Abbott - Regional Medical Advisor

Job Description

JOB TITLE - REGIONAL MEDICAL ADVISOR

REPORTS TO: SENIOR MANAGER /HEAD - REGIONAL MEDICAL AFFAIRS

OVERALL MISSION:

This position typically refers to any employee within the EPD Medical organization with medical/scientific qualifications and training who provides scientific/medical support to EPD in a non-sales capacity, where the provision of such scientific/medical support includes significant contact with customers in the field. This definition is not intended to apply to those employees whose primary job function relates to the monitoring or management of clinical studies.

Reporting into the Senior Manager RMA / Head RMA this position participates in the initiation, oversight and follow-up of assigned clinical studies and medical projects initiated within the EPD Medical Organization, ensuring that activities are carried out in accordance with relevant processes and procedures. The RMA interfaces with other key members of the EPD Medical Organization - for example, Medical Managers, Clinical Research Managers and Medical Advisors - relevant to the therapeutic area for which the RMA has responsibility. The RMA assists relationships and advances the scientific credibility of the Company with established and emerging Regional/National Opinion leaders, responds to requests for scientific and medical information, and provides key scientific information updates to Regional and National Opinion leaders, as appropriate. The RMA develops, and maintains, key scientific knowledge that will enable credible dissemination of scientific information and informed scientific dialogue with physicians and opinion leaders, and the development of professional working relationships.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - 

- Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted with due regard to all applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, Company policies and accepted standards of best practice.

- Provide scientific and technical support for, and help maintain professional and credible relationships with, key opinion leaders and academic centers to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the products and areas of therapeutic interest.

- Ideate, design, develop and deliver innovative and engaging high science activities for Physicians and Key Opinion Leaders, to help drive Therapy Shaping in the area the RMA is assigned to, in collaboration with the Medical Affairs & the Commercial team.

- Assist in the initiation, oversight and follow up of assigned clinical studies and medical projects initiated within the relevant therapeutic area for which the RMA carries responsibility (e.g. post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, post-authorization studies (phase IV), IIS projects, etc.): all activities to comply with applicable local laws, guidelines, codes of practice, SOPs, and, I& D - SOPs.

- Deliver high science, unbiased and accurate scientific presentations to physicians, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), when requested.

- Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified physicians the Company would wish to engage in collaborative efforts - such as potential research collaborations, or lecture/meeting support (Round Tables, Congresses, Symposia, etc.); and to ensure a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.

- Develop awareness and understanding of competitor issues/intelligence - for example, product strategies, studies, commercial messages, positioning, etc - and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.

- Continuous and consistent support to the Medical / Marketing teams in gathering Insights and feedbacks from HCPs and Patients for more impactful brand plans / New products

- Attend relevant Scientific Societies meetings and Conferences, and develop summaries of key messages for use within the Company - such as key areas of scientific/company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring and treatments in the therapeutic area, etc.

- Upon request, assist physicians to appropriately direct requests for access to Company products on a named patient or compassionate use basis, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

- Support sales/marketing/internal team areas to develop their scientific and technical expertise through the delivery of scientific update presentations.

- Ensure up to date knowledge of products uses and external data.

- Provide key opinion leaders and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.

- Support in Digital engagement of HCPs & patients through specific programmes as and when required

- Participate along with Medical Affairs & Clinical Operations team in real world data collection programmes

This function is field based.