MSL Consultant Podcast

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MSL Consultant teaches aspiring and experienced Medical Science Liaisons how to become high performing MSLs. Using her experience and her journey from academia to pharma, founder of MSL Consultant and author of Medical Science Liaison, the Ultimate Step by Step guide, Dr. Aoife O Dwyer PhD, provides practical, clear, actionable advice on how to obtain an MSL role and how to excel at this MSL role.

  1. 03/11/2024

    Balance patient focus with commercial objectives

    I interview Drew McGregor, Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs Excellence & Sustainability at Bayer. We discuss: How to balance patient focus with commercial objectives How to reduce silos across the organisation What would pharma look like without a separate MA strategy?

    23 min

  2. 02/28/2024

    Data to show Medical Affairs Impact

    Interview with Sue Giordano - Head of Field Medical at Axsome Therapeutics. We discuss: What types of data are available to medical affairs?  What is the first step when choosing the type of data to show impact (asking the right question) What else needs to be kept in mind (cross functional communication) Can you provide some examples of how data (and which type of data) can be used to show MA impact (MSLs and impact on diagnosis code examples - pilot it first before widespread roll out) What type of competencies need to be in place for MA to successfully utilize data to show their impact?  How can these competencies be developed (in house v external)

    27 min

  3. 02/19/2024

    The Stakeholder Engagement Journey

    Carlos Eid from Novartis shares his expertise on: The stakeholder engagement Journey Creating a seamless customer journey Starting with the patient Developing customer intimacy The types of data to collect along this engagement journey to assess if course correction is required.

    26 min

  4. 01/15/2024

    Owning your Development as an MSL

    I interview Raquel Washington, Executive Director Value Evidence Lead-Novartis US Medical. Raquel shares her experience on: - how Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) can own their development - the steps required to progress in their careers - where to find those opportunities to grow and how to build relationships with those people in your network who will advocate for your growth. Raquel has had an incredible career in pharma so far and shares specific examples from her own pharma career and some of the challenges she overcame to get to where she is today.

    42 min

  5. 11/20/2023

    How to Prioritize Medical Affairs Activities

    Free Newsletter on Medical Affairs Excellence: https://dynamic-salad-157.myflodesk.com/lbyatyklzm Interview with Ross Baker, VP Medical Affairs at Vistagen Therapeutics. I ask Ross: What your week looks like as a VP medical affairs for a small biotech? What are the different functions you work with? As a senior leader - how do you make decisions? What advice would you have for people listening who interact with senior leadership? Working as a VP for a company with many pipeline products and fast track designations, would require a lot of prioritization skills - how do you prioritize what you/your teams should be focusing on?

    25 min

  6. 11/06/2023

    Medical Affairs - Rare Diseases

    Siddharth Jain - Medical Director, Global Medical Lead, at Takeda Rare Diseases shares his experience in: - What's the biggest difference from a medical affairs perspective working in rare diseases v non rare diseases? - Is it more difficult to find and engage KOLs in rare diseases? - What's the biggest challenge working in rare diseases from an MA perspective?

    21 min

  7. 10/31/2023

    Building a Medical Affairs Department

    I Interview Scott Baver, VP Medical Affairs and we discuss building an MA department. 3 pillars in building an MA department: Community Engagement (HCPs/Payors) - who will we engage with & why? Evidence generation - over the lifecycle - what data do we need? Communication - pubs, building materials for congresses, MSLs etc.

    21 min

  8. 10/24/2023

    How to Plan a Congress

    MSL Consultant Newsletter: Sign up Here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f6032d3e1e4ad28342cc69 I interview Angelyn Solko and we discuss congress planning. Specifically: What does congress planning involve? What do you need to keep in mind with booth design? Which stakeholders within pharma are involved in congress planning? Do you have to manage the budget? What is your role at the congress? What is your role post congress? What does a congress plan look like?

    23 min
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MSL Consultant teaches aspiring and experienced Medical Science Liaisons how to become high performing MSLs. Using her experience and her journey from academia to pharma, founder of MSL Consultant and author of Medical Science Liaison, the Ultimate Step by Step guide, Dr. Aoife O Dwyer PhD, provides practical, clear, actionable advice on how to obtain an MSL role and how to excel at this MSL role.

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