Medical Advisor

Alkem Laboratories Ltd.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkem Laboratories Limited, Mumbai-based multinational, seeks a medico marketing professional to ensure medical, technical and ethical soundness of policies and portfolio initiatives.

You will support development of promotional and medical-marketing programs, create/review material under supervision, interact with key opinion leaders, help plan research protocols, provide medical information to sales teams and HCPs, train staff, and assist regulatory labeling and pharmacovigilance activities.

Qualifications

• Promotion development for allocated portfolio under supervision
• Create/review promotional, training, and CME material under supervision
• Interact with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) through meetings, CME programs, symposia
• Plan research projects and develop/review Protocol synopsis/final protocols
• Provide medical information to internal sales staff and external HCPs in compliance with SOPs
• Impart medical training to sales staff on basic sciences/TAs/products
• Support medical evaluation for new products and opportunities with marketing/BD
• Assist regulatory labeling documents per SOPs
• Support pharmacovigilance through timely adverse event reporting

Responsibilities

• Develop and promote the portfolio under supervision, contributing to marketing/medical plans.
• Prepare and review promotional and CME materials for compliance and accuracy.
• Engage with KOLs for advisory meetings, launches, and educational programs.
• Assist in planning and reviewing protocol documents for research projects.
• Provide accurate medical information to sales and healthcare professionals.
• Train sales staff on product science and disease areas; support pre-launch training.
• Assist cross-functional teams with medical input for new products and opportunities.
• Support regulatory labeling activities and pharmacovigilance processes.

Skills

Medical marketing

KOL interactions

Medical training

Regulatory support

Pharmacovigilance

Job description

Alkem Laboratories Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, that manufactures and sells pharmaceutical generics, formulations and nutraceuticals in India and globally over 50 countries. We have consistently been ranked amongst the top five pharmaceutical companies in India. Our portfolio includes illustrious brands like Clavam, Pan, Pan-D, and Taxim-O, which feature amongst the top 50 pharmaceutical brands in India.

Objective / Purpose of the Job:

To actively contribute to the organization/division by taking responsibility for the scientific, technical, and ethical soundness of all policies, statements, and endeavors.

To support the division medically in all activities related to the portfolio and provide high-quality and timely service to internal and external stakeholders.

Key Result Areas / Accountabilities:

• To actively support the development of promotion of allocated portfolio under supervision from the Line manager or the mentor, provide strategic inputs and support towards the creation of marketing/brand plans/medical development plans, and towards design and execution of medical-marketing programs/clinical programs, including initiatives to enhance access to medicines
• Under supervision from the Line manager or mentor, create/review promotional, training, and Continuing Medical Education (CME) material in compliance with relevant industry codes and medical correctness
• In consultation with the Line manager or mentor, participate/facilitate/conduct customized promotional/educational interactions with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). These interactions include, but are not limited to, customer launch meetings, advisory boards, CME programs, scientific symposia, institutional presentations, medical projects, and studies.
• In consultation with concerned stakeholders plan research projects and develop / review / approve protocol synopsis/final protocols/supporting documents per need
• Provide useful, timely, accurate, and balanced medical information to internal (sales staff) and external (HCPs) customers, in adherence to relevant SOPs/policies
• Impart medical training to new sales staff on basic sciences/ TAs/assigned products. Provide refresher training to sales staff through ongoing training initiatives. Provide pre-launch and launch training to sales staff for new products.
• Support New Product Evaluation (NPE), Marketing, and Business Development colleagues with medical evaluation and recommendations on commercial opportunities with new products. Support organization efforts at developing local formulations/line extensions through literature search/recommendations.
• Support regulatory team by means of writing/revising/reviewing labeling documents for products as per relevant SOPs
• Support Pharmacovigilance activities by documentation and reporting of Adverse Events in a timely manner.

Experience: 1 to 4 years of experience in medico marketing in Pharma industry