Enhancing Collaboration: Streamlining Access to Scientific Literature for Medical Affairs Teams

Participants will explore strategies for ensuring timely access to high-quality, relevant scientific literature that’s procured and distributed in ways that promote copyright. Participants will also discuss utilizing digital tools to facilitate literature surveillance, streamline content distribution, and foster effective communication between teams. Emphasis will be placed on how to support decision-making and enhance cross-functional collaboration, particularly from the perspective of medical information and medical excellence.

Attendees will gain insights into overcoming challenges related to content curation and the alignment of scientific information with organizational needs. After participating in this session, attendees should be able to:

·      Identify strategies to reduce copyright risk when procuring and sharing content

·      Understand best practices for searching for and acquiring literature, as well as sharing content externally in a copyright compliant manner

·      Possess insight into how other Medical Affairs teams organize and manage their documents and citations

·      State common challenges when sharing scientific content with stakeholders and gain insight into how other organizations overcome these challenges today

Learning Objectives

After participating in this session, attendees should be able to:

1. Identify strategies to reduce copyright risk when procuring and sharing content.
2. Understand best practices for searching for and acquiring literature.
3. Gain insight into how other Medical Affairs teams organize and manage their documents and citations.
4. Recognize common challenges when sharing scientific content with stakeholders and understand how other organizations overcome these challenges.