Medical Advisor

Main Responsibilities:
Strategic/Policy
- With support from the mentor or Line manager, provide tactical and strategic inputs, and business/technical expertise, to Product Management towards ethical promotion of assigned products, in the operational areas listed

Operational
- Commercialization/Promotion of Allocated Portfolio (New/Key Detail/In-line Products)
- Under supervision from the Line manager or the mentor, provide strategic inputs and support towards creation of marketing/brand plans/medical development plans, and towards design and execution of medical-marketing programs/clinical programs, including initiatives to enhance access to medicines
- Under supervision from the Line manager or mentor, initiate and/or review and/or approve promotional, training, and Continuing Medical Education (CME) material in compliance with relevant SOPs/regulations/industry codes/working practices
- In consultation with the Line manager or mentor, participate/facilitate/conduct customized promotional/educational interactions with Health Care Professionals (HCPs). These interactions include, but are not limited to, customer launch meetings, advisory boards, CME programs, scientific symposia, institutional presentations, etc.
- Clinical Research
- In consultation with concerned stakeholder/vendor/interface, develop/write and/or review and/or approve protocol synopsis/final protocols/supporting documents per need (e.g., investigators’ brochure (IB), informed consent form (ICF), patient information sheets, etc) for, Phase IV, PMS, Observational studies / surveys, Pharmacoeconomic / Outcomes Research studies, and other clinical projects / programs. In consultation with concerned stakeholder/vendor/interface, review and approve additional supporting documents/databases including ICF/CRF/SAP, etc
- Assist in planning, organizing and preparing Investigational New Drug Applications (NDAs)
- Review/interpret data generated; write final reports for locally sponsored studies as required
- Develop and execute Publication Plan; review/approve/write manuscripts for publication of locally sponsored studies
- Develop and execute Information Dissemination Plan/Program
- Medical Information
- Provide useful, timely, accurate, and balanced medical information to internal (sales staff) and external (HCPs) customers, in adherence to relevant SOPs/policies
- Sales Force Training
- Provide medical training to new sales staff on basic sciences/ TAs/assigned products. Provide refresher training to sales staff through ongoing training initiatives
- Provide pre-launch and launch training to sales staff for new products
- New Product Planning/Development
- For global products, assist NPP team with preparing business case, and pre-commercialization programs/initiatives/activities to “prepare” internal and external stakeholders for commercialization. These include assistance with market research, stakeholder mapping, and early access programs
- Support New Product Planning, Marketing, and Business Development colleagues with medical evaluation and recommendations on commercial opportunities with new products (e.g., licensing, acquiring, co-promotion, etc.)
- Support organization efforts at developing local formulations/line extensions through literature search/recommendations. Function as custodian for coordinating internal and regional approvals through the RFD (Request For Development) process
- Regulatory
- Provide medical and product expertise towards registration of new products/indications with federal/state regulatory authorities through delivery of scientific presentations, provision of medical rationale and published literature, and liaison with key HCPs for obtaining support for new product/indication.
- Provide medical and product expertise towards defense of marketed products (regulators, NGOs, press, etc.)
- Provide medical support towards processing of spontaneous/solicited AE reports, per relevant SOPs and/or working practices

Required Skill Set

Qualification & Experience
- Graduates in Medicine with 2 yrs of Medico-marketing experience
- Graduates in medicine with at least one year of clinical research or clinical practice or other relevant experience along with least one year of medico marketing experience
- Graduates in Medicine with at least 3 years of clinical practice or clinical research or other relevant experience

Special Skills & Knowledge
- Basic knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, drug discovery, research & development, commercialization, promotion, and applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines
- Knowledge of “pharmaceutical medicine” including clinical pharmacology, medical and paramedical sciences, medicine and medical statistics and relevant Therapeutic Area/Products
- Expertise in clinical trial design and methodology, and understanding of interfaces, and conduct
- Communication skills, both written and verbal (including medical writing and presentation skills)
- Analytical skills an