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Considerations for Planning Effective and Appealing Advisory Boards: Importance of Participant Preferences

Explore our peer-reviewed article, “Considerations for Planning Effective and Appealing Advisory Boards and Other Small-Group Meetings with Health Care Providers: Importance of Participant Preferences.” Dive into key findings on HCPs’ preferences for virtual and hybrid meetings, revealing their desire for frequent interactions and the impactful use of their insights. Discover why virtual options are favored for their convenience, inclusivity, and lower environmental impact.

Pharmaceutical advisory boards and other small-group meetings with health care providers (HCPs) are important for getting feedback on new clinical trial results, competitors’ products, or educational campaigns. However, they are typically expensive and require participants to travel long distances and take time away from their work and families. For in-person meetings, there are also issues with not everyone being able to contribute as much as they want, and the exclusion of people living in remote or underserved communities is common.

These days, pharmaceutical companies have a choice between hosting meetings in person, virtually, or using a hybrid approach. In making this choice, the cost and organizer’s preference are usually key considerations, but very few people ask the participants what they prefer.

To help answer this question and elucidate the preferred meeting format, frequency, and follow-up approach, we conducted a short feedback survey among HCPs participating in virtual advisory boards in 2022 and 2023. The results were recently published in Pharmaceutical Medicine.

Key findings included that:

  • The majority of health care providers prefer virtual or hybrid pharmaceutical meetings/advisory boards over in-person-only meetings.
  • Health care providers prefer to meet at least 2–4 times per year and want to receive continuous updates on how the pharmaceutical company is using their insights.
  • Key benefits of virtual versus in-person meetings include their superior convenience and flexibility, low environmental impact, and the ability to hear from more diverse participants.

Access the full article here, titled Considerations for Planning Effective and Appealing Advisory Boards and Other Small-Group Meetings with Health Care Providers: Importance of Participant Preferences.

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