Medical Advisor Oncology Gulf

Job Description

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 Company’s Oncology portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Company’s 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 Company’s, 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 Company’s 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 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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