(Sr.) Medical Advisor, Medical, Shanghai/Beijing
Shanghai, ChinaShanghai, China| Beijing, China
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Job Description
Job Description
1. Medical Strategy
• Responsible for consolidating inputs from the regional medical plans to develop and champion the central medical strategy plan including full lifecycle management, and pre-launch medical activities, if related.
• Plan, organize and conduct national Ad boards meetings in responsible disease areas.
• Responsible for validating central medical strategy with central Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs).
• Responsible for aligning and collaboration with GC, EM, LLOC/Global medical in order to find synergies and opportunities for collaboration and cost savings for responsible Takeda product.
• Maintaining open communication and cooperation with MAs/MSLs/cross function team within Medical Affair Department to ensure knowledge exchange and sharing of good practice.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining annual brand medical budget requests and ensuring the approval budgets are being managed and tracked.
• Partner with commercial team and proactively support brand strategy establishment to ensure alignment and to drive future development plan.
2. Clinical Study and Data Generation
• Responsible for designing the phase IV study, Registry, Real world study, in accordance with the medical strategy plan.
• Act as the study leader before study kick off, responsible for preparation, submission, revision and archiving relevant study material of company sponsored Phase IV study materials, registry, and real world study.
• Work with the clinical operation team, to ensure that studies are properly conducted in compliance with Takeda relevant SOPs and local regulations.
• Act as the study leader after study database lock, responsible for medical review for final study data as request, preparation of clinical study report of company sponsored Phase IV study, registry, and real world study.
• Ensure that clinical studies are disclosed and published in accordance with in compliance with Takeda relevant SOPs, local regulations, as well as medical strategy.
• Review investigator initiated sponsored studies requests in association with TA Manager.
• Responsible for ensuring the IISR conduction in a timely and proper manner.
• Work with the development teams to ensure that phase III Studies are published and in accordance with the publication strategy
• Lead the overall publication process to ensure the data published on peer reviewed medical journal are accurate, balanced and meet the medical strategy.
3. Medical Education and Scientific Communication
• Develop and conduct lectures/educational sessions for appropriate healthcare audiences on non-promotional educational activities.
• Conduct medical training for internal audiences. (e.g. ITC training).
• Develop non-promotional educational materials (e.g. slides decks, education videos) for use by MSLs/ Medical.
• Review and approve regional educational and sales materials for medical and scientific accuracy.
• Consult in the selection and development of expert speakers in the medical education and/or scientific communication events.
• As part of Medical Education team, responsible for submitting medical education grant request applications from external customers.
4. Internal & External Network/ KOL Management
• Develop and implement central KOL engagement plan.
• Building reputation as TA expert participating in appropriate internal network across Medical, Regulatory, Marketing, Trainings and sales functions.
• Provide medical insight and support for central market activities/New product initiatives as appropriate (e.g. medical review for materials, communications plans).
• Provide MA governance and input for Regulatory activities as necessary (e.g. medical review for package insert, medical consulting for CDE communication).
• Expertise query response in compliance with relevant Takeda SOPs.
• Medical support for commercial activities as request (e.g. sales communication rep. promotional test)
• Provide MA governance and support to BD activities, if needed (e.g. medical evaluation on BD cases).
• Liaise with Compound Development Team (CDT) where appropriate to establish and manage an external network of investigators and KOLs.
5. Others
• Additional scope of responsibilities and other therapeutic areas may apply if assigned by the line manager.
Qualifications & Skills:
Level of Education
- Clinical medicine background is mandatory
- A Master degree in Clinical Medicine with a specialization in Neuroscience (and/or sleep medicine) is required.
- A Doctoral degree in neuroscience (and/or sleep medicine) is highly preferred.
Working Experience in Relevant Field
- Either ≥1 year experience as an outstanding medical/scientific advisor in pharmaceutical company or ≥2 years' experience as a MSL in pharmaceutical company or >= 3 yrs clinical practice in relevant TA.
- For senior MA, a minimum of 3 years of experience as a medical/scientific advisor in multi-national pharmaceutical company with a proven record of performance are required.
- A minimum of 2 years of clinical practicing experiences in neurology (and/or sleep medicine)are highly preferred.
Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent knowledge in neuroscience in general
- Strong understanding and certain experiences of clinical study methodology, study design, data review and analysis, publication processes.
- Customer focused mindset with exceptional communication and influencing skills that can foster impact at national level.
- Proficient medical project management skills to efficiently deliver on complex tasks within set timeline and milestones.
- Innovative mindset with the ability to drive change in this complex and evolving environment as well as effectively prevent and resolve issues of responsible products from medical perspective.
- Proficient in both written and spoken business and academic English in professional manner.
- Committed to the company’s credo and compliance requirements
Travel Requirements:
- While the Medical Advisor role is primarily office based, the position requiresfrequent domesticand occasional international business travels asneeded for business purposes
