How Pharma is Utilizing IME Grants for Patient Education and Medical Sponsorships

Data segmented by respondent’s geographical responsibility – US vs. Global + US vs. Global ex-US


KEY TOPICS

• Executive Summary
• IME Grant Support for Patient Medical Education Activities
• Medical Sponsorships/Corporate Memberships Management

• Patient education activities through IME grant programs
• Reasons for benchmark organizations supporting or not supporting patient education activities through their IME grant programs
• Other departments involved in supporting patient education
• Association between medical education programs for patients and HCPs
• Limitations and/or concerns faced by benchmark organizations regarding supporting patient education activities with IME grants
• Impact of patient advocacy groups on medical education programs
• Management and oversight of medical sponsorships and corporate memberships
• Platforms used for medical sponsorship management
• Types of sponsorships managed by Medical Affairs group
• Differentiation between Medical Affairs-related sponsorship requests and sponsorship requests for other functions such as commercial
• Nature of commercial and Medical Affairs sponsorship requests
• Types of sponsorships managed by Medical Affairs group
• Types of medical requests received through the same platform as IME grant requests

• Expand patient education programs by including IME grants as a funding source: Patient-focused education can produce data that informs medical education strategy for HCP-focused education.

• IME platform is good tool for independent, patient-oriented activities: Investing in a platform for IME-related activities provides a one-stop information source for medical activities; different pathways allow for easy use across activities. In addition, the platform can be adopted globally so it is easier to track activities, costs across regions.

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