Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited

healthcare

MedicalScienceLiaison

Johannesburg, South Africa FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Medical Science Liaison at Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited. Skills: Medical information, Scientific relationships, Stakeholder engagement, Therapeutic area knowledge. Establish and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders. Provide medical and scientific information on product utilization”

What You'll Achieve.

Establish and maintain scientific relationships; Achieve common goals of the company; Successfully drive new product launches; Close the gap in data; Create value for the BU

Industry & Context.

healthcare
Problems you'll solve

Identify barriers and create communication plan based on insights

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

At least 3 years’ experience in a medical affairs role within pharma as MSL/ MA, Experience in diabetes/ metabolism/ cardiovascular TA is a pre-requisite, Must be registered with the medical/ pharmacy council of the country, Excellent communication skills, stakeholder management ability, agile mindset, Sound knowledge of relevant TA, clinical trials, and scientific interpretation of data

Nice to Have

MBChB, new product launch experience

What You'll Do.

Establish and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders

Provide medical and scientific information on product utilization

Attend/ lead meetings as scientific expert

Engage with medical specialists to share scientific data

Discuss unmet need and current treatment landscape

Develop adoption ladder for product adoption

Lead design and implementation of patient support programs

Stay abreast of clinical developments

Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve company goals

Coordinate planning of scientific publications

Perform key opinion leader mapping

Establish scientific advisory board

Prepare speaker development program

Create plan for company collaboration with KOLs

Implement medical and scientific education

Give clinical and scientific presentations

Provide input in strategic segmentation of customers

Contribute towards building patient and HCP decision journeys

Contribute to scientific elements of brand plan

Prepare key clinical messages

Collaborate with physicians on medical affairs initiatives

Conduct continuous medical education initiatives

Find innovative ways to engage with customers

Create specialized content for target audiences

Extract customer insights

Identify barriers and create communication plan

Prepare insight gathering and dissemination plan

Develop understanding of regional landscape

Communicate clinical insights to company Medical Affairs

Drive new product launches

Monitor and interpret emerging data

Identify unmet need and data gap

Propose post-marketing studies

Assist in preparation of study synopses

Assist in preparation of study protocols

Assist in preparation of case report forms

Prepare publications and congress abstracts

Support clinical development initiatives

Conduct regular training sessions for field teams

Support development of medical FAQs

Address medical queries from HCPs

Adhere to Dr Reddy's code of marketing

Complete on-boarding training matrix

Maintain up to date training register

Adhere to all policies and processes

Synthesize complex data and communicate insights

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate outside the company with stakeholders; Collaborate with global COE medical affairs team; Collaborate with physicians on medical affairs initiatives; Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders; Engage with business teams and external entities

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills; working proficiency in English language; scientific communication perspective; Communicate clinical insights

Process & Methodology

Develop an adoption ladder, Lead the design and implementation of patient support/ early access programs, Coordinate planning of scientific publications, Establish a scientific advisory board, Prepare speaker development program, Create a plan for the company's collaboration with key opinion leaders, Implement and disseminate high quality medical and scientific education, Contribute to the scientific elements of a detailed PMP/ brand plan, Identify unmet need and any data gap and propose post-marketing studies, Support clinical development initiatives

Full Job Description

The MSL is a credible and valued representative of the company in field to interact with key stakeholders across their regions/products/TAs to establish and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders and other healthcare professionals via scientific approach that is aligned with the Brand Team objectives and therapeutic area Medical Plan. The MSL is responsible for providing a variety of external and internal customers with medical and scientific information on the appropriate utilization of specific company products and with more general information about their therapeutic area and disease state. The MSL attends/ leads meetings on behalf of the company as scientific expert with the objective of bringing back information on the latest scientific advances in a specific therapeutic area External stakeholder engagement: * The MSL interacts with key stakeholders across their regions/products/TAs to establish and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders and other healthcare professionals via scientific approach that is aligned with the brand objectives and medical strategy. * MSLs will spend larger part of their time in field and customer facing activities by engaging in mutually beneficial 2-way dialogues with scientific experts/ key opinion leaders. * The MSL is responsible for providing a variety of external and internal customers with medical and scientific information on the appropriate utilization of specific company products and with more general information about their therapeutic area and disease state. * The MSL attends local/ regional meetings/ conferences on behalf of the company as scientific expert and is required to bring updates on the latest scientific advances in a specific therapeutic area back to the company, brand team as well as external stakeholders. * Engages with medical specialists of target DAs to share scientific data on DRL products. Discuss the unmet need and current treatment landscape as well as global guidelines

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