Conference Report: DIA Annual Meeting | Chicago, IL June 2022

Brian Horan, Denise McNerney, Chris Matheus, and Michael O'Gorman at DIA 2022

A Return to Networking This was the grand return to in-person DIA attendance. Many of the attendees haven’t been able to connect since the last DIA conference in San Diego, California in June of 2019. The extroverts were rejuvenated, eager and enthusiastic about this since many industry professionals and close connections choose to attend only… Read more »

Conference Report | BIO International Convention: San Diego, 2022

Global Life Sciences Alliance executive Denise McNerney attended the 2022 BIO International Convention in San Diego California from June 13th – 16th. Around 10,000 attendees, 3,000+ international and domestic companies, 250+ exhibitors, and 53 sponsors came together to discuss the advances of the last year while striving to improve collaboration to accelerate clinical development. The… Read more »

July GLSA | FOCM Monthly Event

The GLSA | FOCM Networking Event on Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST was a lively affair boasting a diverse crowd of life science professionals. Many who attended were the previous colleagues and / or the current friends of Chris Matheus (FOCM, President; GLSA Chief Commercial and Networking Officer). The topic of the… Read more »

May FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

On May 18, the GLSA and FOCM held their monthly online networking event. We always start the meeting with some time for people to give an update on any news they’re heard or a significant event that has happened in the past month. Then we move to a featured presenter for 10 – 15 minutes… Read more »

April FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

On April 20, the GLSA and FOCM held their monthly online networking event. We always start the meeting with a featured presenter spending 10 – 15 minutes presenting information about themselves and a clinical research topic of relevance to them or to the industry. This event featured Amy Baxter, MD; CEO and Founder of Pain… Read more »

March GLSA | FOCM Networking Event

On March 16, the GLSA and FOCM held their monthly online networking event.  We start the meeting with a featured presenter spending 10 – 15 minutes presenting information about themselves and a clinical research topic of relevance to them.  This event featured Wessam Sonbol, founder of Delve Health. Wessam has been in the clinical research… Read more »

February FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

On February 16, 2022, the Global Life Sciences Alliance along with FOCM Networking held its monthly online drug and medical device development industry networking event. This was the second event of 2022 and like the January event, we again had 3 first-time attendees. Thank you to super-connector and FOCM member, Nadia Bracken for sharing our… Read more »

January FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

On January 19, 2022, the Global Life Sciences Alliance along with FOCM Networking held its monthly online drug and medical device development industry networking event. This was the first event of the new year and we had 3 first-time attendees. We kept everyone in one main room and went around the room having each person… Read more »

November FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

It is fascinating to meet people with different perspectives. That is one of the things I enjoy most about networking. Our understanding and appreciation of those differences helps us re-examine our approach to certain things. On November 17, the Global Life Sciences Alliance along with FOCM Networking held its monthly online drug and medical device… Read more »