JUNE 2018 Research Alert

This month we added four new studies to the Best Practice Database, the research repository for Best Practices, LLC. This month's new studies explore three important areas within pharma: Medical Affairs, Investigator Sponsored Trials (ISTs), and Corporate Libraries. Two of the new studies involve Medical Affairs and how this role is creating value with its interactions with emerging external groups such as government agencies and specialty pharmacies; one study reviews communication tactics for ISTs at medical congresses; and the last study presents 2018 benchmarks on services and staffing of corporate libraries.

The new Best Practices, LLC studies listed below under Newly Added Research explore how leading companies have made their operations more effective across these different areas.

	Download: How Medical Affairs Creates Value & Relationships with External Groups: Government Agencies and ACOs/IDNs/HCPs (5509) As the interactions between medical affairs and government agencies and ACOs/IDNs/HCPs increase, pharma organizations are wrestling with which medical affairs functions and activities resonate best with government agencies and managed care organizations. Best Practices, LLC performed this research to probe Medical Affairs' roles, tools, effectiveness and success metrics in serving these groups.
	Download: How Medical Affairs Creates Value & Relationships with External Groups: Specialty Pharmacies, GPOs, Pathway Vendors, & Large Employer Groups (5510) As emerging groups such as specialty pharmacies, GPOs, and pathway vendors have become important players in the critical access and reimbursement arena, Medical Affairs is now providing medical support to these organizations. Best Practices, LLC performed this study to probe Medical Affairs' roles, tools, effectiveness and success metrics in serving specialty pharmacies, GPOs, large employers and pathway vendors.
	Download: Tactics for Communicating Investigator Sponsored Trials for Congresses/ISTs and MSLs' Involvement (5511) This Best Practices, LLC study, provides industry benchmarks on the types of IST studies supported by organizations, tools used to raise IST awareness, reasons for not promoting ISTs proactively for congresses, caveats to legal/regulatory/compliance approval, involvement level of MSLs and key lessons learned.
	Download: Library Services Benchmarks 2018: Corporate Library Services in the Biopharmaceutical Industry (5512) Best Practices, LLC undertook this research to deliver 2018 biopharmaceutical corporate library benchmarks around services, staffing, budget and activity levels. Library and information center leaders can refer to this study to compare their scope, volume, cost and delivery of library services with those at other organizations within the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries.