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PHAR7818: Medical Affairs
2025 unit information
Medical Affairs is an emerging specialisation within the pharmaceutical industry which is responsible for managing key opinion-leader relationships, publishing data from corporate-sponsored trials, presenting educational information about a product or therapeutic landscape, answering questions from healthcare providers regarding product safety or efficacy that is not addressed in a product's label and supporting research initiatives outside labelled indications for marketed products. This unit will cover the international and local ethical, legal and marketing codes of compliance, quality use of medicines as well as the writing and interpretation of key scientific documents such as product information, consumer medicine information and clinical trial results. Off-label use of medicines and access to unlicensed products will be covered. Product withdrawals will also be discussed. Development of communication skills will be emphasised in this course.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Pharmacy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Define the term quality use of medicines and explain how it underpins the Australian perspective on the use of therapeutics in the practice of medicine.
- LO2. Critically review promotional material associated with therapeutic products and ensure their legal and ethical compliance.
- LO3. Perform activities associated with the role of the medical affairs specialist within a pharmaceutical or medical device company, including developing plans for evidence generation.
- LO4. Integrate knowledge, skills and experience of medical affairs using reflective practice.
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