Medical Affairs Unscripted - The Value of Medical Affairs – Strategic Thinking and Continuity from Clinical Development to Commercialization and Beyond With Jodi Smith, PhD

The Value of Medical Affairs – Strategic Thinking and Continuity from Clinical Development to Commercialization and Beyond With Jodi Smith, PhD

04/30/24 • 45 min

In this episode of Medical Affairs Unscripted, Peg Crowley-Nowick, PhD, MBA, President of Medical Affairs Consulting at Lumanity, and Jodi Smith, PhD, the Global Medical Strategy Lead in Thoracic Oncology at Pfizer, discuss the value of Medical Affairs. While they agree that there’s a cost associated with bringing Medical Affairs into the early development of a drug, they see a clear and measurable benefit, from accelerated enrollment to having a solid foundation for commercialization. Through their many years in different roles within Medical Affairs, they know that to achieve these benefits, organizations need to have the right team members in the right roles with the agility to work in an ever-changing landscape as well as provide strategic thinking, a diversity of audience, and continuity throughout the product lifecycle - from clinical development through commercialization and beyond.

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