Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Medical Advisor Immunology (Dermatology)

Job purpose:

Represent the affiliate’s medical/scientific voice of expertise for dermatology Psoriatic Disease, Atopic dermatitis therapeutic areas and assigned medicinal products.  Provide medical / scientific expert advice / guidance to key customers including scientific exchange and professional relationship development with key thought leaders / external experts.  Provide medical / scientific input into Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate medical department and commercial plans and support cross-functional affiliate teams.  This position reports into the Medical Affairs Manager.

Accountability and scope:

Provide input, as required, into the development of TA specific strategic medical affairs plans for the affiliate medical department and local commercial plans; collaborate and partner with local business partners to ensure that medical activities for assigned products / therapeutic areas are aligned with local business-related strategic plans.Ensure that local medical affairs implementation plans for assigned products / therapeutic areas are executed efficiently.Operate as a scientific interface and resource to HCPs/Customer(s), Health Care Institutions, External Experts, and professional associations regarding assigned AbbVie Products or Products in Development.Provide specialist medical/scientific strategic input and operational support of core activities such as local clinical research, HCP/Customer interactions, generation and communication of clinical and scientific data, educational initiatives and patient safety for assigned products / therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities:

Provide expert medical/scientific advice for assigned products and related therapeutic areas, contribute to the development and medical and scientific accuracy of core dossiers generated by the medical department (i.e. pricing and reimbursement dossiers, HEOR dossiers, medical information packs, clinical expert reviews etc.).Establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with key thought leaders / external experts and academic centers; this will involve participating in scientific congresses, initiating and coordinating advisory boards, round-table meetings, discussion fora etc.Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals individually or in groups.Develop and maintain in depth knowledge for assigned product(s) / relevant therapeutic area(s), screen relevant literature and other information from relevant scientific societies meetings and conferences and develop summaries of key messages for use within the Company (e.g. key areas of scientific/company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring and treatments in the therapeutic area, etc.).Deliver training to sales forces and other departments; develop and update relevant training materials.Clinical Research Activities:Design and implement clinical research projects within defined standards and budgets (e.g. Phase IV, post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, and PMOS studies).Provide the required oversight to manage review, approval and conduct of IIS studies.Support the affiliate Clinical Research Department in the management of clinical studies, as appropriate (e.g. review new clinical study protocols, identifying potential investigators/sites, conducting feasibility surveys).Review and advise on preparation of promotional material.Provide medical/scientific input into marketing strategy and key commercial initiatives, as required. Monitor the environment for competitive intelligence (e.g. product strategies, studies, commercial messages, positioning, etc.) and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.Ensure compliance with all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie’s policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice.
Qualifications
Medical Degree or Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or higher.Previous Medical Advisor experience at least two years (an advantage).Keen interest in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for assigned therapeutic area/product and in medical research in general.Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills.Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrityCollaborative, team-oriented approach, able to develop and support relationships across an organization as well as with key external stakeholders and the healthcare community at large.Sound judgment, strong planning and organizational skills, and the ability to get things done. Demonstrated a strong sense of urgency.A very good command of spoken and written English and local language.Willingness to travel if needed.
Additional Information

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