Summary:

The Medical Lead (ML) is the key Medical person acting as the main scientific/medical point of contact across local external stakeholders (including but not limited to HCPs/KMEs/patient advocacy groups/payers/etc.). This will be done in collaboration with cross functional business partners as well as Global and Regional Medical.

The ML will be managing the pipeline products within the country, medical support for drug registration, contribution on product strategy development and launch plan implementation, facilitate and oversee the implementation of other medical activities such as Advisory Boards, Patient Support Programs, and national/international medical education events, respond reactively to Med Info and clinical trial requests, gather insights to contribute to company/brand strategy, educate key HCPs on our medicines where appropriate and organize the scientific content for medical education initiatives, and provide internal training/education.

This position would suit an experienced, senior, and talented medical candidate with excellent knowledge in Neurology, especially Alzheimer’s Disease, and Immunology coupled with a strong business savvy.

Primary Responsibilities:

• To establish, develop and maintain medical scientific collaborative relationships with current and future therapeutic experts in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other pipeline products in development.
• To disseminate high quality complex scientific information and provide innovative medical education content.
• To generate medical insights and provide research concepts to therapeutic experts to facilitate patient management and care.
• To oversee expanded access programs (EAPs) for therapies under development.

Accountability:

• Facilitate medical and scientific information exchange with the medical community on AD and other pipeline diseases.
• Generate systematically collected medical insights and provide key learnings to the regional Medical team on regular basis as appropriate.
• Provide input to the local affiliate Brand strategy from medical perspective
• Contribute to the implementation of AD and pipeline product launch plan in local affiliate
• Work with Experts to develop clinical therapeutic concepts that support the advancement of the medical science within Biogen´s scientific and therapeutic area of interest.
• Support the development and implementation of the internal training plan, monitor the plan and update knowledge of disease area.
• Deliver clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare audiences aligned with central medical education programs.
• Organize educational meetings with multidisciplinary participation of key stakeholders in designated area and provide key learnings to the wider Medical team.
• Support therapeutic experts in developing concepts and protocols for SRAs / IITs / registries
• Work with local patient organizations in collaboration with Public Affairs to educate about the disease area and advances in patient care.
• Develops reports /summary slide decks of important national congresses.
• Lead the design and management of Digital Education Platforms and use Digital Tools to enhance external engagement
• • Supports cross functional team’s effort related to presenting clarity around clinical and scientific information supporting therapeutic decisions in patient care.
• Provision of medical information including responses to unsolicited off-label questions and questions regarding new indications and future development products.
• Support appropriate screening processes to identify potential investigators for Biogen initiated clinical trials, collaborate with clinical trial groups to evaluate requests and assess center capacity for clinical studies.
• Attract other qualified talents to join a growing team

Must Have:

• Medical or scientific qualification (M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. preferred)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, scientific and non-scientific, throughout all levels and geographies of an organization; at least bi-lingual (English and local language business fluency)
• At least 5 years’ experience in a medical role in the biopharmaceutical industry
• Working knowledge of prelaunch activities, Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety, Legal and compliance, and local reimbursement environment
• Good team player, fits in the environment with international, diverse, team work culture
• Strong customer orientation, science based
• Willingness to travel as required