Medical Advisor - General Medicines (CV/Bone)

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Medical Advisor - General Medicines (CV/Bone)

Bangkok, Thailand

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What you will do

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Medical Advisor in Thailand.

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What you will do

Accountabilities

1. Country Medical Strategy Key Contributor

• Generate and execute the Local Medical Plan in alignment with the Global and Regional Medical Plans, and contribute to the development of the Local Brand Plans and strategies by communicating medical insights and knowledge about the product or disease area, in particular with reference to recent publications around patient’s needs and treatment trends, and insights derived from contacts with Thought Leaders, other HCPs or payers.
• Identify the need for local Medical Consultants and/or Advisory Boards and execute engagements according to strategy.

2. Medical support for internal stakeholders

 Support & Trainer

• Support MSLs for coaching and guide medical strategic direction
• As appropriate, contribute to the initial and ongoing medical/scientific disease area and product-specific training of internal and field-based Amgen personnel (Brand team, Sales force, etc) - in collaboration with the training department, if any - enabling understanding and balanced communication of the scientific benefits of a Brand.

Expert Contributor to Internal Customers

• Provide scientific support to Internal Stakeholders, specifically to Marketing, Regulatory, Outcomes Research, Pharmacovigilance, Legal Counsel and Market Access.
• Contribute to the success of Medical Education activities by reviewing the proposed presentations for scientific rigor and accuracy, where Company policies, and applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards permit it.

Promotional Material & Activities Contributor and Reviewer

• Contribute to the development of clinical data to be included in promotional review materials and review overall materials (as appropriate and consistent with SOPs)
• Identify, profile and develop appropriate experts for the advisory boards and speaker activities.

3. Scientific Exchange with Thought Leaders

• Map and profile Thought Leaders at the country level
• Develop and execute a local TL/HCP engagement plan.
• Proactively and/or reactively interact with healthcare providers, as appropriate, through face to-face meetings and other available means of communication (web conferences, teleconferences, e-mail, etc), by focusing mainly on prioritizing the activities described in the Medical Plan, in alignment with the affiliate brand plan.

4. Provide Medical Services to External Customers

• Demonstrates ability to present approved scientific data to healthcare providers, ensuring medical accuracy, and compliance, with local procedures, ethical and legal guidelines and directives.
• Liaise appropriately and effectively with the Medical Information team that services the local market, to develop a systematic follow up interaction plan with Thought leaders in order to ensure customer satisfaction with the information received in response to their unsolicited scientific questions or requests. Act as the in-field medical expert to discuss responses and/or expand on the content upon the Thought leader’s requests

5. Collect and communicate Medical Insights across the team

• Understand the medical landscape within the Disease Area and continuously update and proactively share this knowledge including expertise in products, patient treatment trends, unmet medical needs, clinical trials and scientific activities).

6. Provide clinical trial support

• Contribute to the identification, at an early stage, of potential opportunities for country participation in clinical development programs, by early mapping of centers of excellence, treatment trends and recruitment potential in untapped therapeutic areas / with new compounds.
• Work with GDO to review global/regional/local protocols, set local recruitment targets and contribute to site selection.

7. Support Pharmacovigilance Activities

• Working closely in collaboration with local Pharmacovigilance, contribute to ensuring the highest standards of investigational and marketed product safety and compliance

8. Support Expanded Access Activities

• Working closely in collaboration with supply chain, local regulatory and Pharmacovigilance, contribute to ensuring that access to pre-registration drugs is provided to the highest standards of compliance and safety

9. Compliance

• Endorse and implement a culture of compliance.
• Adhere to all internal and external rules and regulations.

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What we expect of you

Knowledge Desired

• Advanced disease Area knowledge, including key scientific publications
• In-depth knowledge of a scientific or clinical area
• In-depth knowledge of relevant Amgen products
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and process
• Knowledge of Country/Regional Regulatory and Reimbursement system
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
• Fluent english language communication skills, spoken and written
• Basic statistical techniques

Qualifications Desired

• Medical or scientific education or experience from similar positions
• Experienced medical advisor/ medical affiare manager with expertise in Cardiovascular-Endocrinology in pharmaceutical companies
• Willingness to travel; possesses valid driver’s licens

Experiences Desired

• At least five years work experience in medical affairs or therapy are in pharmaceutical industry with experience of working in matrix environment
• Working in a scientific and/or clinical research environment.
• Translating scientific or clinical data into compelling communications to help physicians best serve their patients.
• Effectively communicating and presenting scientific and/or clinical data to research or healthcare professionals.
• Developing peer-to-peer relationships with top-ranking doctors, scientists or other healthcare professionals
• Training others
• Quickly and comprehensively learning about new subject areas and environments.

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others so we work to care for our teammates’ professional

and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits