Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized. We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio. Our company has a current opening for a GCC Medical Advisor Vaccines.

Major Accountabilities:

Local Vaccines Franchise Medical Strategy & Planning

Local Scientific leader engagement/planning

Collaborative activities with local Societies/Scientific community

Local data generation and clinical research activities

Local Promotional & Non-promotional compliance for Vaccines activities, materials & programs

Therapy area Medical Training

Medical activities:

Ensure regular scientific updating for Sales & Marketing team

Provide medical input including patient journey analysis to support development of a robust marketing strategy & optimal forecasting

Proactively communicate the science behind our Company\'s Vaccines portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Company\'s Vaccines pipeline

Construct & execute valuable scientific educational activities to position our Company as a scientific partner to the scientific community

Conduct advise seeking activities (ex: Advisory Boards) for proper understanding of local epidemiology & management patterns across indications, according to our Company, local & international compliance guidelines/regulations

Conducts medical training to the Vaccines Commercial, Access, Sales & Regulatory functions

Review & approve local promotional materials while ensuring adherence to our Company\xe2\x80\x99s guidelines/SOPs as well as International Promotional compliance standards

Ensures all Vaccines promotional & non promotional activities/programs in the country are executed in a compliant manner according to our Company\xe2\x80\x99s regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with Local & International compliance regulations/standards

Clinical Research:

Supports Clinical research activities for Global & local data generation studies

Identification of appropriate local sites/investigators for Vaccines clinical research programs

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Physician or Pharmacist

Excellent Communication Skills & ability to engage with Scientific Leaders in a confident high level scientific rapport

Preferably 1-2 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in Medical Affairs department

Strong Scientific background & understanding of Medical Affairs

Arabic & English Fluency

Good utility of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint & Excel).

Location of the role: UAE, Dubai

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6 We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6 Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

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