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Tanya Small

Tanya Small

Dr. Tania Small is Senior Vice President and Head of Global Medical Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb and a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist.

Aug 20, 2026

Pharmaverse Podcast

Pharmaverse Podcast

Dr. Tania Small: Why Medical Affairs Is the “Special Ops” of Pharma

Aug 20 · 27m

Michael PietrackHOST
10:09
Can you explain that a little further for our audience?
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:11
Yeah, so everyone who knows me knows there's a curse word in medical, and it's called a bridge.
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:17
I do not allow my team or anyone to call us a bridge.
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:22
A bridge is this object that people drive over, right? It is a thing that is passive, and we are afraid.
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:30
force.
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:32
Medical is a force, part of the end-to-end process of the medicine.
Tania Small
Tania SmallGUEST
10:36
From the asset being discovered, we're a part of that.

10 MINS LATER

Michael PietrackHOST
20:56
What advice would you give to the healthcare leaders of tomorrow?

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