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Janssen Saudi Arabia is recruiting for a Medical Science Liaison - PAH *to be located in *Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 125 years. We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products, and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.
Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees, and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer. And our culture is interconnected by the shared values of *Our Credo *. It’s a culture that celebrates *diversity *and diverse perspectives. It helps employees achieve an effective mix between work and home life and supports their efforts to have a positive impact on their communities.
Summary of the job:
To maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals.
To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients’ treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other partners) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.
Duties and Responsibilities:
To keep abreast of the medical and scientific knowledge:
Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region
- Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists
- Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area
- Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions
- Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches
- Represents the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor/ Medical Director
- Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences
- Communicates directly and proactively scientific information of our products within the approved label
- Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs.
- Responds to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
- Organization and participation in Medical Education activities
- Identify/support/educate speakers
- Build Medical Education programs with scientific third party
- Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Advisor/Medical Director
- Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives
- Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Department as appropriate.
- Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate
- Support Medical Affairs study execution
- Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
- Proposes investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
- Participates in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation
- Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision
- Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insight into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision-making
Qualifications:
Qualification & Experience
- Scientific degree: Medical Doctor, degree in pharmacy
- Deep knowledge of the therapeutic area, strength in research and interpretation of medical data
- Experience in Rare Diseases is an advantage
- Relevant work experience, scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer-to-peer relationship
- Highly customer focused with an awareness of the importance of business results
- Innovative with the ability to coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment
- Awareness of, and adherence to, Johnson & Johnson Credo values and Interna