Novo Nordisk.
Standards and Guidance powerpoint and templates for Medical Affairs strategic planning
This white paper by the MAPS Executive Consortium synthesizes the views of senior global Medical Affairs leaders to provide a unified vision for the future of Medical Affairs in society, industry, teams and as individuals.
This webinar tackles questions around how customer engagement is being approached as of today and helps redefine the industry thinking on this important topic for Medical Affairs.
This podcast details the need for content curation to cut through the noise — and eventually provide patient benefit.
This webinar provides an overview of the evolution of the Medical Affairs role and contributions to scientific congresses.
At the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Meeting, we sat down with Riad Dirani and Omar Dabbous to chat about the structure and activities of HEOR within Medical Affairs.
MAPS speaks with Anatoly Geyfman, VP of Medical Devices at H1, about Medical Affairs’ role in ensuring health equity.
This webinar shows how identifying areas of opportunity with current available data, and pushing teams to put our patients at the center of our efforts, we can begin implementing novel impact methodologies.
Australian and Global Medical Affairs Professional Society organizations critically reflect and present a modern view of the Momentum its Mentorship program is building for its current and aspiring members of our community across the pharmaceutical industry and medical devices.
MAPS speaks with Tim Mikhelashvili and Riaz Abbas about innovative approaches to compliant patient education including collaborations with patient associations, peer navigators and the emerging use of social media.
This webinar tackles the question of why many companies have “analysis paralysis” when it comes to their program data, and how to overcome it.
In this interview recorded at MAPS 2022 Global with Marija Geertsen, MD, MBA, we discuss the role of Medical Affairs in engaging with patients and patient communities.
Insights On Demand is a data-driven and individualized process that allows you to automate putting immediately actionable insight into the hands of those that can take immediate action. Learn the 3 A’s of Automatic Insights.
Digital tools power the ability of Medical Affairs teams to generate, analyze and disseminate data to external stakeholders across the product lifecycle, while bringing essential learnings from these stakeholders back to the organization in the form of insights.
This paper explores the Medical Affairs-based medical insights function and and identifies basic operational elements required to establish medical insights as a core strategic MA function.
What is Medical Affairs and what does it do in the biopharmaceutical and MedTech industries? Who works in Medical Affairs and what skills do you need to succeed? Find out in this essential guide to understanding, joining and thriving in Medical Affairs.
This podcast episode details 4 things Field Medical teams can do better to overcome their organizations’ struggles to engage and support external experts.
MAPS speaks with José Borbolla, Global Executive Medical Director at Esai, and Augusto Grinspan, VP Medical Affairs and Head LATAM with Merck KGaA about the evolution of Medical Affairs in Latin America.
This webinar analyzes the current state of Medical Affairs in Japan, highlights progress made and provides suggestions on what we can do together to make Medical Affairs in Japan even more effective.
MAPS speaks with Tim Mikhelashvili, PharmD, CEO & Co-Founder, Amedea Pharma, Inc. and Riaz Abbas, Learning and Performance Lead, JAPAC Medical, Amgen about innovative approaches to Medical Affairs External Education.
In this interview recorded at MAPS 2022 Global with Marija Geertsen, MD, MBA, we discuss the role of Medical Affairs in engaging with patients and patient communities.
This webinar will introduce a practical view on how to develop Medical Affairs omnichannel strategies within your organization
In this interview recorded at MAPS 2022 Global with Monica de Abadal, SVP, Head North America Medical Affairs, Ipsen, we discuss how Medical Affairs benefits patients and society.
This podcast, recorded at the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Meeting, addresses the unique position of Medical Affairs in the rare disease space & how our work in this area is essential for patient benefit.
Medical technologies require equipping health care providers with the theoretical knowledge of best and safest use and also ensuring users’ practical competence. This article by the MAPS MedTech and External Education FAWGs overviews these best practices.
This podcast episode details 4 things Field Medical teams can do better to overcome their organizations’ struggles to engage and support external experts.
Charlotte Kremer (former Astellas) speaks with Danie du Plessis (Kyowa Kirin) and Bjorn Oddens (Merck) about whether Medical Affairs is truly the third strategic pillar.
This podcast addresses what the role of Medical Affairs is in creating health equity and whether Medical Affairs is able to promote health equity in ways it couldn’t previously.
In this white paper, MedComms, Field Medical and Insights Focus Area Working Groups (FAWGs) demonstrate the value of and elucidate best practices for an insights-driven collaborative approach to creating an iMC S/P.
This webinar addresses key steps all Medical Affairs teams can take now to move toward a more holistic approach to insights gathering activities, allowing them to make better, faster decisions.
This podcast explores the necessity to consider communication as an essential element in the planning process for RWE studies.
MAPS is excited to announce the appointment of Tamas Koncz, MD, MSc, PhD, Chief Medical Officer for the Inflammation and Immunology Business at Pfizer, to the MAPS Board of Directors.
This podcast addresses two important categories of Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) we should all be listening to.
MAPS is honored to announce the appointment of William (Bill) Sigmund, MD, MHS, EVP and Chief Medical Officer at Becton Dickinson, to the MAPS Board of Directors.
This white paper provides Medical Affairs professionals with the background and history of Real-World Evidence, and its applications in the biopharma industry to benefit patients.
MAPS speaks with Lance Hill about the opportunity for Medical Affairs organizations to modernize their operations in the pre-launch and launch phase by harnessing insights management technology.
How do leaders make their way to Medical Safety & Pharmacovigilance? The routes are diverse but one constant remains true: They are extremely committed to being an independent voice that amplifies their organization’s commitment to Patient Centricity.
Digitalization offers Medical Affairs teams the opportunity to rethink strategy and actions across the lifecycle of traditional and nontraditional products.
In this podcast, experts demonstrate how to implement AI-powered natural language processing to gather, interpret and integrate insights to uncover the story in your data.
This podcast previews the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Meeting session “How Medical Affairs can best support internal and external collaborations in patient engagement,” that details the unique role of Medical Affairs in patient engagement.
One of the pandemic’s silver linings may well be gains in participation levels and the volume and quality of insights generated by eliminating the constraints of face-to-face interaction.
In this podcast, we speak with presenters of the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Meeting session, “Developing and Executing and Integrated Medical Communications Strategy and Plan.”
