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Medical Advisor -Vaccines

2+ years
Not Disclosed
10 Dec. 27, 2024
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc./M.Sc./B.Pharm/M.Pharm/Life science Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Job Description

Job Title: Medical Advisor

Role Overview:
The Medical Advisor plays a pivotal role in ensuring the scientific, technical, and ethical integrity of Pfizer’s policies, statements, and initiatives. This position leads the medical team for the assigned Pfizer Business Unit (BU) portfolio, providing high-quality, timely medical support across multiple domains, including:

  • Medical initiatives for product portfolios
  • Interactions with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs)
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME)
  • Clinical Research
  • Sales Force Training
  • Regulatory Affairs, Quality Standards, and Business Technology

The Medical Advisor also supports new product development, branded value offerings, and performance/people management, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.


Key Responsibilities

A. Strategic/Policy

  • Provide tactical and strategic guidance to Product Management to ensure ethical promotion of assigned products.
  • Contribute technical and business expertise for portfolio-related decision-making.

B. Operational

Medical Initiatives/Support for Allocated Portfolio

  • Provide strategic input for marketing/brand plans and medical development strategies.
  • Design and execute medical-marketing programs and clinical initiatives to enhance access to medicines.
  • Review and approve promotional, training, and CME materials in compliance with SOPs, regulations, and industry standards.
  • Lead or participate in customer-facing events such as launch meetings, advisory boards, CME programs, and scientific symposia.

C. Clinical Research

  • Develop and review clinical study protocols, patient-facing materials, and related documents for Phase IV, PMS, observational studies, and outcomes research.
  • Oversee Investigational New Drug Applications (NDAs), data interpretation, and final report preparation.
  • Develop publication and information dissemination plans for locally sponsored studies.
  • Approve manuscripts and publications aligned with study outcomes.

D. Medical Information

  • Provide timely, accurate, and balanced medical information to internal (e.g., sales) and external (e.g., HCPs) stakeholders, ensuring adherence to SOPs and policies.

E. Sales Force Training

  • Deliver medical training to new sales staff on therapeutic areas and assigned products.
  • Conduct refresher training and provide pre-launch and launch training for new products.

F. New Product Planning/Development

  • Assist the New Product Planning (NPP) team with pre-commercialization initiatives such as market research, stakeholder mapping, and early access programs.
  • Provide medical evaluations and recommendations for new product launches (e.g., licensing, acquisitions, co-promotions).
  • Coordinate approvals for local formulations and line extensions through the Request for Development (RFD) process.

G. Regulatory

  • Support the registration of new products/indications by preparing scientific presentations and liaising with key HCPs.
  • Defend marketed products against regulatory, NGO, and media challenges.
  • Review and revise labeling documents for pipeline/local products in compliance with SOPs.
  • Provide medical expertise for processing spontaneous and solicited adverse event (AE) reports.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in every jurisdiction where it operates.

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