Title: Medical Advisor

Job Description

Title: Medical Advisor
Date: Sep 18, 2025
Location: Sun House - Corporate Office
Company: Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd
Job Title: Medical Advisor
Business Unit: Medical Services
Location: Mumbai

At Sun Pharma, we commit to helping you Create your own sunshine by fostering an environment where you grow at every step, take charge of your journey and thrive in a supportive community.

Are You Ready to Create Your Own Sunshine?

As you enter the Sun Pharma world, youll find yourself becoming Better every day through continuous progress. Exhibit self-drive as you Take charge and lead with confidence. Additionally, demonstrate a collaborative spirit, knowing that we Thrive together and support each others journeys.

Key Responsibilities:

• Core scientific member of cross-functional franchise team and a disease area expert, responsible for scientific enablement of respective business cluster.

• Conceptualization and project management of wide range of medical activities that are aligned to the respective franchise strategy like:

  • New Product Ideation
  • New Product Evaluation
  • Therapeutic rationale & relevant Medical support for regulatory submissions
  • Preparation of SEC presentations & defense in SEC meeting
  • Pre-launch & launch preparations including product monograph, training manuals, training & CME slides
  • Franchise Medical Education programs
  • Promotional and non-promotional material review & approval
  • Answering queries
  • Marketing and Sales training
  • Real World Clinical Research and Publications Planning and Execution
  • Advisory board meetings
  • Developing Insight driven Medical Plans

• Interaction & Engagement of identified Key Opinion leaders in a peer-to-peer capacity through medical affairs activities, in alignment with the overall strategic plan to shape disease areas of interest.

• A therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing the scientific data pertaining to products on proactive and reactive basis, obtain insights into patients treatment trends and insights in the disease areas of interest and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.

• Responsible for identifying knowledge gaps, practice gaps and data gaps and provide recommendations for devising medical & product education programs, evidence generation and special projects.

• Ability to convert insights on disease trends and treatment patterns from KOLs into viable and formidable solutions to shape the therapeutic areas of interest.

• Devise optimal training plan to ensure flow of latest medical developments in the given to sales & marketing team.

• Jointly responsible with marketing teams to support optimal patient outcomes through communication of data, information, and insights to shape disease areas of interest.

• Represent the organization in various internal & external scientific platforms.

• Collaborate with thought leaders to conduct therapy specific reviews, meta-analysis, case studies, case series, patient reported outcomes and publish them in journals of repute.

• Receiving and processing scientific information requests received from physicians & internal stakeholders.

• Ability to handle complex questions from health care professionals related to company products or disease area to satisfaction.

• Responsible for ensuring that all promotional materials are approved within stipulated timelines and in alignment with company approval process.

• Conduct of robust medical evaluation of new products through thorough desk research and interactions with KOLs.

Travel Estimate

Less than 1 week in a month.

Job Requirements Educational Qualification

MD Pharmacology

Experience

• 1-3 years working experience in the pharmaceutical industry or research company in a capacity of HO Medical Advisor or Sr. Medical Advisor.
• Training in medical writing, clinical trial methodologies, research design and ICH GCP will be added advantage.
• Must have working knowledge of Indian regulations pertaining to Health care professionals interactions (MCI code of ethics for doctors & UCPMP Code for Pharma) and Drugs and Cosmetic Act regulations pertaining to clinical trials and new drug approvals.
• Strong academic record with deep knowledge of the therapeutic area, strength in research with knowledge of research methodologies and interpretation of medical data.
• Strategic mindset with scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by leading specialists in peer-to-peer capacity.
• Experience with complex business environments preferred.
• Strong track record of success as demonstrated through annual performance ratings and/or professional accomplishments and awards.

Your Success Matters to Us

At Sun Pharma, your success and well-being are our top priorities We provide robust benefits and opportunities to foster personal and professional growth. Join us at Sun Pharma, where every day is an opportunity to grow, collaborate, and make a lasting impact. Lets create a brighter future together

Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees as assigned to this job. Nothing herein shall preclude the employer from changing these duties from time to time and assigning comparable duties or other duties commensurate with the experience and background of incumbent(s).

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