This webinar explores how and why variety, customization, and diversity are key to creating long-lasting and authentic relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare providers, payers, patients, and internal stakeholders.
This webinar features 5 medical heads providing a scorecard on how Medical Affairs throughout the APAC region have performed, given the challenging environment of the global pandemic.
This podcast, part two of a two-part series, discusses practical tips on how to incorporate cybersecurity into your own practices and devices.
The purpose of this webinar is to identify the skills required to effectively identify, generate and capture actionable insights that align with strategic imperatives during and following a call with an HCP.
In this final article in the Leadership Perspectives series, John Pracyk interviews J&J leaders to explore a bold vision of career development that entails moving across sectors; namely, crossing over between Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Vision, and Consumer Health.
This podcast focuses on how emerging tools can enable better collaboration and engagement with both internal and external stakeholders.
In conversation with John Pracyk, MD, PhD, MBA, Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson describe best practices to prepare our next generation of Chief Medical Officers.
This podcast focuses on applications of Real World Evidence including FDA criteria for accepting RWE, types of data, RWE study designs and the Totality of Evidence approach.
This webinar addresses the importance of metrics and how Share of Scientific Voice provides measurement in one of MA’s most strategically important areas.
This course uses a faux product to introduce essential concepts of Patient Centricity including a comprehensive description of strategy.
A guide for Medical Communications cross-functional collaboration to develop an Integrated Medical Communications Strategy and Plan (iMC S/P) which is the roadmap for how a Medical Affairs team communicates its product vision and value proposition to internal and external stakeholders.
This podcast focuses on how to use integrated HCP data and network analytics to get faster, better insights from disease communities.
In this webinar, our panelists share their experience, challenges, and practical solutions regarding driving insights into action.
In this installment of the Leadership Perspectives series, we speak with some of the top Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson as they think about the rapid new ascension of Medical Affairs into a fully integrated strategic business partner.
This podcast focuses on the Medical Productivity Index (MPI), which seeks to quantify aspects of Medical Affairs including the MSL/HCP relationship and an individual’s impact on patient outcomes.
In this webinar, an MSL, a Medical Field Excellence Leader, and a Solution Provider discuss an aligned partnership to supercharge scientific exchange.
There is growing interest globally in using real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) for applications including regulatory decisions, health technology assessment (HTA), pharmacovigilance and more. However, Asia currently lacks a framework to effectively collect and utilize a broad range of RWD/RWE.
This podcast explores how Medical Affairs can implement a Netflix-like, education streaming strategy to obtain direct access to HCPs and engage with them repeatedly.
Here John Pracyk, MD, PhD, MBA, MAPS President of the Americas Region speaks with some of the top Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson as they share their perspective on the impact of Digital on Healthcare.
MAPS speaks with Ariel Katz, co-founder and CEO of H1, about the future of the Medical Affairs function and the factors driving the current pace of change.
This webinar explores real world and novel approaches to customizing and creating Medical Affairs metrics that are relevant, and most meaningful.
This podcast details ways to identify and engage diverse patients in Medical Affairs clinical trials, empowering the function’s core mission to maximize the benefit of new pharmaceutical and MedTech products to patients in the wider healthcare landscape.
This podcast focuses on publication metrics, specifically on how article-level metrics are impacting and creating new opportunities for medical publication and what metrics we should be tracking.
This podcast details ways to identify and engage diverse patients in Medical Affairs clinical trials while empowering the function’s core mission.
This podcast focuses on different forms of enhanced publication content (EPC) and new approaches that might change manuscript development.
MAPS speaks with Ariel Katz, co-founder and CEO of H1, about the factors driving the evolution of Medical Affairs and look at the shape of the function in 2030 and beyond.
In this webinar, three panelists explain how medical information teams are transforming customer experience through digital technology.
In a field where all professionals are esteemed intellectuals, the difference between a middling unknown and a Jeff Bezos is purely emotional intelligence.
This podcast focuses on the journal publishing industry, discussing how medical journal publishing is changing and what changes we might see in the future.
Survey benchmarks External Education trends and needs to inform structure, capabilities, strengths and gaps that can be leveraged for planning in your organization.
Last month, Medical Affairs and clinical experts from six organizations came together to help make clinical trials more accessible to and better understood by people facing vitiligo. You can do this in your therapeutic area.
This webinar explores best practices for Medical Science Liaisons with experts from APPA, IFAPP, MAPS and MSLS.
This podcast explores a career path leading to Medical Affairs while covering the benefits and challenges involved in discovering your place within the function.
After completing this module, you will be better able to:
Articulate the roles Medical Affairs plays in the healthcare industry
Gain an understanding for the common functions and key skills in Medical Affairs
Describe the Foundational Pillars of Medical Affairs and their purpose
In this webinar, experts discuss the value of, and how to utilize, patient perspectives in company-sponsored medical publications.
MAPS Insights Focus Area Working Group (FAWG) members define some of the terms associated with the collection and use of insights as a way to start standardizing the lexicon of the function.
MAPS speaks with Medical Strategy FAWG co-leads Becky Harmon and Simon Kyaga about the emerging strategic opportunities for Medical Affairs.
This webinar explains the difference between multichannel and omnichannel engagement and shows how to implement both to meet the needs of diverse audiences of external stakeholders.
This MAPS podcast details what medical device cybersecurity is and why you should care.
In this webinar, a panel of social media and medical communications experts discuss the evolving trends and models for pharma and biotech medical communications.
This MAPS podcast details potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with Academic Drug Developers.
At some point, many people feel they’re simply “not good enough.” Unfortunately, this is such a common occurrence that it has a name: Imposter Syndrome.
In this webinar, you will learn how the insight gap impacts various roles and responsibilities within Medical Affairs and how to close it.
This webinar describes key steps and considerations for creating a successful social media presence for your Medical Affairs team.
MedTech FAWG leaders discuss aspects of Medical Affairs unique to MedTech and how COVID and the changing data landscape have opened the door to the C-suite.
In this webinar, three panelists who work with teams across multiple time zones will share how they collaborate, manage and motivate to optimize team participation and engagement.
This podcast sponsored by VISFO explores the past, present and future of the Medical Science Liaison role.
This webinar explores real-world examples and challenges of using data and technology to measure medical impact in real-time.
