Giffin Suzana A, Shah Richa, Soloff Allison, Vaysman Anna Markel, Oreper Jane, Gažo Andrew, Gandhi Pooja, Shah Ina, Malieckal Thomas, Boulos Daniel, Flowers Teresa, Stevens Carolle A, Rocco Michael S, Patel Aarti S, Albano Dominick
1 Amgen, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
2 Pfizer, New York, NY, USA.
Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2019 May;53(3):332-339. doi: 10.1177/2168479018779920. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
Over the past decade, biopharmaceutical companies have been progressively establishing global frameworks across their capabilities. It is well recognized that the Medical Information (MI) department is a key externally facing function that needs to maintain a consistent focus on optimizing its capabilities of addressing product medical inquiries worldwide.
In the United States, a consortium named Pharma Collaboration for Transparent Medical Information, phactMI, a collaboration of pharmaceutical company MI departments dedicated to supporting health care professionals in their commitment to provide quality patient care, has provided a forum to benchmark and share best practices across the companies. In May 2017, phactMI conducted a survey inclusive of 25 biopharmaceutical companies to gain insight into the globalization of respective MI departments and relevant trends.
We found increased trends in various aspects of globalization across large, mid, and small size companies, and identified key drivers for success. Overall, 16 of the 25 companies had globalized their MI department, 5 had only partially globalized, and the remaining 4 had not globalized.
The findings of this survey will further help inform the MI community as to globalization approaches for a successful outcome.
在过去十年中，生物制药公司一直在逐步建立涵盖其各项能力的全球框架。众所周知，医学信息（MI）部门是一个关键的面向外部的职能部门，需要始终专注于优化其在全球范围内处理产品医学咨询的能力。
在美国，一个名为“透明医学信息制药合作组织”（phactMI）的联盟，由制药公司的医学信息部门合作组成，致力于支持医疗保健专业人员履行其提供优质患者护理的承诺，该联盟提供了一个平台，用于在各公司之间进行基准测试和分享最佳实践。2017年5月，phactMI对25家生物制药公司进行了一项调查，以深入了解各自医学信息部门的全球化情况及相关趋势。
我们发现大型、中型和小型公司在全球化的各个方面都呈现出增长趋势，并确定了成功的关键驱动因素。总体而言，25家公司中有16家已将其医学信息部门全球化，5家仅部分全球化，其余4家尚未全球化。
本次调查结果将进一步帮助医学信息领域了解实现成功的全球化方法。
