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Medical Affairs

The primary focus of medical affairs is to communicate post approval scientific and clinical information to healthcare professionals, patient associations, and patients, through various communication channels.

Medicys assist medical affairs teams who seek fieldwork expertise for four main areas:

Medical communications/publications

When preparing drug-related publications such as abstracts, posters and white papers clients need to create a strategic plan that integrates and aligns the timing of clinical trial data with the release of key data points at scientific meetings. Our network of Key Opinion Leaders, Payers, and patient associations groups is often called upon to provide their input on this but also to ensure the publication language is clear, consistent and, above, all, accurate.

Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) effectiveness

The primary purpose of the MSL role is to establish and maintain peer to peer relationships with leading physicians. This is a crucial role for most pharmaceutical and biotech businesses as they represent the face of the company. Medicys is regularly engaged to check that the messages delivered to Key Opinion Leaders is recalled, accurate, and resonates

Medical information

Medical Information professionals are instrumental in the development of commercial materials and of sales training which, before they can be released and used, all need to be tested. We recruit and interview respondents to seek their opinions on such elements as relevance and impact.

Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) readability studies

Readability testing of patient information leaflets (PIL) is a process designed to test medical product leaflets to ensure the text displayed is “legible, clear and easy to use” for medicine users, as defined by the European Directive 2001/83/EC, and amended by Directive 2004/27/EC. At Medicys, we help clients by recruiting, interviewing and reporting on patients or lay people’ perspectives on this

Related Work

medical affairs

Therapy Area: Immunisation
Topic: flu vaccine
Respondent Type: General Population

To test readability of a PIL for a respiratory vaccine.

Countries:
Sample Size: 52
Methodology: 45 minute IDIs in a Central Location
Services Delivered: Recruitment, Moderation, Qual management reports, Venues, Screener design and questionnaire

medical affairs

Therapy Area: Immunology
Topic: Immunology
Respondent Type: Rheumatologists, Gastroenterologists

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Gastroenterologists, dermatologists

To understand reactions to potential communications materials for an immunology product

Countries:
Sample Size: 55
Methodology: 30 minute Web Assisted Telephone Depth Interviews (WATDIs)
Services Delivered: Recruitment, content analyses

medical affairs

Therapy Area: Oncology
Topic: PIL test

Patient Information Leaflet

Respondent Type: Lay people

To test the readability of a Patient Information Leaflet (PIL)

Countries:
Sample Size: 26
Methodology: "Pilot stage: 45 min Face to Face IDIs at Central Location with lay people Main Stage 1: 45 min Face to Face IDIs at Central Location with lay people Main Stage 2: 45 min Face to Face IDIs at Central Location with lay people"
Services Delivered: Recruitment, venues, moderation, management report

medical affairs

Therapy Area: Oncology
Topic: SCLC

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Respondent Type: Members of general public

To test the readability of the PIL for a new treatment in SCLC

Countries:
Sample Size: 36
Methodology: 45 minute Web Assisted Telephone Depth Interviews
Services Delivered: Screener design and questionnaire, Recruitment, Moderation, Venues, PIL printing, Qual management reports

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