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    IE-Medical Advisor Oncology - Dublin, Ireland - Daiichi Sankyo Europe

    Daiichi Sankyo Europe
    Daiichi Sankyo Europe Dublin, Ireland

    1 week ago

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    Description

    Passion for Innovation. Compassion for Patients.

    With over 120 years of experience and more than 17,000 employees in over 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo is dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering new standards of care that enrich the quality of life around the world.

    In Europe, we focus on two areas: The goal of our Specialty Business is to protect people from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Europe, and help patients who suffer from it to enjoy every precious moment of life. In Oncology, we strive to become a global pharma innovator with competitive advantage, creating novel therapies for people with cancer.

    Our European headquarters are in Munich, Germany, and we have affiliates in 13 European countries and Canada.

    Medical Affairs Mission statement:

    Medical Affairs achieves excellence in creating and transforming scientific evidence into clinical practice to significantly improve patients' well-being and brings scientific value to all stakeholders.

    The Position

    The Medical Advisor (MA) demonstrates mastery and innovation in the ability to develop on-going professional relationships with national and regional healthcare opinion leaders and healthcare professionals to provide medical and scientific support for Daiichi Sankyo initiatives in selected therapeutic areas. Within the agreed strategy, the MA educates healthcare professionals, Daiichi Sankyo internal colleagues (e.g. Medical, Marketing, and Sales), and decision makers in healthcare systems regarding therapeutic areas and related products and services developed and commercialised by Daiichi Sankyo. The MA identifies and establishes networks for most effective and efficient medical-scientific communication.

    The MA will work to maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with leading specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MA is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals, working in conjunction with an established medical team.

    Reporting

    The Medical Advisor reports with a direct line to the Head of Medical Affairs Ireland

    Roles and Responsibilities

    Liaises with thought leaders and medical centres to enhance acceptance and advocacy of Daiichi Sankyo contributions to advancing medical practice (products, evidence and services) within the scientific community

  • Based on pre-defined segmentation and profiling criteria, identifies and maps qualified thought leaders and scientific networks on an international, national and regional level
  • Develop and execute an external stakeholder engagement plan in close collaboration and coordination with the respective cluster organisation in Medical Affairs, Commercial and Market Access
  • Builds rapport and maintains peer to peer relationships with key influencers at major academic institutions, hospitals and scientific societies
  • Visits key accounts and key external experts as needed in relation to medical/scientific questions/projects concerning the molecule/product
  • Support speakers and key influencers in preparing and delivering presentations and scientific contributions upon request, e.g. accompanies to international and national congresses and scientific events
  • Ensures medical value messages on the products/areas of therapeutic interest are conveyed and advocacy for Daiichi Sankyo contributions to medical practice (products, studies and services) is developed
  • Enhances company reputation in terms of medical and scientific expertise by engaging and discussing with thought leaders and key influencers on a high scientific level. Communicate non-promotional general information about our company, including pipeline, research and development programs and other relevant information
  • Reactively advises thought leaders and clinicians on questions relating to product use (within and outside of the approved label) to better serve patient needs and in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations
  • Uses digital technologies and new media to support proactive and reactive communication

    • Develops and implements medical education programs across the scientific community

  • Identifies topics of interest among the scientific community by capturing customer insights and needs and effectively engages with collaborative clinical groups to define medical programs and activities where appropriate
  • Effectively collaborates with medical department to develop supporting content for medical education programs
  • Conducts scientific education programs in line with corporate requirements and ensures the validity of the scientific content
  • Effectively communicates expert opinion on scientific, medical and regulatory information through Advisory Boards or seminars and develops strong scientific relationships by ensuring integrity and accuracy of data
  • Organises and participates in medical education activities: identify/support/educate speakers

    • Supports the development and implementation of clinical trials and registries as planned by the medical team at a local stage

  • Brings local support to clinical studies and registries management by providing scientific consulting services to trial investigators
  • Supports and manages Medical Affairs clinical activities strategy, planning, design and execution (in close co-operation with HQ and CROs)
  • Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.
  • Assists with the scientific review, development, approval, execution and communication of affiliate medical affairs sponsored or supported clinical research activities
  • Supports medical affairs activities and generation and dissemination of data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy
  • Proposes investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies

    • Provides scientific support to customer facing functions and conducts internal trainings to keep them updated on clinical data and scientific insights

  • Effectively supports customer facing functions by providing medical expertise
  • Conducts internal scientific trainings on a regular basis to make sure all field force roles are aware of new clinical data and scientific insights
  • Supports market access client facing roles to open up regional and local level market access
  • Provides customised scientific support (e.g. presentations, slide-kits, etc.) as requested in line with applicable laws, rules and regulations and product strategy

    • Continuously engages to improve Daiichi Sankyo capabilities building scientific knowledge and gathering competitive intelligence to enable effective decision-making, customer engagement and brand performance

  • Acts proactively to understand competitor activities, strategies and programs and makes full use all company information systems and business tools to ensure competitive intelligence is disseminated broadly within the organisation
  • Effectively leverages insights on competitor behaviour to anticipate future industry trends and opportunities/threats for Daiichi Sankyo products/brands
  • Takes personal ownership for maintaining an expert understanding of all relevant clinical information for Daiichi Sankyo brands, competitors and therapeutic areas
  • Supports the affiliate Medical Affairs department in development of Medical Affairs tactics of a therapeutic area or brand
  • Contributes to the pre-launch and launch steps of new products, providing scientific support
  • Manages field based medical projects
  • Represents DS at medical meetings, conferences, advisory boards, etc at key institutions and in interactions with key opinion leaders

    • Conducts all activities in accordance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations

  • Respects the rules governing relationships with Health Care Providers
  • Acts in compliance with all local laws, rules and regulations (SOPs and the latest IPHA Code of Practice)
  • Declares immediately any adverse event or quality complaint to the responsible person for pharmacovigilance or quality control in accordance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations
  • Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into Programs and scientific activities.
  • Develops an understanding and competence of GCP and ICH, as well as legal and ethical standards
  • Alerts management to possible compliance issues

    • Your profile:

    Essential

  • Physician (preferred), pharmacist (preferred), PhD in biomedical sciences or similar.
  • Experience working in a Medical Advisor role, clinical research or similar role where there is strong evidence of gaining healthcare professional insight and providing medical input into brand strategy.
  • Ability to quickly and comprehensively learn about new therapy areas and environments.
  • Knowledge of the Irish Healthcare System and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Knowledge of local and EU regulations e.g. GVP, GCP.
  • Knowledge of clinical trial design and process.
  • Knowledge of statistical methods.
  • Experience of working effectively in cross-functional teams, preferably in a matrix-organisation.
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with External Experts.
  • Demonstrated ability to write scientific publications.
  • Advanced presentation skills.
  • Advanced user of Microsoft Office software products.

    • Desirable

  • Experience in Oncology Disease Areas
  • Innovative approaches to managing external customers and internal partners
  • Leading edge approaches to capturing customer insights
  • Previous experience of leading and managing teams
  • Knowledge of key markets research terms and modes of analysis
  • Knowledge of pricing issues and experience of contribution to HTA dossiers

    • Why work with us?

    Working at Daiichi Sankyo is more than just a job – it is your chance to make a difference and change patients' lives for the better. We can only achieve this ambitious goal together. That is why we foster a culture of mutual respect and continuous learning, with a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity. Here, you will have the opportunity to grow, think boldly, and contribute your ideas. If you have a proactive mindset and passion for addressing the needs of patients, we eagerly await your application.

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