RECENT NEWS
Larry Tobias will be attending the 2004 AMWA conference in St. Louis from October 20th through October 24th where he will lead a workshop on Interviewing Techniques for Medical Writers. You can reach him by cell phone [(862) 812-0698] to arrange a personal meeting at the conference, or contact him at TobiasL@optonline.net to request an outline of the presentation.
On October 13-14, Larry attended the annual AMA Media Briefing in Washington. Information regarding the content this meeting and other AMA Media Briefings can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/briefings. If you are interested in pursuing any communications involving topics from any of these meetings, please contact Larry at TobiasL@optonline.net.
On September 9th, Larry attended an AMA Media Briefing in NYC involving Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Larry is in the process of completing a newsletter summarizing information from that meeting. If you are interested in receiving a copy, please contact Larry at TobiasL@optonline.net.
A team presentation by Larry Tobias, Sherry Holland and Kira Belkin of AMWA at the Delaware Valley chapter conference in May covered an interactive, role-play involving Product Launch: Goldmine or Minefield for Writers. The objective of the presentation was to familiarize the audience with the potential players involved in a "typical" pharmaceutical company interaction with a medical writing/communications company. A summary of the presentation is available on the AMWA DVC website at http://www.amwa-dvc.org/delawriter/08-2004.pdf.