Medical Advisor Oncology- Prostate Cancer in High Wycombe

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Job Function: Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function: Medical Affairs – Marketed Products

Job Category: Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Roles & Responsibilities

• The medical advisor is a key member of the cross-functional therapy area team, helping in the delivery of value through medical input and leadership to strategy and activities for the benefit of patients and HCPs.
• Optimise brand/therapy strategy through providing medical insights as a member of extended CVT, and implementing agreed CVT tactics.
• Ensure highest standards of brand/therapy expertise in customer facing teams through sharing TA and product knowledge with internal stakeholders.
• Provide scientific support to external customers for patient or NHS benefit and in response to clinical interest and strategic need.

THERAPY AREA KNOWLEDGE

• Build and maintain awareness of latest scientific and clinical advances in relevant therapy areas and keep up to date with industry developments.
• Build and maintain a good understanding of NHS dynamics affecting relevant therapy areas, including NHS priorities, market access issues and factors that affect how patients could receive best and evidence-based management.
• Build understanding of how different data sources contribute to the overall evidence generation plan and contribute to identifying data gaps and proposing mechanisms to fill them.
• Monitor competitor activities to understand ongoing strategies and best practice, as well as to assess compliance with the Code of Practice.

CUSTOMER EXCELLENCE

• Where required, meet with customers and researchers to gather information and insights on therapy area (including competitor landscape) and customer medical and scientific needs.
• Exchange disease area knowledge in order to understand emerging opinions.
• Increase customer understanding about Janssen products and processes (including clinical data, IIS, clinical trials, compliance), according to their interests and needs.
• Seek advice on the development of our products.
• Build understanding of what evidence needs to be generated to support ongoing requirements of the therapy area and product(s).
• Develop scientific and medical content for medical advisory boards.
• Support relevant patient advocacy groups and their initiatives e.g., by responding to clinical interest, gathering insights.

INTERNAL COLLABORATION

• Assist Medical Lead and other medical colleagues with projects and activities in support of the medical brand plan and contribute to CVT as appropriate.
• Co-create medical education projects, in collaboration with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Support MSLs to develop specific educational presentations.
• Actively engage with marketing and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality communications and compliance with the Code of Practice and Laws governing the promotion and sale of medicines within UK.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to encourage optimal use and/or understanding of Janssen products and deliver office-based training to the CVT and field team.
• Contribute as appropriate to NICE/SMC submissions.
• Support other medical projects where required through the Project Review Panel (PRP).

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

• Contribute to the development of the MAF strategy for allocated TA/product(s) by providing evidence generation, healthcare environment and customer insights to medical team and relevant internal stakeholders.
• Highlight key aspects of the clinical data so that they form the basis of key marketing messages.

COMPLIANCE

• Review of materials and activities as a final signatory/ AQP (or ability to become final signatory/ AQP).
• Build and maintain knowledge of all relevant UK specific differences, for example applicability of the ABPI Code of Practice and the implications for marketing, clinical trials and medical education and communicate to Global and EMEA teams.

Requirements

• Medical Doctor, Pharmacist or other relevant scientific qualification.
• Strong preference to be a final signatory or ability to become a final signatory.
• 2+ years relevant industry experience.
• Preferable: MBBS degree, Pharmacy degree.
• Experience working within oncology is preferable.
• Experience with new product launches within pharma.

Required Skills: Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Communication, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Healthcare Trends, Leverages Information, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Organizing, Product Strategies, Scientific Communications, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning.