The Medical Affairs and Healthcare Industry Chronicle

Healthcare systems in crisis – the NHS as a case study

Only three weeks until the DIA meeting in Brussels, the agenda is final, and I am in the midst of writing presentations and finishing up workshop preparations. We have a large group of attendees from all over the world coming to be with us in Brussels, I hope to see you there. If you’d like

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Fixing the healthcare crisis: patients as equal partners

In addition to visiting doctors, worrying about test results, calling the hospital, and wishing it was not so hot, I have managed to swim in the local river for the first time in years. It was glorious! I hope you too  have found time to something you enjoy as you wait for autumn. Today’s blog

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Tech for good in healthcare: Insights from a virtual panel discussion

While the summer holidays are sadly fleeting the range of topics I come across that fascinate me and keep me energised and engaged is luckily infinite. I have picked some that I find particularly relevant to share with you today. Today’s blog topics: – Tech for good in healthcare: insights from a virtual panel discussion–

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two children walking down a country lane showing unity of purpose, togetherness and harmony

Maximizing pharmaceutical operations: the power of organisational insights and proactive communication

I hope you are enjoying the summer and managing to hide away from the heat. I am writing this on a blissfully cold and rainy day.  Today’s blog topics: – The value of proactive communication– Strategic pharmaceutical operations set-up considerations– From data to insights: unleashing business potential– If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage

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Has AI become negative? And if so, is this a problem?

It is a warm, sunny and busy July. I spent today briefly exploring the sense of sin in cross-cultural perspective, reflecting on archetypes, discussing dream cycles, planting three different types of shiso, and planning a workshop for the upcoming DIA meeting in Belgium. In between I wondered about good and bad AI and started to

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How to navigate the diversity of the European market

I have just got back from taking part in two panel discussions in Geneva, one on women in pharma and one that I led on digital islands. Balance is elusive and everyone seems to struggle with not enough diversity or too much, so today I write about diversity in teams, systems and geographies. Today’s blog

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Doing now what patients need now

Summer is here. The weather is wonderful. I am off to Geneva to the Connect in Pharma conference this week, participating in a panel on women in pharma and hosting a panel on managing digital islands in a world that is obsessed with data analytics. Today’s blog topics: – Doing now what patients need now

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AI in healthcare – reflections from regulatory authorities

It’s a busy period, so many activities, so little time, so much to learn. In June I will take part in a panel on Inclusion, equity and women in pharma and lead one on data analytics, digital islands, and AI. I’m also working on a paper on social dreaming, running a coaches’ retreat, where we

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