Medical Advisor Oncology Gulf

Job Description

A world-class Medical Affairs organization is critical to our Companys mission of Inventing for Life. It is committed to advancing medical practice through the proper implementation of our innovative drugs and vaccines with a vision to be the most trusted science-driven and patient-committed medical affairs organization in the industry and a mission to communicate and generate medical evidence to help those responsible for health-care decisions make informed choices that improve access and health outcomes for patients around the world.

We are looking for Gulf Oncology Medical Advisor who will be responsible for local Oncology Franchise Medical Strategy & Planning local Scientific Leader and Key Decision Makers engagement and planning collaborative activities with local Oncology Societies/Scientific community local Promotional & Non-promotional compliance for Oncology activities materials & programs Medical Training.

Major responsibilities:

Medical activities:

• Ensure regular scientific updating for cross-functional team.

• Provide medical input including patient flow analysis to the assigned tumor types

• Proactively communicate the science behind our Companys Oncology portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Companys pipeline.

• Providing medical/scientific robust support with full collaboration with Policy & Access to facilitate formulary inclusions/ reimbursement.

• Ensure regular scientific updating for Sales & Marketing team.

• Construct & execute valuable scientific education activities to position our Company as a partner to the oncology scientific community

• Conduct input seeking activities (ex: Group Input Meetings) for proper understanding of local epidemiology & management patterns across indications according to our Companys local & international compliance guidelines/regulations.

• Conducts medical training to the Oncology Commercial Market Access Sales & Regulatory functions.

• Ensures all Oncology promotional & non promotional activities/programs in Gulf countries are executed in a compliant manner according to Companys regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with Local & International compliance regulations/standards.

Clinical Research Local Data Generation and Pharmacovigilance:

• Supports Clinical research & local data generation activities for Global regional & local studies

• Identification of appropriate local sites / investigators for Oncology clinical research programs.

• Ensures timely reporting of adverse events & assists local Pharmacovigilance team in assessment & completion of required data for optimal reporting.

Requirements:

• Physician Dentist or Pharmacist.

• Oncology/Hematology experience preferred.

• Gulf experience preferred.

• Preferably 1 to 2 years experienced in Medical Affairs department in multinational pharma companies

• Arabic & English Fluency.

• Good utility of Microsoft Office (Word PowerPoint & Excel).

• Excellent Communication Skills & ability to engage with Scientific Leaders Key Decision Makers in a confident high-level scientific rapport.

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