In the idyllic vision of the uninitiated, a scientific presentation tells a story, starting with a clear description of a problem, then outlining a series of steps taken to address that problem, and ending with a special reward: a glistening… Read More »How science presentations should work, but don’t
We carefully packed the sculptures in our suitcases when we returned from Africa, using our dirty clothes to cushion them from damage. Leave it to the airlines to outsmart us and find the weak spots in our preparation. When we… Read More »Packing a presentation for the FDA
I recently had the privilege of sitting through four investigator meetings, two in the United States and two in Europe. They comprised speaker after speaker with slide after slide. Topics included the disease, the drug, the PK, the efficacy and… Read More »Better Investigator Meetings
You may be aware that I’ve been going to investigator meetings and finding them kind of out-of-date. We’ve got to get away from what’s easy for the sponsor, and instead move toward what is effective for the investigators and their… Read More »Ideas for better Investigator Meetings
To clarify this complexity, I have to step back, calm down, and ask myself a question, such as, “What seems to be the problem?” Then I have to look at the rat’s nest of black wires, and begin the delicate surgery of extricating one wire from the clutches of the other…
Right now I’m sitting in the back of a hotel meeting room near Washington, DC, where two dozen physicians are rehearsing for a presentation to the regulatory authorities. They are debating what point they are trying to prove. The question… Read More »What’s the point you’re trying to prove?