Job Description

A world-class Medical Affairs organization is critical to our Company's mission of Inventing for Life. It is committed to advancing medical practice through the proper implementation of our innovative drugs and vaccines with a vision to be the most trusted, science-driven and patient-committed medical affairs organization in the industry and a mission to communicate and generate medical evidence to help those responsible for health-care decisions make informed choices that improve access and health outcomes for patients around the world.

We are looking for Gulf Oncology Medical Advisor, who will be responsible for local Oncology Franchise Medical Strategy & Planning, local Scientific Leader and Key Decision Makers engagement and planning, collaborative activities with local Oncology Societies/Scientific community, local Promotional & Non-promotional compliance for Oncology activities, materials & programs, Medical Training.

Major responsibilities:

Medical activities:

• Ensure regular scientific updating for Sales & Marketing team.
• Provide medical input including patient flow analysis to the assigned tumor types
• Proactively communicate the science behind our Company's Oncology portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Company's pipeline.
• Providing medical/scientific robust support with full collaboration with Policy & Access to facilitate formulary inclusions/ reimbursement.
• Construct & execute valuable scientific education activities to position our Company as a partner to the oncology scientific community
• Conduct input seeking activities (ex: Advisory Boards) for proper understanding of local epidemiology & management patterns across indications, according to our Company's, local & international compliance guidelines/regulations.
• Conducts medical training to the Oncology Commercial, Market Access, Sales & Regulatory functions.
• Review & approve local promotional materials while ensuring adherence to our Company's guidelines/SOPs as well as International Promotional compliance standards.
• Ensures all Oncology promotional & non promotional activities/programs in Gulf countries are executed in a compliant manner according to Company's regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with Local & International compliance regulations/standards.

Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance:

• Supports Clinical research activities for Global, regional & local studies
• Identification of appropriate local sites / investigators for Oncology clinical research programs.
• Ensures timely reporting of adverse events & assists local Pharmacovigilance team in assessment & completion of required data for optimal reporting.

Requirements:

• Physician, Dentist or Pharmacist.
• Oncology experience is mandatory.
• Strong Scientific background & understanding of Medical Affairs.
• Arabic & English Fluency.
• Good utility of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint & Excel).
• Excellent Communication Skills & ability to engage with Scientific Leaders, Key Decision Makers in a confident high-level scientific rapport.

Who we are ... 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 ... 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--and start making your impact today

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Relocation: Domestic

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