“Data doesn’t exist until it is published.” Here, MAPS speaks with MedComm FAWG co-leads about innovations and future directions for Medical Communications within Medical Affairs.
This MAPS podcast details potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with Patient Advocacy Groups.
This webinar offers actionable steps MSLs and MSL teams can use to leverage data for successful KOL engagements in this new era of digital.
This Global Town Hall focuses on the emerging capabilities needs for Medical Affairs teams and the opportunity to drive strategic decisions with Medical Insights.
In this discussion sponsored by Within3, learn how Medical Affairs teams can achieve clarity, improve business function, and reduce risk with a holistic, technology-enabled approach.
This webinar explores what good looks like in SCP development and reviews the challenges frequently encountered during SCP development and dissemination.
MAPS speaks with IQVIA experts on two sides of thought-leader engagement — discovering thought leader networks and personalizing engagements with these thought leaders in a way that has the potential to shift the scientific landscape.
A Q&A with David Williams, Chief Medical Officer, VISFO
Since its publication in the journal of Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science in July, the article “Promoting Best Practices for Medical Science Liaisons Position Statement from the APPA, IFAPP, MAPS and MSLS,” has been read more than 4000 times. This article presents highlights from a recent MAPS webinar with the paper’s authors, focusing on further defining the role and best practices for Medical Science Liaisons.
This webinar explores WHAT is IIR vs. Collaborative Research and discusses the challenges of conducting IIR and Collaborative Research.
When quantitative and qualitative Field Medical KPIs and metrics are aligned with the organization’s strategic plan, these measurements demonstrate value. Defining and communicating this value is an essential task as Field Medical solidifies its role as a strategic pillar within the organization.
This webinar explores how to implement a digital presence to uncover external education unmet needs and gaps.
This paper discusses the sources and uses of non-registrational evidence and describes why Medical Affairs is positioned to lead and own the nRE Strategic Plan.
This podcast, sponsored by Impetus Digital, explores the opportunities and benefits of platforms that deliver asynchronous engagement, noting dramatic increases in HCP/KOL participation and cost-per-word.
This webinar explores MA’s future in healthcare innovation and leadership as part of the development of cross-functional goals to help achieve patient benefits.
During this webinar, a panel of three thought leaders in Medical Communications and Content Strategy will discuss how insights into HCP communication preferences can support the development of your digital engagement strategy and tactics.
This webinar explores how Medical Affairs teams can convey scientific topics visually in a way that maintains credibility and scientific rigor.
Near the end of Jill Donahue’s family trip to Greece, an unlicensed tour guide, Charis, showed what communication mastery looks like.
This webinar explores best practices for Medical Science Liaisons with experts from APPA, IFAPP, MAPS and MSLS.
This MAPS podcast details potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key external partners.
MAPS speaks with MyHealthTeams Cofounder and CEO, Eric Peacock, about how health communities can help the biopharmaceutical industry develop new products that truly make a difference in patients’ lives.
In this podcast sponsored by LARVOL, MAPS speaks with Medical Affairs experts on how to help actionable insights float to the top of the ocean of insights data.
This paper addresses the complexities of prioritizing contemporary journal offerings to accomplish article objectives and overall publication planning goals.
This article explores the neuroscience of success and how a different, more thought-out approach to our behavior in the workplace can lead to higher chances of career success in the long run.
In this podcast sponsored by Alucio, MAPS speaks with Medical Communications experts about the new hybrid environment and how content strategy can support Medical Affairs engagements.
Episodes 1-18 of the MAPS Field Medical Focus Area Working Group podcast series, “Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow”
In this webinar, experts share real-life examples of how Medical Affairs can use social media insights to improve outcomes for customers and patients.
MAPS speaks with leaders from Lundbeck, Biogen, BMS and Medline about new best practices for the product launch planning process.
This podcast sponsored by IQVIA explores social media for insights and thought leader identification.
Are you a digital Jedi Master, a Jedi Knight, or Padawan? Or are your digital transformation skills stuck in the Dark Side? Take the Digital Quotient Quiz to find out!
This session provides a learning opportunity for our audience by providing background on FDA’s Offices of Minority Health and Health Equity, and Women’s Health
Through generation of Medical Insights, MA enhances its “third pillar” role within the pharmaceutical company and demonstrates value as a key driver in activities directly affecting patient outcomes.
This MAPS podcast details strategic opportunities of compliant collaborations between Field Medical and Marketing Development.
This webinar focuses on the evolution in medical information portals, new capabilities, system integrations and requirements for successful launch.
In this MAPS podcast sponsored by IQVIA, we speak with John Eichert, Director of the Thought Leaders Center of Excellence at IQVIA about scientific communications platforms and the combination of peer survey techniques with machine learning to identify key opinion leaders.
This MAPS webinar details strategies Medical Affairs professionals in External Education can use to assess HCP learning.
This MAPS podcast details strategic opportunities of compliant collaborations between Field Medical and Marketing.
This position paper is intended outline the roles and responsibilities expected of an MSL and provide clarity on the juxtaposition of MSLs and Sales representatives (SRs) when it comes to scientific exchange versus promotional messaging.
MAPS speaks with Hywel Evans Director of the IQVIA Natural Language Processing Insights Hub about NLP to generate medical insights.
This session will provide an overview of the foundation of Medical Information, Enhancement Opportunities for Medical Information, and Medical Information Value to the Organization.
This MAPS webinar details how search engine optimization (SEO) can help to ensure HCPs and other stakeholders find your publications.
Download this Altmetric white paper to learn how to measure the value of Medical Affairs publications beyond counting citations.
As the bridge between the organization and external stakeholders, Medical Affairs professionals require excellent communication skills. This eLearning course creates expertise in planning and delivering presentations in all formats to all audiences.
This special edition of the MAPS Field Medical podcast series features four global leaders in MSL excellence sharing their subject matter expertise on MSL capabilities.
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners and identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
Impetus Digital co-founder and CEO, Natalie Yeadon, describes best practices for the digitalization of virtual and hybrid Medical Affairs events.
Comprehensive Standards & Guidance resource providing direction for Medical Affairs External Education professionals delivering independent and company-led Medical Education.
