Medical Advisor, Ksa

1996 In this year Sandoz initiated the world’s first biosimilar development program. Over 20 years of experience in biosimilar development have equipped us with extensive knowledge and world-class expertise and capabilities in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of biosimilar medicines to the healthcare community and patients worldwide. This opportunity is waiting for you to contribute to Sandoz success story in the area of biosimilar toward the future, at the same time it becomes also the right step up in your career
This role is responsible for driving the sales operations plan and for achieving agreed sales and broader performance targets for their part of the organization/specific product area. Develop an effective sales team through training and coaching or management of key commercial programs.
The Medical Advisor is a that represents the Country Organization’s (CO)
medical/scientific voice of expertise for assigned product(s) and relevant therapeutic areas. He/ She provides medical / scientific expert advice / guidance to customers for assigned products and relevant therapeutic areas, including scien-tific exchange and professional relationship development with key thought leaders or external ex-perts. He/She provides medical / scientific input into Medical Affairs strategies, and provides medical affairs support to cross-functional affiliate teams. He / She ensures that the medical affairs role is fully integrated to support the strat-egy and execution of Medical Operation Plans for assigned TA's
1. Develop and maintain in depth knowledge for assigned product(s) / relevant therapeutic ar
- ea(s) through attendance and/or participation at key internal meetings/training sessions, rel
- evant congresses, and seminars and by regular self-study of the national and/or International literature.
2. Provide expert medical/scientific advice for assigned products and related therapeutic areas, including responding to requests for scientific/technical information; develop, or contribute to the development of core medical / scientific documents such as medical information packs, clinical expert reviews, core value dossiers etc.
3. Identify, establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with thought leaders / external experts and academic centers through Field Interactions. Plan, coordinate and participate in local medical advisory boards, scientific and disease awareness events; participate in scientific congresses and discussions. Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where appropriate.
4. Serve as a strategic partner to, and provide medical insights to cross functional groups - PV, Regulatory, Market Access, QA etc. - including medical input into core business related mate
- rials and documents, safety label updates, local registration dossiers, risk minimization plans, local POP programs, Adverse Events and the like.
5. Screen relevant literature and other information from relevant scientific societies meetings and conferences and develop summaries of key messages for use within the Company (e.g.key areas of scientific/company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring and treatments in the therapeutic area, etc.)
6. Elaborate high level Medical Affairs (MA) plans for the respective Therapeutic Area (TA) in alignment with global and local MA strategy, and ensure timely execution of planned medical affairs activities in an efficient and compliant way.
7. Prepare or participate in preparation of requests for approval of the local Medical activities; review against Internal Policies and requirements and approve medical part of market
- ing/commercial activities in applicable cases. Be accountable for understanding compliance requirements, risk identification and assessment, mitigation planning as well as implementa
- tion and monitoring of appropriate internal controls.
8. Develop and deliver high quality training materials and education programs for the relevant product(s) and therapy area(s); Deliver training to sales force and other departments as nec
- essary.
9. Where applicable, provide medical/scientific input into the development and execution of clinical trial or clinical research related activities, including initiation and oversight of clinical studies / clinical research within the respective therapeutic area. Lead the conduct of local research activities and ensure such activities are performed in a scientific, efficient and com
- pliant way, with due regard to applicable policies, processes and procedures and national regulations, and alignment with areas of strategic research interest for relevant prod
- ucts/therapeutic areas.
10. Provide medical/scientific input into marketing strategy and key commercial initiatives, as required. Monitor the environment for competitive intelligence (e.g. product strategies, studies, commercial messages, p