Beyond Surveys: How to Leverage Patient Communities for Real-World Evidence

Biotech, Clinical Trials, Commercialization & HEOR, Life Science, Pharma,
  • Friday, June 20, 2025 | 1pm EDT / 10am PDT
  • 60 min

Traditional surveys offer a snapshot. Patient communities tell the full story.

In this webinar, discover how leading life sciences teams are going beyond standalone surveys to generate more robust, meaningful real-world evidence (RWE) by tapping into the power of patient communities.

The featured speakers will explore how medical affairs, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and RWE teams can use online health communities to:

  • Uncover rich, unstructured data to complement claims and electronic health record (EHR) sources
  • Conduct direct-to-patient research with high response rates and recontact capabilities
  • Build virtual registries for longitudinal evidence generation
  • Strengthen evidence packages with authentic patient-reported outcomes (PROs)

Register for this webinar to learn how patient communities are transforming the way pharma approaches evidence generation — empowering smarter decisions and more impactful outcomes.

Speakers

Richard Tsai, Inspire

Richard Tsai, SVP Real-World Evidence, Inspire

Richard is a life sciences and digital health executive with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, product development and commercial strategy. In addition to overseeing Real-World Evidence, Richard is responsible for developing Inspire’s HealthJourney data and engagement platform, which empowers patients and caregivers across their medical journey and accelerates gathering of real-world insights of diseases or therapeutics for researchers. Prior to joining Inspire, he held positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rare Genomics Institute and Hopkins Biotech Network. Richard completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Riverside, and a Master’s degree in Biotechnology, Business Enterprise and Regulatory Affairs from Johns Hopkins University.

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Bethany Kalich, Amgen

Bethany Kalich, Director, Digital Medicine, Amgen

Bethany Kalich is a healthcare innovator with expertise in cardiovascular care, patient health literacy and digital medicine. As Director of Digital Medicine at Amgen, she leads efforts to integrate technology, behavioral psychology and clinical evidence to empower patients and support clinicians. Her work centers on shared decision-making and patient activation science, driving strategies that improve outcomes by helping people better understand, engage with and act in their health.

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Who Should Attend?

This webinar is for teams looking to strengthen their evidence strategies with real-world insights from engaged patient communities, including:

  • Medical Affairs
  • HEOR
  • RWE
  • Clinical Development

What You Will Learn

Attendees will:

  • Learn how life sciences teams leverage engaged patient communities to generate richer, more meaningful RWE — beyond the limits of traditional surveys
  • Discover practical strategies for uncovering unstructured data and conducting direct patient research
  • Explore how to build virtual registries that strengthen evidence packages and enhance research outcomes

Xtalks Partner

Inspire

Founded in 2005, Inspire is the leading health community, connecting over 10 million patients and caregivers across 3,000 disease areas. Through its robust patient-centric platform, Inspire supports initiatives across the clinical development lifecycle—from preclinical research to post-market access—enabling life sciences organizations to capture real-world insights and accelerate medical advancements. For more information, visit www.inspireresearch.com

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