The Medical Advisor will be responsible for the regional implementation of the Medical Affairs strategy in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain in the Middle East region. They will support the Associate Medical Director and the Medical Leadership team with the execution of Medical Affairs launch associated activities (e.g. stakeholder engagement & HCP/KOL management, advisory board meetings, medical education activities, evidence gap analyses) and be responsible for special strategic medical programs across the above listed countries in the Middle East region.
Key Responsibilities
- Build advocacy for company products, therapy areas and research activities among KOLs, including physicians, key academic centres, professional organisations, patient advocacy groups, hospital administrations and payers.
- Prepare and communicate scientific and medical information.
- Design and lead advisory board meetings, organise and/or chair roundtable and educational meetings.
- Conduct face to face HCP/KOL meetings.
- Implement scientific communication activities at local, regional and global congresses/scientific conferences.
- Provide responses to medical information requests (MIRs), support the handling process when other personnel manages the response and advise on medical safety or clinical issues as required.
- Represent client company at relevant congresses/scientific conferences.
- Provide input into the development of Medical Affairs and Brand strategy.
- Support the strategic publication plan.
- Support internal education with clinical data communication and knowledge transfer.
- Provide scientific expertise to internal business partners, Product Access, Market Access, Regulatory, HEOR and Sales & Marketing.
- Ensure compliance with all local regulatory and health care Codes of Practice and Uniphar Pharma Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Ensure adverse event and pregnancy reports are duly processed in line with company procedures and assist in assessment of adverse event reports originating in the countries of responsibility for completeness, consistency, and meeting reporting requirements.
Experience / Skills Required
- Life Sciences Graduate, educated to MSc, PhD, PharmD or MD level with ideally 5+ years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry in a similar role.
- Experience in any one or more of the therapeutic areas desirable: Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Disease.
- Experienced in implementing a medical strategy, planning and organising advisory board meetings and/or roundtable discussions.
- Knowledge of local Health Technology Assessment Procedures.
- Solid understanding of HEOR concepts and knowledge of evidence generation methods.
- Excellent knowledge of appropriate national regulatory guidelines in the GCC countries, including those issued by the SFDA (Saudi Arabia), MoHAP and DHA (United Arab Emirates), NHRA (Bahrain), MoH (Kuwait and Oman), Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures; ability to combine their implementation within the business environment.
- Excellent presentation and teaching skills and able to represent the company in a professional manner at medical, scientific, and public events.
- Highly effective communicator both orally and in writing; can get ideas across one-on-one, in group settings, as well as in presentations.
- Strong team player and capable of engaging and collaborating with many stakeholders.
- Innovative, adaptable, and pro-active
- Strategic thinking and a results-oriented attitude
- Language skills: Fluency in English and local language (Arabic), written and spoken.
Personal Qualities for all Staff
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to excel in an autonomous operating environment.
- Ability to communicate scientific and clinical information clearly and credibly verbally and in writing.
- Interpersonal: ability to interact easily with all levels within the organisation in a tactful, mature, and flexible manner.
- Committed to continuous independent learning within relevant therapeutic areas and actively attend and participate in upskilling and educational programmes.
- Must act ethically and with integrity. Ability to make sound and compliance-guided judgments.
- High level of collaboration and influencing skills.
- Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills.
- Must be a self-motivator with a strong drive for result-driven success.
- Versatility and flexibility.
- Autonomy and initiative.
- A sense of humour is essential!
Uniphar Background
Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland. Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.
Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma
Uniphar Pharma
Pharma is a global division operating across US, Europe, APAC and MENA, bringing a range of pharma services to manufacturers across the product life cycle. We leverage this platform to provide unlicensed medicines, or medicines that are otherwise difficult to source. In addition, we commercialise launch and established brands to HCPs on behalf of pharmaceutical clients across the globe. The core to this division is providing equitable access to medicines globally.
Culture at Uniphar
From our leadership team and across all of our divisions, Uniphar lives and breathes four key culture pillars:
1.We have a People First approach, we do the right thing and take a stand for our people.
2.We foster a strong Entrepreneurial Spirit where Adaptability, Commitment & Resilience is embodied in our way of working.
3.We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.
4. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.
How we’d like to work together
As we are a global team, there is flexibility to be based in one of Uniphar’s offices or work from home. There may be a need for face to face meetings in other locations, as needed. There may also some flexibility required in order to interact with colleagues or clients in their time zones (i.e. it’s not a ‘9 to 5’ type of job). In return, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it through our Hybrid Working philosophy.
Please note that Uniphar is an equal-opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses.