In this episode of Partnering for Today and Tomorrow we discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners and how we identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
This white paper from the MAPS Medical Strategy & Launch Excellence Focus Area Working Group (FAWG) describes the elements of meaningful metrics in Medical Affairs and demonstrates how these metrics can be used to facilitate real actions and outcomes for Medical Affairs teams and the organization as a whole
MAPS speaks with External Education FAWG leaders about their Standards and Guidance resource and about recent changes and future directions of External Education.
Placing more focus on self-development and knowledge acquisition is imperative for Medical Affairs professionals of tomorrow — making proper coaching crucial for MA leaders.
In this episode of Partnering for Today and Tomorrow we discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners and how we identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
This MAPS webinar with Syneos Health overviews learning agility and the six contributing dimensions, discussing how we can measure and develop learning agility across an organization.
This webinar will feature speakers from Eli Lilly and Company, Gilead, and Pfizer. They will come together to represent their experiences in establishing medical information strategy, content and operations for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) products for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
In this episode of Partnering for Today and Tomorrow we discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners and how we identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
In this podcast you will understand the core goals and activities that support patient centricity within Medical Information and discuss how Medical Information colleagues can support patient-centric initiatives.
MAPS offers a short video tutorial on Zoom/Teams best practices. Yes, it’s finally time to learn to use these tools well…
mastermind groups represent peer mentoring collectives — with members of various levels of education and professional experience, seeking to solve issues using advice and input from other group members.
In this episode of Partnering for Today and Tomorrow we discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners and how we identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
Three accomplished Medical Affairs executives representing different regions of the globe have helped build the inaugural Mentorship Program at MAPS will be discussing their personal stories, perspectives, and offer critical suggestions that will redefine and inspire a next generation view of Mentorship
Here we explore how some of the top Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson think about evolving from a highly skilled individual contributor to a people leader.
This MAPS podcast will explain how the in-person conference experience has changed and adapted to the virtual environment and discusses styles and formats that uniquely suit the online virtual conference experience
This MAPS Webinar details SWOT Analysis and teaches participants to recognize how to apply the outputs of a SWOT analysis to strategic business planning efforts.
Medical Science Liaisons work in a complex ecosystem of internal and external stakeholders, with may of these actions shaped by the rules of compliance. Here the MAPS Field Medical Focus Area Working Group offers an inside look at how you and your MSL team can do our essential work while keeping on the right side of what’s right
Historically, Medical Affairs strategy focused heavily on engaging with KOLs. Today’s Medical Affairs team engages with a much more diverse ecosystem of stakholders
This MAPS podcast will explain how the in-person conference experience has changed and adapted to the virtual environment and discusses styles and formats that uniquely suit the online virtual conference experience
Companies are investing more in the analytics and insights capabilities for medical – whether it’s dedicating more resources, building out a center of excellence, or even having Commercial Ops and Analytics people transition to take on that role in Medical.
In this podcast sponsored by Impetus Digital, MAPS speaks about planning and delivering virtual and hybrid events with Impetus Digital Co-Founder and CEO, Natalie Yeadon.
This MAPS podcast discusses the functions and activities of key internal partners and Identifies potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs.
This Q&A describes Amgen Europe HCP preference survey results and wider changes in the way MSLs will work with their HCP peers as we emerge from the pandemic.
The definition of a habit is a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior. This webinar seeks to evolve legacy expectations and drive forward habits for the individual medical affairs professional that will positively influence the overall community
This paper describes survey results from Amgen JAPAC Medical Affairs examining the current state in early 2021 of medical engagement amongst healthcare professionals.
Demonstrate the use of technology to automate part of the MLR Review and Approval process and learn how to provide details of a proof-of-concept to test AI-enabled technology in Medical Affairs.
Here we explore how some of the top Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson think about career leadership development opportunities and challenges.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
Unleashing opportunities for better understanding and collaboration between experts in AI and medical
Now is a critical time for Medical Affairs leaders to redefine their roles and boldly re-engage patients by employing a few key tactics learned from the past year.
This MAPS podcast with AlphaGroup of Medical Communications Companies explores areas of collaboration between Medical Affairs and HEOR groups.
“If you ask patient communities their major concerns, it’s affordable access,” says Alissa Heizler-Mendoza speaking about patient advocacy in Medical Affairs.
During this interactive session, PwC and 3 industry panelists will discuss how Medical Affairs organizations are utilizing digital platforms and technology to collect, analyze and report on Medical Insights.
MedInfo Teams contribute to the business with clinical expertise, extensive knowledge of the company products and medical literature, insights of customer needs, and a strong understanding of the business.
In this dynamic and conversational webinar, we will review how adaptive connected technology and processes support our mandate to deliver integrated evidence that articulates clear clinical and economic value to improve patient experience and outcomes.
The webinar will provide a snapshot of insights on what matters to patients and how pharma fares in terms of patient centricity based on a new patient centricity benchmarking survey piloted in 2019.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
This session describes the National Health Council and opportunities for Medical Affairs professionals to get involved.
J&J leaders detail how to think about managing the challenge of broadening the focus of a Medical Affairs career to encompass new and multiple therapeutic areas.
This MAPS podcast identifies potential areas for compliant collaboration by medical science liaisons with key internal Medical Affairs partners
This webinar reviews the rationale for SoSV as a performance metric in MA, how it is implemented in practice, and examine how it can be used strategically to measure, prioritize and achieve success.
This report shares the key insights from a MAPS special session on Field Medical engagement and provides further context from Medical Affairs colleagues who have first-hand knowledge of the ever-changing Field Medical role.
The objective of this podcast is to discuss how the 21st Century Cures Act has led to new initiatives at FDA involving Real World Evidence.
Connectivity and digitization of medical device technologies can improve device functionality and benefit. However, the connection of medical devices to networks or the internet exposes them to increased cyber threats.
MAPS speaks with co-leads of the Insights Focus Area Working Group (FAWG) about the current state and future directions for Insights in Medical Affairs.
In this MAPS podcast, we explore the emerging uses of social media in the practice of Medical Affairs including best practices and compliance concerns for Medical Affairs professionals participating in the social media landscape.
This 8th episode in our Field Medical podcast series explores the evolving roles of MSLs in the context of clinical trials.
Patient Advisors and Diversity Experts share their perspectives on diverse representation in clinical trials and key barriers to research access, and explore solutions to address these critical issues.
