Gulf Medical Science Liaison - Immunology

Johnson & Johnson; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a Gulf Medical Science Liaison in Immunology based in Dubai. The role focuses on maximizing product value by communicating with Leading Specialists, supporting research activities, and ensuring effective education programs. Ideal candidates will have a PharmD or MD and experience in mid-to-large pharmaceutical organizations, especially in immunology. This position offers an opportunity to significantly impact patient care and treatment paradigms.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist or Physician with experience as a medical science liaison.
• Strong understanding of immunology therapy.
• Ability to manage collaborations across multiple countries.

Responsibilities

• Stay updated on medical and scientific knowledge.
• Maintain relationships with Leading Specialists.
• Communicate the value of company products.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Therapeutic area expertise

Networking

Education

PharmD or MD

Job description

Overview

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Job Details

Job Function : Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function : Medical Science Liaison

Job Category : Scientific / Technology

All Job Posting Locations : Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description : Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Gulf Medical Science Liaison - Immunology located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About Immunology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Purpose

To maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals.

To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients’ treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other partners) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.

Responsibilities

• To keep abreast of the medical and scientific knowledge.
• Continuously update knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
• Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists.
• Understand their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area.
• Communicate value of company products, incl. formulary discussions.
• Through scientific interactions, champion medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches.
• Represent the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor / Medical Director.
• Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences :
• Communicate directly and proactively scientific information on our products within the approved label.
• Communicate non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs.
• Respond to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products / indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents.
• Organization and participation in Medical Education activities :
• Identify / support / educate speakers.
• Build Medical Education programs with scientific third party.
• Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical lead.
• Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives :
• Provide medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Department as appropriate.
• Act as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate.
• Support Medical Affairs study execution :
• Support the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.
• Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.
• Participate in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation.
• Receive investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision.
• Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insight into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision-making.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Pharmacist / Physician
• Experience as medical science liaison in a mid-to-large pharmaceutical organization required
• Experience in immunology therapy area is strongly preferred
• Experience in managing multiple countries with different complexities