Elevate Medical Affairs Podcast Channel

This podcast series focuses on how digital is transforming scientific communications.  In this, our second episode this season, we'll be discussing open access in medical publishing from the biopharma perspective.

In this Opening Doors episode of the Medical Affairs Professional Society podcast series, Elevate, we speak with Áine Prendergast, Medical Science Liaison in Oncology with Ipsen. Hear about Áine's path into the profession and learn important advice that can help you find a first MSL position.

In this second podcast in this series, we will discuss delivering constructive feedback.

On today's episode of the MAPS "Elevate" podcast, we're discussing the use of Real-World Evidence to understand and possibly intercede in treatment-resistant depression and why is it especially difficult to develop treatments against resistant depression using the traditional structure of R&D-led clinical trials.

This podcast series focuses on how digital is transforming scientific communications.  Season 2 Episode 1 will focus on the struggles and successes of compliance in Medical Communications.  Season 2 Episode 2 will focus on the journal publishing industry, discussing how medical journal publishing is transforming and what changes we might see in the future.  Season 2 Episodes 3 and 4 will focus on open access and how we can make scientific information more accessible and open access more transparent.Description and Objectives:Our podcast objectives are for listeners to better understand:·        Compliance issues and considerations facing publication professionals,·        The transparency complexities encountered by publication professionals·        And concerns related to the use of publications in downstream deliverables

Opening Doors episodes of the MAPS Elevate Podcast Series give Medical Affairs professionals the opportunity to tell the story of how they found their way into the profession and to offer advice to others seeking Medical Affairs positions. Here MAPS co-founder, Kirk Shepard, speaks with Niha Yerneni, Medical Scientific Affairs Manager at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals about joining Medical Affairs and, among other ideas, whether a person with recent postgraduate degree (MD, PhD, PharmD) can be successful in immediately seeking a position in industry or if fellowship or other industry training opportunities are necessary gatekeepers for entry.

With the evolving role of Medical Communications in Medical Affairs, greater partnership and integration in Medical Strategy Planning is key to improve overall Medical Affairs outcomes. Enhanced collaboration between these groups drives strong MedComms execution, leading to increased awareness in the HCP, payer, and regulatory communities. During these podcasts, experienced Medical Strategy and Communications leaders will discuss how you can structure roles and responsibilities, KPIs, and best practices to increase synergy between teams.Learning ObjectivesDefining key performance indicators Best practices for measuring success of the Medical Strategy and Medical Communications strategyShare experience on insights communication between the two groups to refine strategy

The pharmaceutical and MedTech industries, and specifically Medical Affairs knows how far we are behind big tech in our ability to mine data for meaning. Here MAPS speaks with Mark Michalski, former radiologist and currently Worldwide Head, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services about how we can catch up — from predictive analytics in the .com experience to graph databases and other ways to structure data from the cloud. 

With the evolving role of Medical Communications in Medical Affairs, greater partnership and integration in Medical Strategy Planning is key to improve overall Medical Affairs outcomes. Enhanced collaboration between these groups drives strong MedComms execution, leading to increased awareness in the HCP, payer, and regulatory communities. During these podcasts, experienced Medical Strategy and Communications leaders will discuss how you can structure roles and responsibilities, KPIs, and best practices to increase synergy between teams.Learning ObjectivesDefining the roles and responsibilities of Medical Strategy and Medical Communications Communicate best practices in partnering to develop the Medical Strategy and Medical Communications Strategy Discuss ideas for measuring the impact of the Medical Strategy and Medical Communications Strategy

In this episode of the Elevate podcast series, we speak with experts Felix David and Richard Donnelly about the tips and tricks to navigate through peer-review and get sponsored content published.