What Pharma Needs Next
What Pharma Needs Next is a podcast for commercial and medical leaders. You’ll hear from life sciences experts on the trends re-shaping biopharma, how technology and data are accelerating their vital work, and ways to improve customer-centricity in the face of HCP and KOL access challenges.
Episodes

Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Extracting Real Value During AI’s ‘Gold Rush’
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
In an episode you won’t want to miss, Florian Schnappauf deep dives into generative AI with David Simpson of AstraZeneca who has been experimenting, piloting, and scaling AI use cases with sales reps across markets. David shares why users now have a different mindset and the direction that sales assistants may be going in the future. He also explains his view that a common data language is fundamental to maximizing the value of AI.

Friday Nov 29, 2024
Preparing for a Faster Trial-to-Treatment Pathway
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Pharmaphorum’s Nicole Raleigh interviews Chris Moore, president of Veeva Europe, on trends shaping commercial life sciences. Chris highlights AI’s potential use cases, the need for caution, and how commercial and medical leaders are overcoming access challenges to accelerate treatment pathways.

Friday Nov 29, 2024
Preparing for a Launch: Pharma's High-Stakes Gamble
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Veeva's Florian Schnappauf speaks to Andy Eeckhout of ADVANZ PHARMA about ensuring launch success. Preparing for a launch is a high-stakes gamble for all biopharma companies, particularly those focused on rare diseases. Andy explains how ADVANZ uses data to prepare for a launch, scale across multiple markets, and help MSLs get up-to-speed quickly for an in-depth scientific discussion with experts.

Friday Nov 29, 2024
The Problem of Plenty in Life Sciences
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Despite major advances in recent years, it is still too difficult for biopharma field teams to bring together all relevant information to serve HCPs. Florian Schnappauf and Rakesh Vashishta discuss whether the industry asks too much of its field teams, how we can avoid drowning in data, and the changing role of reps to orchestrators of the customer experience.

Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
In this episode, Christoph Bug, VP Global Medical at Veeva, discusses the evolving role of medical affairs with industry experts. They explore how medical teams adapt to the growing demand for scientific exchange and how medical affairs can become a more strategic, data-driven decision-making organization.

Get in touch with Florian Schnappauf or Christoph Bug if you would like to contribute to the podcast or share your feedback.
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