This MAPS webinar details HEOR professional competencies included in the ISPOR Competency Framework, defining which are most relevant to Medical Affairs professionals.
In this edition of Perspectives, MAPS Americas Region President, Dr John Pracyk speaks with J&J leaders about the keys to success in Medical Affairs.
This paper explores how moving to a holistic, multi-channel approach to insights will create value for the organization, patients and the medical community.
This podcast offers insights surrounding common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digital capabilities.
This MAPS webinar aims to foster discussion about the role of Medical Communications as Strategic Medical Affairs leaders.
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to identify potential areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
In this edition of Perspectives, MAPS Americas Region President, Dr John Pracyk speaks with J&J leaders on how they transitioned to a career in Medical Affairs.
This MAPS podcast discusses common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digital capabilities to its customers.
Join this session to understand aligned HCP and patient education activities from the perspective of the current landscape, Medical Affairs support for aligned medical education and risk mitigation ensuring transparency, fairness and lawfulness.
This 6th episode of the MAPS Field Medical podcast series explores Medical Information.
In this module you will: review the changing role of Medical Affairs and how it has become a strong strategic partner in product launch excellence (LE); gain insights into the components of LE; identify processes, systems, and tools to support LE; utilize templates to support LE planning.
This MAPS webinar with Impetus Digital defines best practices, benefits of, and barriers to virtualizing events in the life science industry.
This MAPS webinar offers strategies for MSL retention and skill development within Medical Affairs.
This MAPS podcast discusses common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digital capabilities to its customers.
This Medical Affairs webinar will increase your understanding of how to use digital tools to enhance the impact of scientific communications.
This 5th episode of the MAPS Field Medical podcast series details key issues for Medical Science Liaisons in the context of government affairs.
After completing this Webinar, participants will be better able to recognize and avoid pre-launch pitfalls from the perspective of cross-functional partners from Commercial, Market Access, and R&D.
This MAPS podcast describes publication plain-language summaries and how patients find them useful.
Join this session to understand how an effective digital tele-mentoring program builds local capacity in rural and underserved areas by empowering healthcare professionals to treat complex diseases that have historically only been treated by specialists.
This podcast from the MAPS Field Medical Focus Area Working Group identifies areas for compliant collaboration by MSLs with key internal partners.
This MAPS podcast explores ways medical device companies can capitalize on the shift from inpatient surgical settings to hospital outpatient departments.
This MAPS webinar reviews examples of well-designed metrics/KPI* dashboards – cadence, content and audience to ensure impactful and empowered Medical Affairs functions
This MAPS podcast explores the value and challenges of publication plain-language (PLS) summaries in the pharmaceutical industry.
This MAPS webinar details potential hurdles of the MLR review process, function alignment, and our changing MLR environment and possible solutions.
This Powerpoint offers a comprehensive overview of Real World Evidence (RWE) and its evolving use in the biopharmaceutical industry.
MAPS explores Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR): Why a Medical Affairs organization needs an HEOR function and how to build this capability.
This MAPS webinar details enforcement trends, key risks associated with the shift from in-person to virtual activities due to the pandemic and compliance considerations for conducting promotional and educational activities virtually.
The third episode of the MAPS podcast series exploring Field Medical collaborations with internal and external stakeholders.
In this Medical Affairs webinar, founder and CEO of Killer Visual Strategies, Amy Balliett, helps you master data visualization best practices.
This episode of the MAPS podcast series, Elevate, explores the differing approaches applied in the pharmaceutical and device industries to understand the impact and approach to acquired and internally generated data, analytics, and insights play in delivering value.
Standards & Guidance plus downloadable templates for Medical Affairs Launch Excellence
A plain-language summary (PLS) can play a key role in communicating clinical research more broadly to patients.
This MAPS podcast describes how cross-functional teams within Medical Affairs can use strategic plans to inform decision making and assess impact of efforts.
This case study-based webinar discusses how to connect the dots between internal training and improve patient outcomes, specifically focusing on Medical Affairs teams.
This MAPS webinar features MedTech Medical Affairs professionals on the post-pandemic future and how we can advance innovation, improve patient care and minimize risk.
When Robin Winter-Sperry started in the pharmaceutical industry, her mentor, Evelyn was one of the few female managers.
Listeners will understand how the Medical Affairs strategic planning process can drive decision making throughout the year.
This Medical Affairs webinar teaches attendees to build a framework that enables MSL insights to inform Medical strategy at both the local and global level.
Questions submitted during EMEA 2020 sessions, answered by our speakers and panelists.
Participants will learn the functions and activities of key internal partners and will identify potential areas for compliant collaboration with these partners.
Amgen Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) Medical Affairs team shares MSL survey results to explore innovative new ways of working to serve as a model for reimagining scientific engagement during and post-COVID-19.
Experts from Open Health offer insights into metrics and how to measure the impact of internal Medical Affairs training.
This Medical Affairs webinar assembles leading biopharma industry experts to discuss preparing your organization for digital transformation.
During this moderated interactive discussion our distinguished panelists will provide their on-the-ground observations about the pandemic’s current impact on patient care and the medical device industry.
Congratulations to Mónica de Abadal on her appointment as EMEA President of the Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS)
This MAPS podcast in partnership with Open Health explores the development and delivery of internal training for Medical Affairs professionals.
In partnership with experts from Open Health and Janssen EMEA, this episode of the MAPS podcast series Elevate details how to position patients as priority in designing and refining internal training.
Medical Affairs thought leaders discuss the Pre-21st Century Cures Act uses of Real World Evidence (RWE) in regulatory decision-making.
The Series Podcast Objectives are:
Podcast objectives include understanding how the medical affairs strategic planning process can drive decision making throughout the year
The Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) is honored to announce the inclusion of Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals (JNJ) in the MAPS Industry Partnership Program
Amgen’s Victoria Elegant and Ka Weng Mah had front row seats to the start of COVID-19 in Asia. Here is what they learned about the future of Medical Affairs.
Medical Affairs thought leaders discuss the function, activities and opportunities for compliant collaboration with key internal partners.
