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May 9, 2022
Roles, Skills & Career Opportunities in Medical Affairs: A Primer for Job Seekers and Early-Career Professionals
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.

April 27, 2022
Medical Affairs Japan: Current State & Future Outlook
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.

April 26, 2022
Innovative Educational Approaches and their Outcomes in Medical Affairs
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.

April 26, 2022
Medical Affairs’ Role in Patient Engagement
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.

April 20, 2022
How Medical Affairs Benefits Patients and Society
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.

April 20, 2022
The Role of Medical Affairs in Rare Disease
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.

April 19, 2022
An Overview of External Education Structure, Activities and Regulations in the MedTech Industry
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.

April 14, 2022
Has Medical Affairs Truly Achieved a Position as the Third Strategic Pillar?
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.

April 13, 2022
An Insights-Driven Approach to Creating and Refining the Integrated Medical Communication Strategy and Plan
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.

April 11, 2022
The Power of Alerts
It can be challenging to remember to log into each of the systems consistently enough to remain aware of information that allows you to be best prepared for engagements, identify new opportunities to engage, and discover KOL insights. The best way to make sure you are getting the maximum impact on the data and systems you have available to you is to set up automated alerts.

April 4, 2022
William Sigmund, MD, MHS Joins Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) Board of Directors
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.

March 23, 2022
Pharmaspectra
Pharmaspectra leverages the world’s largest scientific data lake to deliver the most accurate KOL identifications, profiling and measurement of Medical affairs impact through Share of Scientific Voice™.

March 17, 2022
How Can Real-World Evidence Help Medical Affairs Professionals?
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.

March 16, 2022
Not All Medical Insights Require a Committee
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.

March 14, 2022
Leadership Perspectives – Leadership in Medical Safety & Pharmacovigilance
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.

March 14, 2022
How Digital Thinking Enables Medical Affairs Strategy
Digitalization offers Medical Affairs teams the opportunity to rethink strategy and actions across the lifecycle of traditional and nontraditional products.

March 11, 2022
MAPS 2022 Global: Putting Patient Engagement at the Center of Development
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.

March 8, 2022
How COVID Actually Improved Insight Generation and Overall Value Provision for Medical Affairs Teams
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.

March 8, 2022
Developing and Executing an Integrated Medical Communications Strategy and Plan
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.”

March 1, 2022
COVID: Looking Back and Looking Forward
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.

February 28, 2022
What is Cybersecurity And Its Importance For Medical Device Manufacturers: Episode 2
This podcast, part two of a two-part series, discusses practical tips on how to incorporate cybersecurity into your own practices and devices.

February 24, 2022
Leadership Perspectives – Developing a Cross-Sector Career
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.

February 13, 2022
WHITE PAPER: A Guide to Insights Management and Virtual Patient Engagement
Pharmaceutical teams need a different way to approach working virtually. The secret isn’t adding more virtual calls, but unlocking the strategic power of virtual work. Download this white paper to see how your peers are achieving more, with fewer meetings.

February 8, 2022
Leadership Perspectives – Preparing the Next Generation of Chief Medical Officers
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.