March 20, 2016 - Core Curriculum*
March 21, 2016 - Tutorials (AM)*

• Tutorial 1: Medical Communications: Compliance in 2016
• Tutorial 2: Promotional and Medical Review Committee 101
• Tutorial 3: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Opportunities - A Tutorial for Medial Science Liaisons
• Tutorial 4: Clincal Statistics for Nonstatisticians

March 21-23, 2016 - Forum

*Core Curriculum and Tutorials require registration and are an additional fee

This program has been developed in collaboration with the Medical Communications, Medical Writing, and Medical Science Liaison Communities.

This is a must-attend annual forum for Medical Communication, Medical Information, Medical Science Liaison, and Medical Writing Professionals. The cross-functional general sessions and five breakout tracks encompass all areas including medical information, medical science liaison, medical communications, medical call center, and medical writing, so you can gain further expertise and networking opportunities in your own area as well as different functional areas. Nowhere else can you network with all these professionals in one location. This content is developed to meet the needs of those who work in biopharmaceutical industry based medical scientific communications by including three central tracks covering:

• Medical Communications
• Medical Writing: Regulatory and Publication
• Medical Science Liaisons

Medical Science Liaison Track
Medical Science Liasions (MSLs) play a vital role in establishing and sustaining important relationships with medical professionals, health care systems, academic institutions, and others within the medical product development field.  MSLs establish a culture of engagement, exchange scientific information, and develop collaborations among health care professionals in order to help foster advancements in medical product discovery.  As the MSL role continues to grow and evolve, there is a need to share insight, knowledge, and best practices among colleagues. 

This track will feature a wide range of topics for MSL professionals, including insight into the MSL role across the product life cycle, perspectives on the MSL career path, and globalization of the MSL role.  There will also be a joint session with the Medical Writing track on the topic of Health Economics Research Outcomes. You will learn best practices and for ensuring continued success within the MSL role, ways to advance the development of MSL operations, and solutions for engaging field based medical teams within the industry.

Medical Writing Track
Medical and scientific writers are responsible for authoring, editing, preparing, and planning publications and regulatory deliverables working within a large team. To stay informed of the latest developments in publication and regulatory writing, medical writers need to understand the new regulatory guidances and best practices with in the industry. The DIA Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications 2016 Annual Forum is a great opportunity for medical writing professionals to engage with experts in the field and learn how other medical writers resolve similar challenges at different companies. By making new connections with your professional colleagues, this opportunity to exchange ideas and develop new ones is invaluable.
 
This track will be subdivided into two tracks: Medical Writing Regulatory and Medical Writing Publications.  Included within these sub-tracks will be sessions on biosimilars and the communicator, GPP3, EMA Policy 70, ethical and accurate data in publications, bioethics, health economics and outcomes research, sponsor/vendor relationships, and career development.  This track is a great opportunity to develop, innovate, and advance your medical writing career.

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