Key Updates for 2025
Fierce Medical Affairs Strategic Summit will evolve into two new events called Fierce Pharma Engage in April 2025 (#MASSWest) and Fierce Pharma Week in September 2025 (#MASSEast). Join us as we bring together Life Sciences communities to help pharma companies drive value and excel in this rapidly evolving new era.
The Premier Conference on the West Coast for Medical Affairs Professionals
The Fierce Medical Affairs Strategic Summit West is the leading event in the west coast, providing a unique platform for medical affairs, field medical, and medical communications teams to share best practices, gain actionable insights and crowdsource ideas to their unique challenges from their peers.
By attending, you have the opportunity to hear from emerging biotech and pharma leaders on how to build agile medical affairs teams from the ground up, out of the box strategies for MSLs to engage with KOLs and HCPs post-pandemic, successful approaches to establishing medical communications plans ahead of a launch, and the role of medical affairs in delivering a truly omnichannel customer experience.
Top Reasons to Attend
- Establish a strategic and tactical launch plan for medical affairs teams that align with the organization’s overall business objectives
- Gain new insight into effectively integrating social media into your medical communications plans
- Examine strategies for medical affairs to work effectively with commercial to navigate the compliance landscape
- Hear how MSL teams are leveraging digital capabilities and out of the box in-person tactics to boost HCP engagement
- Understand the value medical affairs can provide across a product’s lifecycle by driving collaboration with clinical development teams
Key Topics Including:
- Lessons Learned from Emerging Biotech Companies
- The Value of Medical Affairs Across a Products Life Cycle
- Roadmap to Success – Strategies for an Effective Product Launch
- Keep Pedaling: Advancing KOL Relationship
- A Framework for Thinking about Health Disparities in the US
- Building Omnichannel Engagement to Improve HCP and Customer Experience
- Developing an Impactful Scientific Platform
- Innovations in Scientific Communications
2024 Conference Chair
Ralph Rewers
Executive Director, Medical Sciences, US Medical Affairs | Gilead Sciences
Ralph is a creative, achievement oriented professional with established performance at six pharma/biotech companies, progressing from a field based medical role to senior leadership level positions in more than 12 different therapeutic areas. Proven ability to create functions and communicate a clear vision. Ability to strategically plan and implement organizational change. Ability to forge strong links with key internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of development and commercial strategies.
2024 Featured Keynote
Richey Neuman, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President of Medical Affairs | Cytokinetics
Richey, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Cytokinetics since 2020, has extensive experience leading Medical Affairs teams at MyoKardia, Portola, Hyperion, and Teva. He began his pharmaceutical career in 2006 with Wyeth (later acquired by Pfizer) after serving on the medical faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. Richey holds a BS in Biology from Stanford, an MPH from UC Berkeley, and an MD from The Medical College of Pennsylvania. He is a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar from Yale and is board-certified in Internal Medicine.
Day 1 Keynote
2024 Featured Keynote
Darryl Sleep
Head Global Public Health | Amgen
Dr. Sleep has over 40 years’ experience across multiple therapeutic areas. He joined Amgen in 2018 as senior vice president, Global Medical and Chief Medical Officer, leading Amgen’s Medical Organization before transitioning to lead the newly formed Global Public Health Organization in 2024.
Day 2 Keynote
Unlimited Networking
Solidify existing relationships and build strong connections with new decision makers during:
- Networking breaks
- Cocktail receptions
- Event meals
- Educational seminars
- And more!
Who Attends?
SVPs, VPs, Directors, Heads, and Managers from top pharma, biotech, and medical device industries whose responsibilities include:
- Medical Affairs
- Medical Communications
- Medical Writing
- Medical Operations
- Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs)
- Field Medical
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research
- Medical Education
- Medical Information
- Regulatory
- Compliance
- Legal
- Publications
- Medical Science
- Clinical Trials
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