Pharma Sessions
Pharma Sessions
Podcast Description
Navigating pharmaceutical launch excellence through strategy, technology and career stories. (And sharing fun moments too!)
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores a wide range of topics relevant to the pharmaceutical and medical affairs landscape. Content themes include strategies for pharmaceutical launches, innovations in medical affairs, regulatory challenges, work-life integration, clinical trial diversity, and negotiation skills. Notable episode examples include discussions on the role of AI in medical affairs, achieving work-life balance in medical professions, and the importance of financial implications caused by burnout in pharma.
Navigating pharmaceutical launch excellence through strategy, technology and career stories. (And sharing fun moments too!)
Pharma Sessions — ACTO Client Summit: Hallway Interviews
At ACTO's 2026 client summit in Boston, we pulled some incredible minds out of the hallway for quick, candid conversations about where field excellence, AI, and learning & development are headed. No scripts, no slides — just honest takes from the people doing the work.
In this episode, you'll hear from six pharma L&D leaders on how AI is changing their roles, what they're doing differently at national sales meetings, the adoption challenges they're navigating, and why L&D may be the most strategically important function in any AI rollout.
Timestamps:
- 1:43 — Andrea Penn, Senior Director of Field Training & Customer Training, Autolus Therapeutics
- 7:38 — Sarah Barrett, Associate Director of Medical Affairs Training, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
- 13:10 — Brian McCann, Dupixent Market Access Training, Regeneron
- 18:49 — Nicole Payne, Director of Global Commercial L&D, BioMarin
- 23:08 — Erin Gigliello, Senior Product Owner & Project Manager in L&D, Accord Biopharma
- 30:48 — Chris Richards, Head of Commercial L&D, Nuvations Bio
Pharma Sessions is hosted by Jonathan Kaskey
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