Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Forum

Session Chair(s)

J. Lynn Bass, PharmD, RPh

• Senior Director and Head, Medical Science Directors
• Medexus Pharma, United States

One meeting is clearly not enough time to touch on the numerous activities MSLs engage in on a day to day and month to month basis. This session seeks to review a broad list of topics relevant to the MSL role during mini/roundtable sessions. Topics to be reviewed include: 1) Hiring & Interviewing in a Virtual World 2) Continued post-pandemic challenges for MSLs 3) Benefits of joining a Medical Affairs/ MSL Professional Society 4) How to "Nuance the No" 5) Rightsizing teams: Building MSL teams

Learning Objective : At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Examine a variety of topics relevant to the current and future of the MSL role
• Discuss best practices with MSL industry leaders
• Participate in a question and answer session to evaluate challenges from current MSLs