The "Elevate" by MAPS Podcast
Episodes
Automation Opportunities for Medical Affairs EPISODE 2
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode, we'll be meeting with Shinya Suda-san, Sr. Vice President and Global Head of Information Systems at Astellas to glean ins...
Automation Opportunities for Medical Affairs EPISODE 1
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first of 3 episodes, we will be meeting with an industry expert on Automation within the pharmaceutical industryThe podcast objectives a...
The Rise of Rescue Sites: Clinical Trials in Times of Change
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Attached to every clinical trial is a line of hope for a patient seeking a cure or better way to live with a rare, chronic, or limiting condition. Unf...
COVID: Cross-Industry Collaboration Podcast Series Episode 2: The What & Lessons Learned – The Specific Topics Covered by the Group
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an informal cross-industry collaboration developed to share information and best-practices as they chartered in...
COVID: Cross-Industry Collaboration Podcast Series Episode 1: The How and Why of Coming Together
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an informal cross-industry collaboration developed to share information and best-practices as they chartered in...
Opening Doors: How Renu Juneja, PhD, Almost Became a Retail Manager Before Finding Medical Writing
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Elevate podcast channel, Opening Doors series, MAPS co-founder Kirk Shepard speaks with Renu Juneja about her serendipitous p...
Opening Doors: How to join pharma through a Medical Writing fellowship program
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Elevate podcast channel, Opening Doors series, MAPS speaks with Renu Juneja, who started a medical writing fellowship program a...
How to Find Relevant Research in an Ocean of Data
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With a million records added annually to PubMed it's easy to get overwhelmed with new research. Not to mention the difficulty of evaluating the q...
Exploring Patient Education in Medical Affairs
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs has traditionally provided patient education by ensuring healthcare providers are up to date on the latest treatment, development and ...
Opening Doors: PhD prepares Prem Sundivakkam to "Make things myself"
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Leah Williams on what to do if you don't like the lab
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: The "accident" that brought Rich Swank from bench research to Medical Affairs
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Andree Amelsberg's path from Medical Oncology to Clinical Development to Medical Affairs
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Nihar Baxis' journey from Biomedical Engineering to quality engineering to Medical Affairs project management
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Critical Care pharmacy research to Medical Affairs trials
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Emily Howman's path from research to medical writing and into Medical Affairs strategy
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Medical Affairs helps pharmacist Omar McMillan stay close to patient care
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Terry Griesing runs Alzheimer's clinical trials in academia then industry
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
Opening Doors: Sherry Siegert's path from Commercial to Medical Affairs
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS Opening Doors podcasts feature short interviews with Medical Affairs professionals describing their path into and through the profession, and off...
How Medical Affairs Teams are Incorporating RWE into Medical Strategy and Product/Clinical Development.
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs teams have generally gotten comfortable with the use of Real World Evidence (RWE) to answer questions that might previously have been ...
Innovative Educational Approaches and their Outcomes in Medical Affairs
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS speaks with Tim Mikhelashvili, PharmD, CEO & Co-Founder, Amedea Pharma, Inc. and Riaz Abbas, Learning and Performance Lead, JAPAC Medical, Am...
The Role of Medical Affairs in Rare Disease
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Working in rare disease offers Medical Affairs professionals the opportunity to engage directly with patient organizations and researchers/HCPs deeply...
4 Ways Field Medical Teams Can Better Engage Experts
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Previous podcasts explore best practices for expert engagement, but MAPS Partner Circle member, H1, is in a unique position to notice patterns in the ...
How Can Medical Affairs Support Health Equity?
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Medical Affairs Professional Society podcast series, "Elevate", we’re speaking about Health Equity with Ariel Katz,...
Embedding Communications Strategies in RWE Initiatives
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Medical Affairs Professional Society podcast series, "Elevate", we speak about embedding communications in Real-World...
How Medical Affairs Engages with two Types of Digital Opinion Leaders
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs is becoming more comfortable with the mechanics of digital listening to survey opinion and knowledge beyond our usual audiences. In th...
How to Tell a Story About Your Data
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Without the help of technology, transforming the output from engagement sessions into actionable insights can be a barrier to fast and precise decisio...
Developing and Executing an Integrated Medical Communications Strategy and Plan
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Medical Affairs Professional Society's Elevate Podcast series, we speak with presenters of the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Mee...
Cybersecurity and Its Importance for Medical Device Manufacturers: Part 2
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second podcast of this two-podcast series continues our discussion on this critically important topic and discusses practical tips on how to incor...
MAPS 2022 Global: Putting Patient Engagement at the Center of Development
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join presenters of the MAPS 2022 Global Annual Meeting session "The Great Debate: How Medical Affairs can best support internal and external coll...
How to Effectively Engage Stakeholders to Get Deeper, More Actionable Insights
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conventional engagement approaches are falling short for Medical Affairs teams who need to make increasingly fast and agile decisions. In the second e...
Real World Evidence Applications and How it Can Change Medicine and Biopharma
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Real-World Evidence (RWE) is transforming the landscape of data that influences clinical decision-making and even regulatory approvals. Here, MAPS spe...
