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.

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Balance patient focus with commercial objectives

Mar 11 2024 23 mins

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?

Data to show Medical Affairs Impact

Feb 28 2024 27 mins

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

The Stakeholder Engagement Journey

Feb 19 2024 26 mins

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.

Owning your Development as an MSL

Jan 15 2024 42 mins

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

How to Prioritize Medical Affairs Activities

Nov 20 2023 25 mins

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 fo

Medical Affairs - Rare Diseases

Nov 06 2023 20 mins

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?

Building a Medical Affairs Department

Oct 31 2023 20 mins

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.

How to Plan a Congress

Oct 24 2023 23 mins

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 rol

How to read the room as an MSL

Oct 16 2023 19 mins

I interview Stacy Conner, National MSL Director at Abbvie. We discuss: How MSLs can read the room when with KOLs Why it's important to disagree with KOLs The power of asking clarifying questions How to move KOLs to a place of understanding When to educate and when to gather insights Sign up to the MSL Consultant newsletter here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f6032d3e1e4a

The skill of storytelling for MSLs

Oct 09 2023 33 mins

Marcus West from 60seconds shares his experience on how to develop the skill of storytelling and apply it to clinical data and KOL meetings. We discuss: Important pillars of storytelling Why emotion is so important for engaging KOLs The hero's journey and how it can be related to clinical data This episode is sponsored by 60seconds. Learn more about 60seconds here: https://