Introduction to Medical Affairs - From Strategy to Execution Across the Product Lifecycle

Schedule of Healixia course: Mastering Medical Affairs - From Strategy to Execution Across the Product Lifecycle

On Monday 6 October:
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome coffee and registration
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction
9:15 - 10:45 The Belgian Healthcare Landscape
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15 The Central Role of Medical Affairs in Modern Healthcare
12:15 - 13:15 Network lunch
13:15 - 16:45 The role of the Medical Affairs professional
  13:15-13:30 - Introduction
  13:30-14:00 - Engagement and partnerships with Key Opinian Leaders (KOLs)
  14:00-14:30 - Insights and the role of Real World Data
  14:30-14:45 - Soft skills for Medical Affairs professionals
  14:45-15:15 - Coffee break
  15:15-15:45 - Internal stakeholder management
  15:45-16:15 - Medical Advisory Boards: from planning to follow-up
  16:15-16:45 - Q&A session
16:45 - 17:00 Closing session
  1. From 9:15 to 10:45

    The Belgian Healthcare Landscape

    A complete overview will be given of the different stakeholders in the Belgian Healthcare landscape across the product life cycle.

  2. From 11:15 to 12:15

    The Central Role of Medical Affairs in Modern Healthcare

    We will set the scene for Medical Affairs' strategic importance, give an overview of Medical Affairs' evolution and its impact on healthcare outcomes and talk about the core competencies for Medical Affairs Professionals.

  3. From 12:15 to 13:15

    Network lunch

    During lunch, you will have networking opportunities with Healixia’s medical affairs education group where experiences and best practices can be shared and discussed.

  4. From 13:15 to 16:45

    The role of the Medical Affairs professional

    During the afternoon, you will follow different interactive sessions about the activities and cross-functional collaborations that the Medical Affairs professional engages in, including where in the product life cycle (pre-launch, launch, post-launch) they are applied. Speakers are experienced Medical Affairs professionals.