Offer summary

Qualifications:

Education in Pharmacy, Medicine, or Dentistry is required., Minimum of 3 years of experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company, specifically in Oncology., Experience as a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) for at least 2 years is preferred., Fluency in English and Arabic is necessary..

Key responsabilities:

Stay updated on medical and scientific knowledge relevant to oncology.

Develop and maintain relationships with leading specialists and stakeholders in the therapeutic area.

Communicate medical scientific data and support medical education activities.

Provide scientific support and training to sales representatives and contribute to clinical activities.

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cairo, Egypt

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities

To keep abreast of medical and scientific knowledge.

Continuously update their knowledge of patient’s treatment trends, guidelines, clinical activities and studies within the therapeutic area and patient`s treatment trends in the region
Identify evolving scientific concepts with future clinical implications.

Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists.

Understand their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within the therapeutic area.
Develop and execute an external stakeholder management plan in close collaboration and coordination with other functions including HEMAR, Commercial, Global clinical operations, medical information and pharmacovigilance.
Through scientific interactions, champion the medical value of our products fairly based on the risk-benefit profile of our drugs and contribute to the fostering of innovative approaches.
Represent the company to other therapeutic area stakeholders including professional associations and patient organisations in cooperation with Medical Advisor(s)/Medical Director
Recognize and nurture relationships with rising stars within the scientific community.

Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences:

Communicate non-promotional general information about our company, including pipeline, research and development programs and other relevant information.
Respond to unsolicited scientific queries from customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents.
Use digital technologies and new media to support proactive and reactive communication.

Organization and participation in Medical Education activities:

Identify/support/educate speakers.
Build Medical Education programs with scientific third parties and scientific steering committees.
Participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Lead/Medical director

Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives

Provide medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Departments as appropriate.
Act as a reference point for sales representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate

Support Medical Affairs clinical activities strategy, planning, design and execution in close co-operation with GCO and CROs when applicable.

Support the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.
Understand Real World Evidence (RWE) methodologies, identify data needs and opportunities, support protocol development and engage in discussions with customers to help design RWE projects.
Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.
Support GCO and CROs in site set up, management and issue resolution.
Contribute to preparation and conduct of investigator meetings, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation.
Manage investigator proposals for IISs and ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision.
Support post marketing surveillance and expanded access programs
Manage field based medical projects.
Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insights into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide strategic input to the company Medical Affairs plan/ business decision-making.

Main performance measures (Performance Goals)

80% of time is spent in the field.
Ability to shape the treatment algorithm in the respective TA through Medical education/peer to peer interactions.
Establishing Janssen as #1 scientific partners to leading specialists
Establish the value of Janssen brands among the scientific community.

Experience Required

Education: Pharmacist/Physicians/Dentist
Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company, experience in Oncology is mandated ,experience of 2 years as an MSL is an advatage.
Language: English/Arabic
Location: Cairo
Relocation availability: NA

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