How to use data and network analytics to identify the right experts
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disconnected data sources and list-based approaches have traditionally hindered the expert identification process for Medical Affairs teams, leaving g...
The Future is Now: Measuring and Communicating the Medical Productivity Index (MPI)
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS speaks with Tim Mikhelashvili about metrics to communicate the strategic value of Medical Affairs activities, and specifically about the Medical ...
Education Streaming: A New Way to Engage HCPs in Scientific Exchange
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Elevate podcast series, MAPS speaks with Bozidar Jovicevic, former VP at Sanofi and Novartis and now a CEO of Evermed, about th...
Practical Strategies for Augmenting Diversity in Clinical Trials
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs is specifically tasked with optimizing the real-world use of new drugs and yet clinical trial participation remains an imperfect (at b...
Digital First Scientific Communications – How digital is transforming scientific communications EPISODE 3 - Article-Level Metrics: The Change Agent of Medical Publishing
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast series will focus on how digital is transforming scientific communications. Episode 3 will focus on publication metrics, specifically on ...
The Medical Affairs Opportunities of Real-World Evidence
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Medical Affairs professionals, we are starting to capitalize on the promise of Real-World Evidence. However, the more we accomplish, the more untap...
Digital First Scientific Communications – How digital is transforming scientific communications Episode 2 - Enhanced Publication Content Today and Tomorrow
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast series will focus on how digital is transforming scientific communications. Episode 2 will focus on different forms of enhanced publicati...
Medical Affairs 2030: The Future of the Function
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs was conceptualized in a primarily executional role, closely linked with an organization’s sales function. Now, as Medical Affairs ha...
Digital First Scientific Communications – How digital is transforming scientific communications - EPISODE 1 - The Digital Transformation of Medical Journal Publishing
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast series will focus on how digital is transforming scientific communications. Episode 1 will focus on the journal publishing industry, di...
Early Career Professionals: Paths Into Medical Affairs
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Kirk Shepard, Chief Medical Officer & SVP, Head of Global Medical Affairs OBG at Eisai, speaks with Ghazaleh EA, pharmacist and n...
What is Cybersecurity And Its Importance For Medical Device Manufacturers: Episode 1
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we all know as per the FDA – October is ‘Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ and today we are going to talk and discuss about this critically impo...
Field Medical External Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 3 Interacting with Academic Drug Developers
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives:At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant will be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key external stakeholdersIde...
The Ghosts of MSL Past, Present and Future
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast sponsored by VISFO explores the past, present and future of the Medical Science Liaison role, from its origin as a primarily sales-focuse...
Field Medical External Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 2 Partnering with Patient Advocacy Organizations
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives:At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant will be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key external stakeholdersIde...
What is the Insights gap and why should you care?
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, insight gathering in life science has been a fragmented process, when it should be viewed as a single endeavor. In this discussion spons...
Discovering and Engaging Hidden Thought Leaders and Their Networks.
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moving Beyond Ad Boards: Asynchronous HCP Engagement Strategies
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before the pandemic most MSL/HCP engagements and advisory boards were in-person. Then during the pandemic, we largely moved to synchronous virtual —...
Field Medical External Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow: Episode 1 - Medical Communication Agencies
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key external partnersIde...
How to Tell the Difference Between Insights and Observations in Medical Affairs
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs teams are no longer only a conduit of information from the organization to external stakeholders. Now, in addition to speaking, Medica...
Transitioning to Hybrid with an Optimal Content Management Strategy
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, most Medical Affairs interactions were in person, whether at scientific congresses, external education events, or through Field Medical...
The Evolving use of Social Media in Medical Affairs
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs has always been positioned to find meaning in big data and now social media presents another place to look. How can Medical Affairs te...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Episode 18 -- Market Development
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
Scientific Communications Platforms for Thought Leader Discovery and Engagement
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this MAPS podcast sponsored by IQVIA, we speak with John Eichert, Director the Thought Leaders Center of Excellence at IQVIA about scientific commu...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Episode 17 -- Marketing
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
Natural Language Processing for Medical Insights
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS speaks with Hywel Evans, Director of the IQVIA Natural Language Processing Insights Hub about NLP to generate medical insights.
Medical Information: Expanding Capabilities in Medical Information
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: This session will provide: Overview of the Foundation of Medical Information, Enhancement Opportunities for Medical Information, and Medic...
Field Medical Stakeholders Partnering for Today and Tomorrow: Episode 16 -- Panel Discussion: The role of MSL Excellence & Capabilities
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
Medical Information: How Did We Execute on Our Learnings to Ensure a Great Patient Experience
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives:· What insights did we gleam from our learnings in the patient space· How did we meet the needs of our patients to en...
Field Medical Stakeholders Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 15: Health Economics and Outcomes Research
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners...
Medical Information: An Innovative Approach to Understanding the Needs of Our Patients
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives:Describe an innovative approach to understanding the needs of our patientsUnderstand how multiple functions in a pharmaceutical company can...
Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 14 Regulatory
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ObjectivesAt the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIdenti...