Q&A with Medical Affairs thought leaders describing changes in Digital and Field Medical during the pandemic and beyond
This webinar describes the NeuroLeadership Institute’s SCARF model (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness) and its application to the practice of Medical Affairs
John Pracyk, MD, PhD, MBA speaks with Patrick Vega of Vizient Advisory Solutions about ways that device companies can capitalize on the shift from inpatient surgical settings to hospital outpatient departments.
Nothing could stand between Joseph Eid and his dream of becoming a doctor—not even gunfire.
Cerise James, MD, moderates this podcast in which Neil Belson, JD, discusses Real World Evidence and its impact to the biopharmaceutical industry.
Real-World Evidence can show safety and effectiveness per FDA’s “totality of evidence approach” for evaluating regulatory submissions.
This Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) podcast features medical affairs thought leaders offering insights into the Medical Affairs strategic planning process
This special 75-minute MAPS Global Town Hall focuses on the challenges that are arising from the global Covid-19 pandemic and the emerging opportunity for Medical Affairs to provide strategic leadership.
Murali Gopal, MD, discusses the power of Integrated Brand Planning to transform the Medical Affairs function within the biopharmaceutical industry
Medical Affairs leaders need to be ready to interact with the C-Suite to make smarter decisions and focus performance measures on patient-centric outcomes.
MAPS in conversation with Robert Groebel, VP Global Strategy, MONOCL, and Danie du Plessis, VP Medical Affaris, Kyowa Kirin
Sawyer is making it her life’s work to focus on the patient—the most important stakeholder in drug development.
In this second of two podcast episodes, Pete Piliero moderates a discussion on contributions Medical Affairs makes to Asset Strategic Plans and Resourcing of a Medical Affairs Plan.
MAPS speaks with Beat Sümegi, SVP Medical with Sanofi, about major areas of change and the need to help Medical Affairs professionals build new skills to succeed in this world of increased responsibility and opportunity.
This Webinar features Medical Affairs and leading technology thought leaders exploring emerging trends and viewpoints on the next frontier for digital in Medical Affairs and the broader healthcare environment with the “New Normal”.
Pete Piliero, MD, moderates a discussion on contributions Medical Affairs makes to Asset Strategic Plans.
Medical Affairs thought leaders Q&A on topics including virtual congresses, digital platforms, and pre-print scientific publications.
This article formalizes learnings from the MAPS Annual Conference 2020, providing best practices for MSLs in the context of the ongoing pandemic and beyond.
MAPS speaks with Vice President of Amgen Europe Medical Affairs, Isma Benattia, about changes in the way MSLs work with their HCP peers during the pandemic and beyond.
External medical education demands are continuously evolving, and MA needs to continue to evolve with these changes to establish effective education strategies.
This MAPS webinar presents an overview of the current and near term Digital Therapeutics landscape and details real-world applications of Digital Therapeutics to illustrate potential in driving transformation of clinical practices to improve patient outcomes.
Standards and Guidance powerpoint and templates for Medical Affairs strategic planning
What is company and medical affairs led education and how it is perceived by audience? What are the different perspectives existing among regulators, Pharma and agencies? What is the potential for disease state medical education by medical affairs?
OBJECTIVES: Identify the major trends and drivers towards digital transformation and drive Medical Affairs towards a digital future.
This article provides an overview of the new MedTech European regulatory environment and opportunities for the Medical Affairs function to evolve and bring value to the respective organizations.
This webinar from the MAPS APAC region shares best practices for effectively leveraging patient insights to inform decision making.
This MAPS webinar features Todd Neuville, Worldwide Leader – Life Sciences, Amazon Web Services presenting a case study of Amazon’s approach of “working backwards,” in discussion with our expert panel.
‘What does best in class look like?’. This report shares key insights from a MAPS Annual Meeting workshop in March 2019, and provides further context with interviews and case studies from Medical Affairs colleagues who have first-hand experience of setting up and progressing a Field Medical Center of Excellence (CoE).
This white paper explores the role and value of MA, backed up with commentary from industry leaders, as we define clear pillars of MA that communicate its true value.
Through this course you will recognize terms such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), deep learning, and neural networks to arrive at best decisions and insights needed for success.
Disseminating research data and clinical concepts to the right audience has demonstrated significant value, not only to biopharmaceutical organizations, but across the research and healthcare industries.
This MAPS Global Town Hall focuses on the challenges arising from the global Covid-19 pandemic and the emerging opportunity for Medical Affairs to provide strategic leadership.
This Webinar demonstrates how to generate insights through digitally-based interactions without directly engaging HCPs. We discuss and share various ways that MSLs can generate insights through digital mechanisms, from attending “live” virtually-broadcast panel sessions to following influential KOLs on Twitter.
As we consider the wider changes seen across our communities, we explore how Medical Affairs needs to continue to evolve in how it thinks, acts and engages to drive further improvements in healthcare outcomes, as well as to ensure that our teams are equipped and empowered to adapt and excel in our new reality.
As a result of the global COVID-19 outbreak, field teams are no longer able to visit HCPs face-to-face. During this Webinar, we will explore the skills and challenges around effective remote engagement and share hints and tips to help you access, engage and follow-up with HCPs remotely.
This paper provides a brief overview of the results of two MAPS insight surveys as well as suggested next steps to develop a common framework that biopharma companies can use to achieve a more consistent and effective approach to generating medical insights as a principal driver for strategy shaping and choice of tactics.
In this APAC Town Hall, senior leaders discuss: Managing Individual Performance Remotely; Virtual Leadership Mindset & Skills; Effective Team Engagement in the Virtual Space; Engagement of KOLs Virtually
This article aims to position learning agility as an emergent capability that supports the future-proofing of Medical Affairs strategic planning processes and outputs. In essence, learning agility is a set of skills, competencies, and mindsets that support our capability of “knowing what to do when we don’t know what to do.”
This article provides a cross-functional perspective on the current state of patient centricity in our industry as well as practical examples for Medical Affairs professionals to implement patient-focused approaches in their everyday work.
Join this Webinar to better understand contemporary practices for data generation strategies; describe how to design data generation strategies, implementation of the strategies, and how to communicate new evidence; and describe how real-world evidence may be utilized to support product value including regulatory label change.
Joseph Eid, MD, SVP, Head of Global Medical Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb, describes how Medical Affairs can ensure representation of the patient voice in product development, and the positive shift and elevated prominence Medical Affairs is achieving within companies.
