The mission of the Pharmaceutical Management Science Association is to efficiently meet society's pharmaceutical needs through the use of management science. THE PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (PMSA) IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING THE USE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, PMSA WORKS TO: (1) IDENTIFY, EXTEND, AND UNITY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTING TO THEUNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE PHARMACEUTICALINDUSTRY. (2) RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE THE SHARING OF IDEAS, CHALLENGES, ANDLEARNING TO INCREASE OVERALL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL LEVELS WITHINMANAGEMENT SCIENCE(3)PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HONING NEW SKILLS(4)ALLOW FOR AN ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGING NETWORKING AMONG PEERS.