What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Medical Affairs position at Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited?
Company Description
At Dr. Reddy's "Good Health Can't Wait"
By joining Dr. Reddy’s, you will contribute to making the breakthroughs of tomorrow a reality today! From making medicines more affordable to discovering innovative treatment options to satisfy unmet medical needs, we are dedicated to helping people lead longer and healthier lives. We are seeking dynamic and energetic individuals ready to inspire, ready to make a difference for their community and every community.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Dr. Reddy’s, we are deeply committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone belongs and is valued for their contributions to the team. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the role and are open to exploring candidates with a less traditional background.
Job Description
We are seeking an Associate for our North America Medical Affairs team. This is a critical role within our Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs team. The incumbent will be directly responsible for all Medical Affairs initiatives for the U.S. and Canada region and will provide medical insights to global teams as needed.
The role will be based in Princeton, NJ (Hybrid) and will report directly to the Head Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs - North America
Responsibilities:
• Plan, organize, and manage resources to successfully complete specific project goals and objectives
• Work with Head, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs in providing technical support so as to ensure delivery of adequate product and project support including medical affairs and dossier writing (high quality research and analysis, proposals, competitive intelligence and treatment landscape reports, internal and external presentations, bio study summary reports)
• Support in preparing drug transparency reports, and provide medical insights for commercial team
• Support in Promotional Review Committee (also known as MLR)
• Create, and review Medical-Marketing materials, conduct assessment of due diligence
• Provide consistent, high quality medical support for all products in North America
• Maintain Medical Affairs SOPs and relevant trainings
• Develop client relationships through face-to-face discussions or workshops, telephone or email contact
• Provide clear point contact to the commercial and other R&D teams as an expert in the therapy area for all medical and clinical matter
• Support marketing teams in creating scientific and medical communication messages
• Provide ideas/concepts for constructing the product pipeline (e.g. new products, generic switch candidates, new combinations, new technologies)
• Serve as a product expert and develop in-depth understanding of the literature and current medical opinion
• Support external communication and provide input to internal/external training
• Drive and support innovation that will be key for growing therapy area
• Serve as medial lead for meetings or responses to regulatory agencies
• Work closely with Head, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs to ensure standards of medical & clinical governance are implemented across the organization
• Work in tandem with Medical Information Call Center team
• Any other projects / assignment as assigned
Qualifications
Educational qualification: Advanced degree required: MD, PhD, M Pharm, or PharmD
Minimum work experience: 3-5 years of industry experience within Medical Affairs required
Skills & attributes:
• Ability to work successfully with cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills with emphasis on building consensus
• An ability to understand, interpret and communicate scientific data
• Knowledge of medicinal product development and medical affairs
• Experience of guiding teams, managing in a matrix and working in a collaborative environment
• Experience of working closely with commercial colleagues and an understanding of corporate and operational business issues
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations, promotional affairs, and KOL management
• Effective medical and scientific writing skills
• Understanding of pharmaceutical business, and product life cycle
• Independent thinking, creativity and innovative
• Ability to travel (Domestic & international) - 5%
Additional Information
Our Work Culture
Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.
Equal Opportunity Employer
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.
For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com/#!/
