Medical Advisor Oncology

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• Being product and disease state experts to contribute to the development and execution of medical strategy through the Medical Affairs Plans
• Establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders and academic centers all over the country; this will involve an intensive scientific exchange activity, participating in scientific congresses, coordinating advisory boards, symposia, round-table meetings, discussion fora, etc.
• Provide expert medical/scientific advice for assigned products and related therapeutic areas, including responding to requests for scientific/technical information
• Lead and implement medical project in launch readiness process for successful launch
• Develop and maintain in depth knowledge for assigned product(s) / relevant therapeutic area(s) through attendance / participation at key internal meetings/training sessions, relevant congresses, and seminars and by regular self-study of the national/international literature.
• Clinical Research Activities:
  • Design and implement clinical research projects within defined standards and budgets (e.g. Phase IV, post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, and PMOS studies).
  • Provide the required oversight to manage review, approval and conduct of IIS studies.
  • Support the affiliate Clinical Research Department in the management of clinical studies, as appropriate (e.g. identifying potential investigators/sites, conducting feasibility surveys).
• Deliver training to sales forces and other departments; develop and update relevant training materials.
• Provide medical review of promotional materials and other promotional activities. Ensure the medical/scientific content is correct and fully compliant with AbbVie’s internal policies and guidelines.
• Partner with the Market Access department in order to facilitate the access of the patients to AbbVie therapeutically solutions (contribute to the development of the reimbursement dossier, scientifically supports the development of the cost-effectiveness models etc.)
• 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, positioning, etc.) and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie’s policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice.

• Medical Degree or Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or higher
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical industry and general knowledge on drug development and clinical research
• Previous experience in Oncology is mandatory
• Keen interest in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for assigned therapeutic area/product and in medical research in general
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including strong presentation skills
• High customer orientation
• Excellent skills to set stakeholders relationship, networking, tact and diplomacy
• Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrity
• Project and process management skills
• English (Advanced)
• Willingness to work in a hybrid position combining office-based (40%) and field-based (60%) activities.

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