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RESPONSIBILITIES
1. KOLs engagement
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Responsible for identifying and updating regional KOLs (national KOLs if applicable) list to engage within assigned Therapy Area.
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Responsible for profiling regional KOLs (national KOLs if applicable), design and implement individual KOL engagement plan.
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Maintain robust and long-terms professional relationships with regional experts, particularly KOLs, by regular on field visit and other medical initiatives defined by KOLs engagement plan.
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Obtain feedback and advice about Takeda products or interesting TAs from KOLs through 1 on 1 interactions, advisory boards or medical meetings.
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Summarize and communicate relevant KOLs feedback to relevant internal stakeholders to support and help inform the medical strategy in line with brand plan.
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Train and develop speakers on the company’s products.
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Identify potential investigators for Medical affairs study.
2. Regional Medical Plan and Initiatives
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Responsible for establishing regional medical plan and design medical initiatives, consistent with central medical strategy and regional medical needs.
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Responsible for developing and maintaining annual regional medical budget requests and ensuring the approval budgets are being managed and tracked.
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Plan, organize and conduct regional AB boards meetings in relevant TA.
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Conduct KOLs visit according KOLs engagement plan, record the visit report and insight collection by appropriate system, like VEEVA CRM, MEDIsource system.
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Provide and communicate fair and balanced information on the benefits and risks of Takeda products, therapeutic options, and the disease state in Takeda regional medical activities.
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Develop and conduct lectures/educational sessions for appropriate healthcare audiences on non-promotional regional educational activities.
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Develop non-promotional educational materials (e.g. slides decks, education videos) for specific regional medical activities.
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Proactively support the conduction of Takeda MA study (Phase IV study, HEOR), including input for regional sites feasibility check, investigator recommendation and communication.
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Identify KOL’s research capability & interesting area and the feasibility of IISR possibility with Takeda, receive unsolicited investigator initiated sponsored studies (IISR) requests which fit for medical strategy, escalate for MA’s review if appropriate.
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As part of Medical Education team, responsible for submitting regional medical education grant request applications from external customers.
3. Regional Medical Expertise
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Build reputation as regional TA expert participating in appropriate internal network across Medical, Marketing, Trainings and sales functions.
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Provide medical insight and support for regional market/sales activities as appropriate accordance with all local and regional guidelines.
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Give internal medical training to regional internal customers, focused on TA trends and key information updating of Takeda products, based on the business needs.
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Properly response to the unsolicited inquiry in compliance with relevant Takeda SOPs.
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Medical support for SFE activities as request (e.g. DSM quarterly test)
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Liaise with Takeda development team where appropriate to establish and manage an external regional network of investigators and KOLs.
4. Others
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Additional scope of responsibilities and other therapeutic areas may apply if assigned by the line manager.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
Business Unit: RSM, RPM, DSM, Sales
Medical: Medical Advisor, MI and other Medical colleagues in Takeda China
Legal Dept., Compliance Dept., SFE Dept., Key Account team, Clinical Development team: on demand
External
KOLs and other important experts, including pharmacists.
Professional Societies: on demand
Vendors, including CROs: depending on specific program.
QUALIFICATIONS
Level of Education
Master degree in Medical or Life science is required, doctoral education is preferred.
Working Experience in Relevant Field
Either 1 year working experience in clinical practice and/or in multinational pharmaceutical company or
- 2 year relevant work experience.
[For senior MSL,- 2 prior MSL experience with a track record of success in multinational pharmaceutical company are required]
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Clinical experiences within relevant TAs are preferred.
Professional Knowledge and Skills
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Fundamental knowledge of clinical study methodology.
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Customer focused with excellent communication and influencing skills that can impact at regional level.
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Highly medical project management skills to deliver on complex tasks within timeframe and manage milestones.
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Innovative sense and willing to drive a complex and changing environment and effectively manage and resolve issues of responsible products from medical perspective.
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Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
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Fluent in written business English, workable in spoken English.
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Awareness of and adherence to the company’s credo and compliance requirement.
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Strong communication skill and team spirit
Travel Requirements:
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MSL is a field based role and the successful candidate would be expected to >50% work days on field. The successful candidate will also be expected to travel during the holidays as required by the business need.
Hangzhou, China
Employee
Regular
Full time
