Area Medical Advisor, Oncology
- India - Mumbai
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Provide scientific expertise and build knowledge-based relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to advance medical practice and research for societal benefit, enhancing Pfizer’s image in the scientific community.
- Act as an interface with identified scientific leaders, building regional relationships to contribute to understanding diseases, research trends, clinical practice guidelines, and treatment patterns.
- Educate healthcare professionals about specific drugs or medical devices, answering their scientific questions and ensuring products are used effectively.
- Collect insights from KOLs regarding product usage, unmet needs, and potential areas for research, feeding this information back to internal teams (marketing, sales, clinical development).
- Stay informed of the latest scientific research and clinical developments in their therapeutic area.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, sales, clinical research, and medical information, to ensure consistent and accurate messaging.
- Implement the medical activities relevant to brand plan strategies for specific products and therapy areas.
- Participate in and provide medical inputs for KOL meetings, advisory boards, customer pre-launch and launch meetings (CLMs).
- Conduct/facilitate round table meetings/group discussions and CMEs as a speaker/moderator for assigned therapy areas/products.
- Support sales force training by providing medical expertise.
Required skill set:
- Education: Graduate/Post Graduate in Medicine or other medical sciences (e.g., MD in Pharmacology or Community Medicine, MBBS with additional degree in pharmaceutical medicine/ masters in public health/ MBA, PhD in allied sciences, etc.)
- Years of experience: 1-2 years of experience in medical affairs, preferably in oncology
Technical
- Basic knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, drug discovery, research & development, commercialization, promotion, and applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines
- Knowledge of “pharmaceutical medicine” including clinical pharmacology, medical and paramedical sciences, medicine and medical statistics, and relevant therapeutic areas/products
- Communication skills, both written and verbal (including medical writing and presentation skills)
- Analytical skills and reasoning, and sound medical judgment/decision making
- Interpersonal skills, internal & external networking, and the ability to impact and influence & present complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
- Managerial: NA
* Non standard working hours & frequent business trips required
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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