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How to Hire the Best Clinical Trials Staff

How to Hire the Best Clinical Trials Staff

The Right Staff Can Ensure Clinical Trial Success Hiring the best staff to manage clinical trials requires careful planning, effective recruitment strategies, and a thorough evaluation of candidates. Do you have the right partner to help you staff your teams? ___ Plans for clinical trials and an Investigative New Drug (IND) application are prepared during the preclinical drug/device development phase....
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Positioning Your Organization for Success

Determining the Best Time to Hire MSLs The most important thing is to begin the staffing process 3-4 months before you need people in place. This applies to Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs staffing. The market is highly competitive and finding candidates who meet your requirements and fit your culture is a science unto itself. TriNet Pharma Can Help! Value...
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Sourcing Medical Affairs Talent

Sourcing Medical Affairs Talent

What’s Your Strategy for Finding Medical Affairs Professionals? Most life sciences organizations use a variety of methods to source their open medical affairs positions. Does your sourcing strategy include one or more of the following? Online Recruitment Sites. Human Resources and hiring managers utilize job boards like LinkedIn and Indeed to advertise medical affairs opportunities. Online platforms allow companies to...
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Helping Life Sciences Companies Hire Medical Affairs Talent

Helping Life Sciences Companies Hire Medical Affairs Talent

Meet Budget and Staffing Challenges Head-On A life sciences company seeking to form a medical affairs team in a new geographic location or a company establishing its foundation may need a recruiting agency to locate medical affairs talent. There are several reasons for this need, including: Lack of internal resources. A new organization may not have the internal resources or...
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Engaging with Digital Opinion Leaders

Engaging with Digital Opinion Leaders

How Can MSLs Utilize the Influence of Digital Opinion Leaders? Engaging with Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) benefits Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) in specific contexts. DOLs have a significant following on social media and are considered experts in their fields (e.g., cardiovascular therapies, cancer screening technology, gastrointestinal diseases, drug testing, and patient care). There can be a crossover with Key Opinion...
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How to Enhance Patient Enrollment for Clinical Trials

How to Enhance Patient Enrollment for Clinical Trials

How to Enhance Patient Enrollment for Clinical Trials Every clinical trial is unique, what works for one study may not work for another. This is a key reason why strategies for clinical trial enrollment need to be continually evaluated. There are tactics that can increase the likelihood of trial enrollment success. Here are a few: The first and most practical...
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The Future of Medical Affairs

The Future of Medical Affairs

Medical Affairs Will Continue to Make an Impact in the Future Medical affairs will progress and increase in importance in the future as the industry faces increasing regulatory, technological, and commercial challenges. Here are some trends and/or advances in medical affairs that we can expect:Increased focus on patient-centered care: Medical affairs will play a critical role in ensuring that pharma companies...
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Oncology Medical Science Liaisons

Oncology Medical Science Liaisons

Oncology Medical Science Liaisons The most common therapeutic area in which Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) are specialized (have clinical, medical, and/or research experience) is oncology, followed by cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neurology, and immunology. Within the oncology area, therapeutics or devices are largely being developed to ameliorate or improve quality of life for these cancer types. Additionally, new ways of...
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New Year’s Resolution Guide for Hiring Managers

New Year’s Resolution Guide for Hiring Managers

Download the Hiring Resolutions Guide 2/3 of Life Science companies identified “people recruitment and retention” as the top area for investment in 2023. Only 46% of medical affairs professionals ended 2022 in the same role in which they started. 20% cited a poor fit with the company culture as their reason for leaving. As competition for top talent will continue...
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How to Hire the Perfect Medical Affairs Talent

How to Hire the Perfect Medical Affairs Talent

When pharmaceutical companies seek to hire Medical Affairs talent, including Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), Clinical Trial Liaisons, Medical Directors, and other Clinical and Medical Affairs roles from outside their organization, they can: Manage the search process themselves. Engage contingency recruiters to identify potential candidates. When the Pharmaceutical Organization Manages the Talent Search Process When a pharmaceutical organization manages the search...
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