Join expert panelists on this Webinar to better understand compliance implications of the changing business models during and post-COVID, and identify Medical Affairs compliance risks and mitigation strategies.
In this workshop you will learn best practices across the insight generation process starting with creating strategic learning objectives, making it easy for home office and field medical teams to generate meaningful data, analyze the data for patterns, develope those patterns into actionable outcomes, and measure the impact of your insight generation program.
In this webinar, you’ll discover an evolving framework that leverages various perspectives within our industry, including Medical Affairs, to address health disparities & inequities in order to bring a more equitable distribution of healthcare.
In this webinar, experts will lay the foundation of what conversational AI is, best and emerging practices, provide use cases, and discuss regulatory and legal considerations.
The scientific communication platform (SCP) forms the core for all communications about a product and serves as the repository of available evidence and statements to support Medical Affairs strategy. View this Webinar on Converting Challenges Into Opportunities While Building Your SCP.
Remote hiring may seem intimidating if your company isn’t yet accustomed to such a practice, but thousands of teams make it work. Some just do it better than others. Now is the time for Medical Affairs professionals to get [remote]ivated!
In part 3 of Managing Your Career in Medical Affairs, Dr. Qasim Ahmad of Novartis describes 5 core Medical Affairs competencies MA professionals can build to demonstrate to leadership the value that Medical Affairs brings, and its strategic far reaching business impact.
Interviews are stressful, but you can reduce your adrenaline levels through proper preparation. Medical Affairs has transformed in the last decade and there are a number of key competencies which you should attempt to demonstrate through each and every contact you have with both the recruiter and your prospective employers. This article provides a list of the most desirable competencies and behaviours.
Like many things in life, when managing your career timing is everything, and being in the right place at the right time is important. Knowing whether it is the right time for you to move on is not always easy. The pharma and biotech industries are an attractive place to pursue your professional dreams, and some markets are in great demand for Medical Affairs talent. Here are a few tips on how to manage your career planning and how to get ready for your next job.
Ralph Rewers, Sr Director, Global Field Medical Excellence at AbbVie, shares how Field Medical professionals are in a position to impact thousands of patients. Dr. Rewers encourages Field Medical professionals to step into the shoes of the individuals they’re speaking with to better understand their beliefs and behaviors, so organizations can better tailor medical communications to how they receive scientific data.
As experts with a deep knowledge of our medicines, medical technologies, and therapeutic area science, Medical Affairs is uniquely placed to help the industry and healthcare community navigate through these unusual times. While remaining flexible and agile to meet changing needs and requirements today, we can also begin to look forward to see how to flourish in the new normal.
Miss the live town hall? View the on-demand version here as senior leaders from 5 companies across the APAC region discuss how Medical Affairs is functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, share best practices, and look to the future of MA post-COVID-19. OPEN ACCESS: membership is not required to view.
Bill Strickland, AVP, US Field Medical at Allergan, speaks on “demystifying artificial intelligence” at the MAPS 2020 Global Annual Meeting in Miami, and how AI can enhance daily life in this new frontier for Medical Affairs professionals. Dr. Strickland also touches on patient centricity and his leadership philosophy.
In this session, you will hear “insider tips” from three senior-level Medical Affairs leaders from leading multinational biopharma companies.
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the External Education landscape for healthcare stakeholders and creating new challenges for the future. Join an expert panel of industry leaders as they examine the current impact of COVID-19 on External Education programs and review considerations for future planning.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
Miss the live town hall? View the on-demand version here as senior leaders from 6 companies discuss how Medical Affairs is functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, share best practices, and look to the future of MA post-COVID-19. OPEN ACCESS: membership is not required to view.
This podcast series discusses the basics of EUMDR, what this means more globally (FDA, CFDA) and finally – how we can view this as the golden opportunity to elevate the science of our products and communicate a compelling medical value proposition.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
In this podcast series, panelists discuss the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment that necessitates change in culture, leadership and strategy in life sciences companies. Collaboration with stakeholders are more important than ever and the real value lies in the connections between stakeholder groups. Clarity on who future internal and external stakeholders are is important for Medical Affairs functions.
Employees are no longer resources to be exploited and commanded, they are now allies in a shared mission to co-create experiences that deliver better results.
This collaborative webinar discusses available postgraduate courses and insights from alumni into how their qualification helped advance their understanding of pharmaceutical medicine and their career.
In this podcast, senior leaders outline the core similarities and differences between Pharma and MedTech; assess the pros and cons of a potential move from Pharma into MedTech; and describe the practical changes required to anticipate and prepare for such a career move.
Change is the only constant in the MSL role. Panelists will prepare attendees by discussing influences on the MSL role, the rationale for emerging Field Medical roles, and key skill sets to ensure success.
Medical devices and pharma: two sides of the same coin; significantly different but part of the same larger ecosystem. Dr. John Pracyk discusses the implications for Medical Affairs professionals.
Fireside Chat with Mary Alice Dwyer and Shaji Kalathil: “We believe that the most competitive pharmaceutical companies in the coming decade will leverage data and digital technologies to drive differentiating services and will be in the forefront of pushing the boundaries of digital innovation in healthcare.”
At the conclusion of this session, participants should better understand digital trends seen within Medical Affairs today as well as be aware of why HCP expectations are changing and how to evolve with them to provide better customer experiences
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
The MAPS Medical Affairs Strategic Planning Guide and Template has been developed to provide guidance and recommendations to selected components that comprise the strategic medical affairs planning for a product – including the situational analysis, medical strategy, tactical/operational planning, and medical plan summary.
Executive Vice President & CMO, UCB, Iris Loew-Friedrich discusses the importance of a purpose-driven culture to employee engagement
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
The digital health revolution implies a clear understanding of strategy, using technology as an enabler to create better outcomes for patients and to power value creation across the healthcare ecosystem. As data specialists, Medical Affairs professionals will be at the forefront of this transformation.
Medical Affairs leaders want to be more effective and valuable. They want to secure their seat at the table and influence decisions, impact company performance, and deliver better patient outcomes. To do this, they need to understand the “big picture” of the business and grasp how their decisions and actions contribute to long-term profitability and growth.
This MAPS podcast introduces listeners to social listening to gather insights and discusses implementation, value and technologies.
