Field Medical Advisor

NewBridge Pharmaceuticals; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NewBridge Pharmaceuticals in the UAE seeks a Medical Science Liaison to provide scientific, clinical and therapeutic expertise for allocated oncology products in the Gulf and KSA region.

You will engage with in-country medical and scientific experts, maintain scientific knowledge, support data generation, and ensure compliant medical activities across the region, including training internal partners and communicating insights to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, or other life science.
• Minimum of 3 years experience as MSL, Medical Advisor or CRA in a MNC in the MENA region.
• Oncology experience is essential.
• Gulf and KSA markets experience is preferred.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Key Opinion Leaders to provide balanced information on benefits/risks and gather insights.
• Support in data generation opportunities and company-sponsored clinical activities in alignment with medical strategy.
• Provide scientific information and education support through unbiased peer-to-peer interactions and presentations.
• Ensure compliance with NewBridge Code of Conduct and local/international ethical standards.

Skills

Oncology experience

Relationship building

Communication skills

English/Arabic fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry or life sciences

Master’s/ Doctoral or MBA desirable

Job description

The key objective of the role is to provide scientific, clinical and therapeutic area expertise and medical and scientific support for the allocated Oncology NewBridge marketed products in the Gulf and KSA region.

The individual engages in scientific exchange with in-country medical and scientific experts, including Healthcare Professionals and end users, consistent with the objectives of Medical Affairs Function, and NewBridge overall.

Required Competencies, Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, or other life science, Master’s or a Doctoral Degree or Master of Business Administration is desirable
• Minimum of 3 years experience as MSL, Medical Advisor or CRA in a MNC in the MENA region
• Previous experience in Oncology is essential
• Previous experience across Gulf and KSA markets is preferred
• Ability to build strong relationships with external customers, as well as peers and cross functionally
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and spoken

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1) Engagement with Key Opinion Leaders

• Provide fair and balanced information on the benefits and risks of products, therapeutic option and disease state
• Gather Insights and advice about company products or pipeline through peer-to-peer interactions and advisory boards and communicate relevant information back to internal stakeholders
• Facilitate initiation, development, and ongoing fostering of and collaboration with centers of excellence, and educational programs to address unmet medical needs within the ecosystem
• Train and develop speakers on the company’s products and manage the related speaking engagement schedules

2) Science & Research

• Identify & support in potential data generation opportunities e.g. IIS, that align the medical strategy of the assigned therapeutic area
• Support in company-sponsored clinical research-related activities
• Maintain Scientific Expertise of Products and Disease States
• Keep abreast of cutting edge research and literature in therapeutic area
• Attend scientific meetings and symposia
• Provide synopsis of information presented to internal colleagues
• Gather competitive intelligence and report back to NBP
• Receive internal training by expert external guests and internal colleagues

3) Provide Scientific Information and Education Support

• Discuss disease state or product information through unbiased and compliant peer-to-peer interactions with opinion leaders for -on-label use
• Reactive communication of off-label information in response to unsolicited questions
• Deliver presentations pertaining to therapy area updates to key opinion leaders and decision makers
• Support medical or scientific activities at conferences or meetings
• Conduct medical educational training for internal partners and become the internal subject matter expert for the assigned therapy area(s).
• Provide scientific support to commercial, marketing and Medical Affairs, including training, medical writing, education and other scientific projects
• Regularly collect and interprets medical insights and feedback gathered from scientific exchange with opinion leaders and communicates relevant information to internal stakeholders in order to define, update, and support medical strategies

4) Compliance

• Act with high standards of compliance and ethics.
• Ensure all medical interactions and activities with HCPs are informed, balanced, current, and conducted with a high standard of compliance and in accordance with Newbridge’s Code of Conduct and relevant local and international codes of ethical business practices.
• Adheres to all applicable laws, regulations and NewBridge SOPs, as well as to the high integrity standards as set forth by NewBridge Compliance Department
• 5MI Reporting
• Daily and monthly reporting on visits as per defined criteria