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30 October 2025

From data to decisions: MAPA-MAPS 2025 spotlight

Bold Ideas, Bright Futures: Brilliance in Medical Affairs was the theme of this year’s joint Medical Affairs Professionals of Australasia (MAPA) and Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) Australasia Medical Affairs Summit. The 2-day meeting was held on 24 and 25 September in Sydney, Australia, and welcomed over 300 attendees and 75 faculty members.

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Synergizing scientific transparency: a crash course from National Academy of Sciences discussions

Scientific transparency Champion sponsor of the Annual Meeting Reported by Sarah Sabir Speakers Richard W Davis IV, Associate Editor, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics David Mellor, Director of Policy Initiatives, Center for Open Science Leslie McIntosh Leslie McIntosh, CEO, Ripeta; Executive Director at the Research Data Alliance Transparency, through the complete reporting of data, code, and software,…

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Keynote: How to write a scientific masterpiece in 2020

Scientific masterpiece Champion sponsor of the Annual Meeting Reported by Olivia McKenna Speaker Corinne Williams, Senior Science Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) and JCI Insight Corinne Williams provided her editorial insights into the medical publishing world and advice on how to maximize the output of publications. Medical publishing will face a huge change in…

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Virtual 16th Annual Meeting of ISMPP: overnight report

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Don't be such a scientist: talking substance in an age of style

An age of style Champion sponsor of the Annual Meeting Reported by Olivia McKenna Speaker Randy Olson, author and scientist-turned filmmaker Randy Olson delivered an enthusiastic and interactive session on how storytelling can be used as a powerful tool for delivering effective scientific communication.  Intrigued by the ability of the original Jurassic Park movie to…

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Poster 2.0: Creating better research posters

Research posters Champion sponsor of the Annual Meeting Reported by Sarah Sabir Speaker Mike Morrison, Science Communication Designer, University of Michigan If you’ve ever presented a poster at a scientific congress, chances are that you’ve experienced meeting attendees walking straight past your poster with a plate of food in hand. Can we really blame them?…

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Patient involvement in medical communications: a live how-to guide

Patient involvement Champion sponsor of the Annual Meeting Reported by Heather Mitchell Speakers Vanessa Pott, Director, Global Patient Insights & Advocacy, Merck KGaA Dawn Richards, Patient Advocate, Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance Lauri Arnstein, Patient Partnership Liaison, Envision Pharma Group Trishna Bharadia, Health Advocate and Patient Engagement Champion, MS Society Ambassador Patient involvement is a topic…

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