Clinical Advisor - Immunology Job

Job description

Clinical Advisor
- Immunology-000011J6DescriptionCaring for the world, one person at a time’... inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. 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.
Janssen Pharmaceutica joined the Johnson & Johnson group in 1961. Today, Janssen is one of the most innovative pharmaceutical companies in the world. In Iberia, with the headquarters in Madrid and Lisbon, eight regional delegations and a completely advanced logistic center, Janssen makes innovation move forward in all its phases. For this, Janssen has two R&D units, one in Toledo that is dedicated to develop projects in Drug Discovery for the Central Nervous System (depression and schizophrenia) and a Clinical Investigation Unit in Madrid. In JC Iberia there are over 750 employees in R&D, Operations, Services and Sales & MarketingOverall Purpose of Job:
- To maximize Janssen’s initiated and supported Medical Education events and programs.
- 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 stakeholders) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.
Main Activities / Tasks
- Develop a Medical Education Plan and Budget according the CVT strategies (outlining the unmet medical need and medical questions in Therapeutic Area) and update it as required.
- Clinical Advisor is ultimately accountable for local ME program / material quality and respect of regulations. For each ME event, the Clinical Advisor should create, maintain and archive a local ME Event File and ensure version control of any document produced.
- Selects Scientific Third party Contracts speakers using the appropriate local contract template provided by Country Legal Department or external counsel. Define individual speaker’s fees according to fees for services principle calculation.
- Upon request, assist Scientific Third Party and speakers in generating Medical Education materials. Review general quality of materials with respect to adequacy, relevance and up-to-date-ness. Ensure content conformity with applicable ethnic, social and cultural standards.
- Communicate selection criteria to field-based staff and specify the deadline for receiving proposal list, for each event, approve, all the HCPs supported or invited by the company.
- Regarding Educational Grants requests, is responsible for review request for appropriateness, FMV and compliance. In case of exceptions, consult the HCBI Officer. Verify whether the request is within the Educational Grants budget. Recommend whether to support the request or not.
- Organization and participation in Medical Education activities:o Identify/support/educate speakers.o Build Medical Education programs with scientific third party
- To keep abreast of the medical and scientific knowledge:o Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their regions
- Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists:o Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area.o Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions.o Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches.o 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:o Communicates directly and proactively scientific information on our products within the approved label.o Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs.o 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 Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Affairs Manager / Medical Director.
- Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives in cooperation with Medical Affairs Department:o Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Department as appropriate.o Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate.
- Support Medical Affairs study execution:o Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.o Proposes investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies.o Participates in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation.o Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decisions
- 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.
The role is ideally field-based, as involves extensive Leading Specialists interactions.
QualificationsESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
- Scientific degree: Medical Doctor, Pharmaceutical or Nature Science university degree.
- Deep scientific knowledge in the therapeutic area (Immunology), strength in research and interpretation of medical data.
- Knowledge in basic principles of pharmacoeconomy.
- Relevant work experience, scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer-to-peer relationship
- Fluency in the national language(s) and the English language required.
- 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 International Health Care Business Integrity Guide.
Preferential criteria:
- Previous experience in Immunology (Dermatology, Rheumatology).Primary Location:Europe/Middle East/Africa-Portugal-Lisbon-LisbonOrganization: Janssen-Cilag Farmaceutica, Lda. (7290)Relocation: Eligible NoJob Function: Medical Science Liaison