Medical Advisor Oncology/Urology North Africa

Purpose of the position

The Oncology/Urology Medical Advisor North Africa is responsible for crafting the medical strategy and ensure it’s implementation for oncology and urology therapy areas in North Africa. He/she leads and executes all medical, scientific and clinical development initiatives within the strategic framework of the Ipsen Group and ethics and compliance requirements. His/her role also includes the provision of non-promotional, high-level scientific, medical and educational support to Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and other stakeholders to make clinical decisions in the treatment of their patients and allowing he/she to gain practical insights into the treatment and management practices of patients.

Main responsibilities and tasks

Trainings:

• Sales force medical trainings
• Training of product managers or other necessary collaborators
• Training of newcomers and all staff outside of medical department
• development of non-promotional scientific documents intended for healthcare professionals

· Assist in the organization and scientific support of key external National and Regional events e.g. satellite symposia etc.

Support to medical promotion:

• Validation of promotional material
• Drafting and validation of scientific messages for marketing campaigns
• Bibliographic research in support of marketing campaigns

Medical and scientific information

• response to questions from health professionals and others about products on time and compliance with the process in force

• scientific advice and assistance to IPSEN teams

• Track and manage evolving evidence base in oncology critical for the organization. Ensure this is communicated to the appropriate Ipsen personnel

• Support Health Care Professionals (HCPs), including Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), in line with Ipsen strategy. Support HCPs by reactively (and proactively where appropriate) providing them with scientific and clinical data.

• Attend appropriate scientific congresses to interact with HCPs, develop knowledge in oncology and to produce congress summaries for dissemination to HCPs.

• Support the dissemination of product and oncology knowledge across Ipsen in accordance with business priorities

• Undertake regular communication of best practice and facilitation of knowledge sharing cross functionally and across North Africa countries

Organization of scientific events:

• Organization of typical events: symposium, masterclass, advisory boards
• preparation of scientific communications with the speakers
• validation of scientific material related to the event

Compliance

· administration of contracts for local and foreign speakers:

o initiation of local contracts, archiving and monitoring of fee payments

o initiation of contracts for foreign speakers

o declaration by foreign speakers (FR, US UK) to the bodies concerned via the Transparency department

o ensure good promotion practices in accordance with local regulations and Ipsen's E&C directives

Clinical studies

• proposal for clinical studies as part of the product CLM
• information and medical support for clinical studies
• drafting of clinical study protocols
• training of investigators in clinical study protocols
• manage investigators and monitoring of clinical studies
• CRO: pre-selection of sites, investigators, correspondence between the group and the CRO if necessary

Other:

· TLs management

· Reporting of pharmacovigilance case reports within a maximum of 24 hours

· ensure environmental and competitive intelligence

· develop budgets and follow-up of expenses

· partnership with learned societies and patient associations

• Provide medical brand support:
• Prepare Medical Pre-registration plans to prepare the market for a successful launch of upcoming oncology assets
• Contribute to the design and execution of oncology clinical trials through sponsorship of local studies or support of Specialty Franchise studies as appropriate, and in line with Ipsen SOPs and International Guidelines to ensure successful completion of the trials and their publication. Where required, provide budget control and accountability of these programs.
• Identify and build relationships with National, Regional or Local KOLs and Thought Leaders
• Organize Advisory Boards within the business Strategy with the approval and support of the Medical Director and North Africa Cluster teams
• Undertaking publication planning, slide-deck development and internal training initiatives
• Assist in the development, review and approval of scientific and clinical content of relevant promotional and non-promotional materials and activities
• Provide field-based medical support to the Company's clinical research programs as required
• Gather and disseminate competitive intelligence from multiple sources.
• Provide technical / medical support to Local Regulatory Affairs as required
• Undertake other departmental tasks and provide support as required

Compliance & governance:

• Ensure that scientific support is informed, balanced, current, and complies with local regulatory rules of North Africa countries, National guidelines, and Ipsen SOPs. This includes, but is not restricted to, maintaining high professional standards of conduct, in line with Ipsen Company Standard Operating Procedures, with a duty of care to the reputation of the company.
• Demonstrated capacity to build strong relationships across functions and to work closely with all people across the business

Experience / Qualifications

Qualification:

Degree in Medicine or other higher life science qualification

Strong existing network of KOLs across the Cluster, especially oncologists & urologists

Experience:

Minimum 3 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical Industry in Specialty Care business

Languages:

Fluent in English

Key Required Competencies

Refer to the level and definition in the job competency framework

• Scientific knowledge (including product, disease, competitive landscape, trials, regulatory, patient safety and medical information and publications)
• Knowledge of data generation (including clinical trials design and execution)
• External stakeholder management (identification, mapping, collaboration & partnership)
• Scientific Communication and presentation skills (data dissemination)
• Cross functional alignment
• Analytical / Strategic Thinking
• Drive for Excellence, Innovation & Digital