Medical Information: A Patient Centric Approach
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ObjectivesAt the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Understand the core goals and activities that support patient centr...
Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 13 Training/Learning & Development
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ObjectivesAt the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIdenti...
Adapting to the Virtual Conference Experience P3
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able toUnderstand how the in-person conference experience has changed and adapted to ...
Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 12 Compliance
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
Adapting to the Virtual Conference Experience P2
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives:Understand how the in-person conference experience has changed and adapted to the virtual environmentDiscuss styles and formats that unique...
The future is hybrid: Why virtual events are here to stay
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS speaks with Natalie Yeadon of Impetus Digital about best practices for virtual Medical Affairs events emerging from the pandemic.
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 11 Clinical Operations
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
Adapting to the Virtual Conference Experience P1
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ObjectivesAt the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Understand how the in-person conference experience has changed and ...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 10 Patient Advocacy
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
How can Medical Affairs and HEOR work together more effectively?
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part two in the series of MAPS HEOR Podcasts sponsored by the AlphaGroup of Medical Communication Companies. This Podcast features Dr. Kent Summers an...
Insights: Social Listening for Insights
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ObjectivesAt the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:To Introduce the listener to what are social listening insightsDisc...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 9 Corporate Alliance Management
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
Impact of the 21st Century Cures Act
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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. We will ...
Social Media in Medical Affairs: Beyond Passive Listening
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this MAPS podcast, we speak with Luca Dezzani, Franchise Head Immuno-Oncology, AstraZeneca and Bruno Larvol, CEO and founder of LARVOL, about the e...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 8 Clinical Trials
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
Typical Challenges with Moving Digitalization Initiatives Forward for Medical Affairs -- Episode 3
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast objectives are to : · Discuss some of the common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digital...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 7 Medical Writing/Publications
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partnersIde...
Typical Challenges with Moving Digitalization Initiatives Forward for Medical Affairs - Episode 2
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast objectives are to : Discuss some of the common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digital capabiliti...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 6 Medical Information
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partne...
Typical Challenges with Moving Digitalization Initiatives Forward for Medical Affairs Ep 1
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast objectives are to : · To discuss some of the common challenges Medical Affairs organizations face in offering best-in-class digi...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 5 Government Affairs
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
Developing Publication PLS: The Patient Perspective
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast objectives are to : explain what publication plain-language summaries are and how patients find them useful share patient experience of ...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 4 Market Access
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key internal partners...
How COVID-19 Accelerates Orthopedic Opportunities in Ambulatory Surgery - episode 2
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this second of two episodes, John Pracyk, MD, PhD, MBA speaks with Patrick Vega of Vizient Advisory Solutions about ways that device companies can ...
Developing Publication PLS: The Pharma Perspective
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast objectives are to : explain what publication plain-language summaries are and their value share Pharma experience of developing PLS, inc...
Creating an HEOR Function Within Medical Affairs
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MAPS speaks with Kent Summers, HEOR Lead at AlphaGroup and Steve Camper, VP of Medical Affairs at Blue Earth Diagnostics, about building Health Econom...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 3 Medical Affairs
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
The Role of Data and Analytics in Leading and Managing Field Medical Teams
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the MAPS podcast series, Elevate, explores the differing approaches applied in the pharmaceutical and device industries to understand ...
Medical Affairs Plans: From Strategic Planning to Measuring Impact - Episode 4
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Series Podcast Objectives are: Understand how the medical affairs strategic planning process can drive decision making throughout the year Gai...
Opportunity amid volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) in the changing MSL value proposition
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the structure and content of interactions between MSLs and KOLs/HCPs was shifting, with MSLs increasingly seen as t...
Medical Affairs Plans: From Strategic Planning to Measuring Impact - Episode 3
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Series Podcast Objectives are: Understand how the medical affairs strategic planning process can drive decision making throughout the year Gai...
Field Medical Stakeholders: Partnering for Today and Tomorrow - Episode 2 Global Product Strategy
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives: At the end of this series of podcasts, the participant should be able to:· Discuss the functions and activities of key inte...
Metrics Matter! Measuring the Impact of Internal Training
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this third podcast episode in collaboration with Open Health, MAPS speaks with Jessica Ingram, Managing Director of Learning and Development at Ope...
What’s in it for me? Engaging, Motivating, and Supporting Staff with Internal Training Virtually and Face-to-Face
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the MAPS podcast series Elevate with medical communications and educational design experts from Open Health, we explore th...
Patient as Priority: Designing and Refining Internal Medical Affairs Training to Support Patient Outcomes
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Medical Communications and Educational Design experts from Open Health, this episode of the MAPS podcast series Elevate details ho...
History of Real-World Evidence Prior to the 21st Century Cures Act
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Affairs thought leaders discuss the Pre-21st Century Act uses of Real World Evidence (RWE) with Post-Marketing Surveillance to understand the ...
Medical Affairs Plans: from Strategic Planning to Measuring Impact - episode 2
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Series Podcast Objectives are: Understand how the medical affairs strategic planning process can drive decision making throughout the year Gai...