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European Medical Affairs - Your Essential Toolkit!
A 2 day training programme ideal for anyone with Medical Affairs or Medical Information responsibility.
8-9th September 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Hot News!
Watch out for a special edition of the Drug Information Journal dedicated to Medical Communications in the autumn/fall.
Includes 2 publications I'm co-authoring:
European Medical Information Survey (with Janet Davies).
A medical information audit across Western Europe (Charlotte Wormleighton - lead author). | |
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Greetings!
As usual the latest PIPA conference was a non-stop round of great presentations, fascinating workshops and fun & games in the evening.
With PIPA, you always know the the conference team, speakers and exhibitors will make an event to remember, hopefully for the right reasons!
Who's the new PIPA President now that John Barber has stood down?
Who was the Strictly Salsa champion?
Who reminded us that quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten?
What's happening in the job market? |
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A Medical Information Audit of 17 Western European Countries.
Charlotte Wormleighton, AstraZeneca.
As a manager of a Medical Information or Medical Affairs department, you never know how well you are doing until you have to go through an audit or regulatory inspection. They may closely examine only part of your practices. Would you love to be able to know from an independent consultant and auditor about your department? At the PIPA conference Information Impact Awards, Charlotte Wormleighton, European Medical Information Director, AstraZeneca, ran through the methodology we developed together to audit 17 Western Europe markets using an innovative idea..... the phone.
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Using influencing cues to improve AE reporting from doctors.
Rayne Malde and Stuart Mudunkotuwe, AstraZeneca UK.
The winner of the *PIPA* Information Impact awards, Rayna Malde and Stuart Mudunkotuwe, AstraZeneca, has some great ideas of how to encourage doctors to return more adverse events forms to prevent under-reporting. Appeal to their professionalism, be quick to send forms and be polite were just some of the messages from Rayna.
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Friend or foe? Field based medical information.
Shaeed Chowdhury, Napp Pharmaceuticals.
The Salsa dark horse of the PIPA conference, Shaeed Chowdhury shared his journey of justifying, developing and recruiting a field based medical information team.
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For more news items, a tag cloud and comments, see the news and blog front page.
Watch out for more PIPA updates at the end of July. | |
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| So who is the new President? Congratulations go to Sarah Dunnett, Baxter Healthcare.
Sarah gave an overview of how she uses Six Sigma in her department to promote quality. She reminded us of the Gucci strapline about quality never being forgotten....
Hope you enjoyed the PIPA news. As the summer holidays are just starting, I hope you have time to spend with your family or loved ones relaxing and having fun.
 I'm having a holiday in the UK for a change, staying in a lighthouse keepers cottage in South Devon. Let's hope we don't get fog or the fog horn will keep us all awake!
Have a great summer.
Best Wishes
Sharon Leighton |
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