Medical Advisor | Dr Reddy’s Labs | Mumbai, Hyderabad

Job Description

Position: Medical Advisor
Experience: 3 to 10 Years
Education: MBBS or MD (Pharmacology).
Location: Hyderabad or Mumbai.
Therapy: Oncology (Hyderabad)
Acute& Urology (Mumbai / Hyderabad)

Key Responsibilities:

• Core scientific member of a cross-functional franchise team and a disease area expert, responsible for the scientific foundation of Therapeutic Area (TA) medical strategy.
• Conceptualization and project management of a wide range of medical activities (including research, publications, medical education, patient support programs, advisory board meetings, etc.) that are aligned with the TA Medical strategy.
• Engagement of identified key thought leaders through medical affairs activities, in alignment with the overall strategic plan.
• Responsible to ensure optimal execution of strategic medical affairs plan through Regional Medical Affairs including but not limited to medical education, product education, medical evidence generation, advisory boards, pre-license activities, and special projects.
• A therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing the scientific data pertaining to products on a proactive and reactive basis, patients’ treatment trends, and studies in the therapeutic areas in which the Company is involved, with a defined audience of leading specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other Stakeholders) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart
• Responsible for devising optimal training plans to ensure the flow of the latest medical developments the given to sales & marketing team

• Jointly responsible with therapy area lead to support optimal patient outcomes through the communication of data, information, knowledge, and insights in support of healthcare professional needs and organizational goals
• Representing the organization in various internal & external scientific platforms
• Responsible for the development of Medical Affairs strategic plan for identified TAs and products
• Ability to convert insights on disease trends and treatment patterns from key thought leaders into viable and formidable strategic plans to shape the therapeutic areas of interest
• Responsible for identifying knowledge gaps, practice gaps, and data gaps and developing strategic medical actions plans including but not limited to medical education, product education, evidence generation, and special projects
• Collaborating with thought leaders to conduct therapy-specific reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, case series, and patient-reported outcomes and publish them in journals of repute
• Receiving and processing scientific information requests received from physicians
• Ability to handle complex questions from health care professionals related to GGI products or disease areas to the satisfaction
• Ensure that all activities in the TA are conducted in alignment with Dr. Reddys COBE (Code of Business Ethics) Policy and compliance guidelines
• Responsible for ensuring that all promotional, physician, and patient education materials are approved within stipulated timelines and in alignment with Dr. Reddy’s Promotional Material approval policy
• Product pipeline champion with an ability to identify unmet needs through active stakeholder interactions and actively contribute to new product ideation and development of differentiated products