Mercalis in Motion

To commemorate National Nurses Week 2025, Landy and Eric welcome our colleague Heather Smith, PhD, RN, NNP to the studio to discuss Mercalis’s burgeoning suite of nursing services that focus on patient care and education. Over the past several years, Mercalis nurses have played a vital role in the education of caregivers and patients, which has resulted in increased adherence and superior outcomes.

In this episode of Mercalis in Motion, Landy and Eric welcome to the studio two members of the Mercalis HCP Engagement Team: VP of HCP Engagement Operations Nolan Watts, and Business Development Manager John Katter. Please join us for an informative conversation that describes how Mercalis supports brands at any stage of the product life cycle by providing the following disciplines:

•Contract Sales Teams

•Field Reimbursement Support

•Medical Science Liaisons

•Clinical Nurse Educators

•Institutional Sales Support

•Medical Science Liaisons

Landy and Eric are joined in the studio by Mercalis President and Chief Commercial Officer Joe Abdalla and Mercalis Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Data & Insights Chris Apolito. In this episode, Joe and Chris reflect upon Mercalis's successful 2024 and look ahead to what's next for the life sciences commercialization partner in 2025 and beyond.

In this episode, Latrinda Williams, Mercalis's Senior Director of Employee Engagement and Culture joins Landy and Eric in studio to discuss her role within the growing Mercalis organization. Tune in to learn more about the lessons learned from COVID-19 and how Mercalis has maintained engagement and culture in a post-pandemic workplace. Latrinda also reflects on the importance of mental health and shares some best practices on ensuring inclusivity in fully remote or hybrid workforces. 

In this episode, our hosts Landy Townsend, VP of Marketing and Communications, and Eric Manning, Creative Director, take a look back at our 2024 episodes, highlighting notable guests and discussions from the past twelve months. We hope you enjoy a recap of the people and topics that made an impact in 2024. Whether you are a Mercalis in Motion devotee or a first-time listener, we hope you'll join us for a look back at the year that was in life sciences.

Our Thanksgiving episode of Mercalis in Motion is now available!  In this episode, Mercalis team members Michael Turner, Terry Cato, and Blake Johnson join us to discuss the impact the introduction of biosimilars has made on the pharmaceutical marketplace and how pharma manufacturers are developing strategy for biosimilar patient support services.

On this episode of Mercalis in Motion, Sean Boyler, Tom Gottschalk, and Robbie Hill join us in the studio to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of RxStudy Card.  What follows is a conversation about how RxStudy Card by Mercalis has evolved over the years to save our clients millions of dollars in time and money while eliminating waste associated with the traditional clinical trial supply process.

Today, Landy and Eric welcome three members of the Mercalis Products Team to the studio.  Bill Dupere, Stephanie Chesebro, and Nick Hill stopped by to discuss recent developments related to the Mercalis eServices and Curator capabilities.  In November 2023, Mercalis announced an exclusive perpetual license to a portfolio of access and adherence technologies from OptimizeRx. Since then, the Products Team has been busy integrating and enhancing its catalog of market-leading patient support services offerings.

In this episode, Heather Smith, PhD, RN, NNP visits the studio to discuss the Mercalis Nurse Network.  For the past seven years, Mercalis has provided its clients and their patients with a growing suite of services focused on patient care and education.  The need for our Nurse Network was realized when we observed that parents and caregivers were being asked to mix medications and inject their children or family members.  Since then, Mercalis nurses have served as an important link in the education of caregivers, leading to better adherence and superior outcomes for countless patients.

In this episode, Landy and Eric sit down with Jason Zemcik, Andrea Xu, and Bethany Najer of Policy Reporter by Mercalis to dive into a number of issues that are facing the life sciences market, as well as an update on Policy Reporter's offerings and what's on the horizon for the growing healthcare information management company . Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation about market dynamics and advancements in market access.