Understand how to utilize an informed approach to decision making to drive the strategic planning process; gain insight into the value data can bring to Medical Affairs during strategic planning cycles throughout the year; obtain a working knowledge of how cross-functional teams within Medical Affairs can apply insights gleaned from data to enhance utilization and the impact of efforts
This Webinar provides perspectives on the evolving role of Digital Opinion Leaders in medical education and shares approaches for identifying, monitoring and engaging them in a compliant manor with relevant examples.
Organizations should take a strategic approach to digital health solutions and also treat them with the same level of rigor applied to traditional therapies. Within the industry, the consensus is that it is a case of when, not if, digital health solutions become the norm.
In “How to Reframe Strategy and Compete on Outcomes,” John Singer, Global Head of Health Industry Strategy, Innovation and Technology at Wipro, elaborates on why Medical Affairs need to drive “big design” thinking to create value in the new outcomes-based healthcare world.
Here we decode self-awareness – the best approach to self-analysis to avoid being trapped looking in the rear-view mirror – and how to find and fix your blindspots.
In My Journey: The Rise & Rise of Medical, Dr. Ameet Nathwani discusses the need to define and measure our contribution, and why we need to join together as a community to shape the future of healthcare.
In “Digital Health: The Road Ahead for Medical Affairs,” CMO and Head of Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance at Bayer, Mike Devoy discusses Medical Affairs’ unique understanding of how value can be created and delivered, and the key role it plays in developing the evidence and solutions around that value in collaboration with internal and external partners.
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Part 2 of this series will discuss statistical analysis in clinical trials including null/alternative hypotheses; statistical assumptions (type I error, significance level, type II error, statistical power); hypothesis testing; Statistics used in RCTs, including type of outcome measures, analysis of time-to-event variables (plotting and interpretation of Kaplan-Meier curves).
Early Access includes a variety of programs by which pharmaceutical companies make investigational therapies available to patients with life-threatening diseases. These patients have either exhausted available treatments or have no approved options. This presentation will review the processes and procedures to consider in the implementation of an Early Access Program and explore the opportunities and challenges posed therein.
Understand the numerous ways in which partnership with patients can impact the development and commercialization of medicines; the current “patient centric” landscape in pharmaceutical drug development; recent findings related to the value of patient-centric trial design, and innovative approaches to engaging with patients across the study continuum.
MSLs are becoming more important and playing key roles across the lifecycle in partnership with many others who play important roles. We will describe the landscape, drivers, and opportunities for engaging with customers across the lifecycle and how we socialize learnings across the organization.
Ensure understanding of the basic components and processes involved in the development of a scientific communication platform (SCP); how to develop and/or update an SCP so that the scientific and value narratives are integrated; learn how to train and implement an SCP across functional teams; glean insights into tailoring a global SCP to a regional SCP
Part 1 of this series will: define terminologies in statistics; explain different types of data (quantitative vs. qualitative); describe different ways in presenting summary data (such as proportions, means, medians, range and standard deviation); explain 95% confidence intervals; discuss bivariate analyses and appropriate statistical testing for quantitative and qualitative variables
Health technology and value assessment can be conducted using a variety of methods. Dr. Malone will provide an overview of those methods and an introduction on how to interpret the results from cost-effectiveness studies. This webinar will also discuss issues with defining value for health technologies, especially pharmaceuticals.
Look beyond the traditional elements of landscape analysis to consider valuable cultural, behavioral, and situational insights; understand the power of truths in defining the meaningful difference your product will make in patients’ lives; understand the key ingredients of a robust and impactful Medical Affairs strategy and how to implement it.
The medical device industry is facing challenging times ahead. A broader set of influencers (regulators, hospital administrators and other value-orientated customers) will see a shift from individual outcomes to a focus on population-led effectiveness and will require the development of comprehensive value propositions for any device or drug.
This Webinar explores: the role of Medical Affairs in guiding ethical decisions internally and externally; the impact of Medical Affairs beyond its remit; the importance of sharing best practices for the role of Medical Affairs in strategic brand planning, and the ethics and compliance considerations for Medical Affairs plans.
In this webinar, we explore two scenarios that can open Medical Affairs up to censure. Scenario one explores participation of commercial team members in Medical Advisory Boards and scenario two looks at the implications of a commercial team member requesting a medical team member to participate in a thought leader meeting.
Who is a Digital Opinion Leader? How to engage a DOL? Harmonize understanding of who a DOL is and the milestones to be considered in the implementation of a DOL initiative; build a well-defined road map to implement a DOL engagement initiative at a local level
Real world data (RWD), when captured and analyzed, produces the Real-World Evidence (RWE) that underpins the economic case for innovative medicines. This Webinar aims to provide practical insight into the challenges surrounding RWD and RWE generation with interactive conversation on how individual companies are approaching these challenges.
Explore the pitfalls of career transitions, and how to overcome them; look at the key foundations required to make a successful career transition; hear real-life stories, and learn actionable tips, from others who have navigated complex career transitions; explore why health & wellbeing should be a priority on your transition agenda
Examine the current state & future of HEOR data in healthcare decision-making; discuss strategies to build strong relationships with payers, the medical community, and patient advocacy groups; determine the impact and value of evidence-based pricing and payment
This Webinar will discuss the process of investigator initiated research program followed across industry. The process is initiated externally by submission of IIR application via company website followed by internal company review and decision making process. This results in the execution of IIR study contract between the company and the Institution after which the study is initiated by the Investigator.
This Webinar discusses current trends and anticipated innovations, including the use of outcomes-based agreements; why traditional contracting may not be enough to address the needs of both payers and pharma manufacturers; and insights on the key payer engagement issues you should be considering today to optimize the market success of your products.
Analysis of RWD leads to clinical evidence known as real world evidence (RWE) regarding the usage and risks and benefits of a therapy. Under the right conditions, RWD and the RWE that follows may be used to support regulatory decisions and contribute to the knowledge of a drug or therapy. RWE may help to support improved decision-making about health and health care.
Recognize why networking and alignment is key to a successful Medical Affairs strategic plan; discuss the steps involved in strategic planning process and associated tools and templates; describe Global-Regional-Local alignment and implementation… where do you start? Select which functions you include when building your global Medical Affairs strategy.