Medical Science Liaison

Job Summary

To strategically engage with key thought leaders, share key clinical data, execute the medical affairs plan, provide scientific expertise, collect relevant insights and ensure compliance with ethical standards.

The role holder will also be supporting optimal patient outcomes, enhance the organization's scientific credibility, and contribute to the overall strategic goals of the organization.

Roles & Responsibilities

KOL Engagement

Scientific exchange of key data

Deliver, and contribute to the development of, medical affairs activities to engage KOLs

Collect insights on disease trends, challenges and treatment patterns from KOLs and share them back to the therapy lead and commercial teams.

Collaborating with KOLs to conduct therapy-specific reviews, meta-analysis, case studies, case series, patient-reported outcomes, and publishing them in reputed journals.

Execution of Strategic Medical Affairs Plan

Execution of strategic medical affairs plan including medical education, product education, medical evidence generation, advisory boards, pre-license activities, and special projects.

Proactively collect and share insights on current practice, new therapies and clinical trial activity.  Contribute effectively to the development of the annual Medical Affairs Strategy Plan.

Scientific Expertise and Communication

Being a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for scientific exchange on key scientific data on a proactive and reactive basis, patients’ treatment trends, and studies in the therapeutic areas with a defined audience of leading specialists.

Receiving and processing scientific information requests received from physicians.

Supporting internal teams through provision of expertise and training as needed

Representation and Compliance

Representing the organization in various internal and external scientific platforms.

Ensuring that all activities in the country are conducted in alignment with the organization’s COBE (Code of Business Ethics) Policy, compliance guidelines and the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct.

Educational qualification: : A Bachelor or Master degree in Pharmacy/Science or equivalent

Minimum work experience:

At least 2 years of work experience

Experience of to peer-level engagement with KOLs, investigators, societies, and local scientific stakeholders, providing credible, evidence-based scientific exchanges across therapeutic

Experience in delivering high-quality medical-scientific information, including scientific presentations, clinical data discussions, and evidence-based responses to customer queries is preferred.

Experience in managing medical information operations including clinical query handling, quality complaint intake, adverse event triage, documentation accuracy, and cross-functional coordination with Safety, Quality, and Regulatory teams is desired

Exposure of capturing and reporting frontline medical insights, competitor intelligence, and safety information from field interactions, scientific discussions, and customer touchpoints to inform internal decision-making is preferred

Experience of working on novel agents in haematology/oncology.

Skills & attributes:

Able to analyse and communicate clinical data clearly and effectively

Able to engage KOLs and successfully build relationships

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Able to travel extensively to engage with KOLs

Benefits Offered

At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.

The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture

Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.

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