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KOL Europe

The role of a Key Opinion Leader should extend far beyond product approval. Relationships between KOLs and pharma companies work best when the KOL provides input into all stages of drug development. SAE Media Group’s 2nd annual KOL Europe conference will feature presentations from actual KOLs and senior industry professionals with extensive experience of managing scientific relationships. Attend and gain a new perspective on the role of KOLs and explore new ways of using them to achieve successful drug development and marketing strategies. 

  • Thomas D. Szucs, Chairman, European Centre of Pharmaceutical Medicine
  • Andy Powrie-Smith, Director, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Conference agenda

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13:30

Registration and coffee

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14:00

Welcome and introduction

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14:10

Identifying relevant KOLs for a project

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14:40

Ranking criteria for KOLs

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15:10

Segmentation

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15:40

Afternoon tea

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16:00

Approaching KOLs for involvement and regulatory considerations

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16:30

Managing the relationship

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17:00

A KOL’s sphere of influence

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17:30

Open discussion and close of workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Raimund Sterz

Raimund Sterz, Medical Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott

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9:10

KOL Management from Both Sides of the Relationship

Axel Glasmacher

Axel Glasmacher, Medical Director, Celgene International

  • The view from academia and from the industry
  • Where is the common ground between KOL and pharmaceutical industry?
  • What are the most frequent difficulties?
  • Some thoughts about unconventional solutions
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    9:50

    KOL Management in a Specialised-Medicine Market

    Lurdes Reis

    Lurdes Reis, Scientific Communications Manager, Bayer Schering Pharma

  • Compliance directives vs. marketing objectives
  • Advocate credibility
  • Limited KOL resources
  • KOL long-term relationships
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Stakeholder Management - The Holistic Approach

    Christian Schweiger

    Christian Schweiger , Managing Director, Tachris

  • Integrated stakeholder management is more than KOL Management
  • Definition and scope of SHM
  • The importance of professional associations
  • The challenges of cooperating with Patient Associations
  • Fostering your scientific credibility
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    11:40

    PANEL DISCUSSION:Global Stakeholder Management – More Than KOL Management

  • Definition of stakeholder management
  • Why SHM is a key factor for success in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Challenges and opportunities in the context of a global company
  • The way to do it right – is there a receipt for successful SHM?
  • Christian Schweiger

    Christian Schweiger , Managing Director, Tachris

    Raimund Sterz

    Raimund Sterz, Medical Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    Stakeholder Versus KOL: Do we Need to Expand our View?

    Raimund Sterz

    Raimund Sterz, Medical Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott

  • Changes is the pharmapolitical environment
  • Emerging stakeholders
  • Payers, prescribers, patients and fundholders - current role and future roles
  • Integrated health care concepts
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    14:30

    KOL change management: The view from the vendor

    Larry Cohen

    Larry Cohen, President, Heartbeat Experts

  • Best practices
  • Data privacy management and data collection in the regulatory landscape
  • Roll-out to the company
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    Negotiating with KOLs

    Philippe Fonjallaz

    Philippe Fonjallaz, Head of Customer Engagement, Neurodegenerative Disease Business Unit, Merck Serono

  • Finding common ground
  • Setting up an agreement
  • Separating the product from the company
  • Keeping an appropriate distance
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    16:20

    A New Understanding of KOLs – New Ways of Working with the Pharma Industry

    Andrew Powrie-Smith

    Andrew Powrie-Smith, Director, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

  • How the UK industry works with external stakeholders
  • Transparency in industry/KOL relationships
  • Funding of medical education by industry
  • Creating trust through behaviours
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Raimund Sterz

    Raimund Sterz, Medical Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott

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    9:10

    Business Intelligence for KOL Operationalization

    Arnim Jost

    Arnim Jost, Vice President Region DACH, Cegedim Dendrite

  • Inter-divisional consolidation and view on data
  • Well-directed design and application of scorings
  • Automatic segmentation and targeting of KOL
  • Time series in action
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    9:50

    The Global Implications of Conflict of Interest in Medicine and Public Health – The Swine Flu Case

     Angela Spelsberg

    Angela Spelsberg, Acting Chief of the Working Group on Health, Transparency International

  • Conflict of interest as a systemic disease in global health care
  • Why it is not an individual problem
  • How conflict of interest drives health care expenditures
  • The need for it to be systematically addressed at different levels in health care and beyond
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Long-Term Relationship Development with KOLs

    Gunnar Schroefel

    Gunnar Schroefel, Global Customer Relationship Excellence Manager, Bayer Schering Pharma

  • Aspects of product life-cycle management
  • Setting clear objectives
  • Alignment of KOL management across functional units
  • System vs. business processes: is IT the answer?
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    11:40

    Opinion Leader Strategy and its Role in New Pharma Marketing

    Rob Barker

    Rob Barker, Managing Partner, The Central Group

  • The vital role that opinion leader strategy plays in modern pharmaceutical marketing
  • The roles of opinion leaders in the diffusion of innovation
  • Tailoring collaborations over time
  • Matching opinion leader aptitudes and interests to asset needs
  • Building a mutually advantageous relationship
  • Live action application of theory
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    PANEL DISCUSSION: The role of key opinion leaders in early-stage drug development

    Hans Joachim Hutt

    Hans Joachim Hutt, Director, Scientific and Risk Management , Sanofi Pasteur MSD GmbH

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    14:30

    KOLs – An Agency Perspective

    Marian East

    Marian East, Director, MedSense

  • Managing KOL relationships via agencies
  • KOL profiling
  • KOLs and soft skills
  • Case studies
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    15:10

    Chairman's Closing Remarks

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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea and Close of Conference

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