DIA: Driving Insights to Action

phactMI is a collaboration of Medical Information departments across the pharmaceutical industry that aims to provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) access to medical information through a single point of access to improve transparency. In this podcast, DIA Publications Managing Editor Judy Connors learns more about the goals of this unique collaboration from Dominick Albano, Regional Director, Medical Information at Pfizer, and Patrick Reilly, Vice President, Global Medical Information at Bristol-Meyers Squibb. 

What role does pharmacovigilance play as we face world health epidemics such as ebola? What safety challenges are being addressed? What other current events and trends are driving clinical safety discussions? Elizabeth Garrard, PharmD, RPh, tackles questions of clinical safety and pharmacovigilance in her discussion with Global Forum Deputy Editor Alberto Grignolo. 

What are current and emerging trends in partnering models and outsourcing? How are sponsors balancing bottom line needs with quality and collaboration? Christine Pierre, RN, President of the Society for Clinical Research Sites, talks with Global Forum Deputy Director Alberto Grignolo.  

In this podcast, Leslie Sam, Director of Global Quality Systems at Eli Lilly, and Ann Meeker-O'Connell, Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, discuss innovative approaches to ensuring quality. 

What are the current trends in maintaining pharmaceutical quality? How are companies and regulators managing risks and incorporating patients? Sarah Pope Miksinski, PhD, Director, Division II, Office of New Drug Quality Assessment, OPS, CDER, and Roger Nosal, Vice President, CMC at Pfizer, discuss issues of Pharmaceutical Quality with Global Forum's Deputy Editor Alberto Grignolo. 

Betsy Fallen, RN, of BAFallen Consulting, LLC discusses innovative technology and its impact on clinical development and its role in patient involvement, with Global Forum's Deputy Editor Alberto Grignolo.