Hobson Prior are seeking a Medical lead to join a pharmaceutical organisation who researches, develops, produces and markets its own pharmaceutical products. This role will be on a permanent basis and will be located in Buckinghamshire.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide medical affairs leadership for the Orphan drug therapeutic area in the UK.
• Ensure the development and execution of UK medical plan in support of best clinical practices and overall objectives aligned with Global.
• Medical Affairs plans and brand strategic plan.
• Provide medical leadership, insight and strategy to all medical activities, collaborating across functions.
• Lead the implementation of medical affairs practices to assess new indications, the treating community, patient pathways, identifying patients for clinical research and to develop a thorough understanding of the disease area.
• Support and advise cross-functional teams to ensure patient-focused activities at all times.
• Initiate and support medical affairs activities, such as KOL engagement, medical education, medical publications and new data generation including investigator initiated research.
• Support reimbursement applications in UK through development of appropriate medical documents and provision of medical expertise with internal and external partners for HTA process.
• Medical leadership of early access programs in UK including liaison with KOL experts and program design, implementation and analysis.

Requirements:

• Medical (M.D.) or Scientific education (Ph.D., Pharm. D.)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Medical experience with Orphan Drugs/specialized technologies.
• Previous direct experience with HTA applications and management of early access programs in UK.
• Demonstrated availability to accurately and effectively evaluate medical scientific literature. Knowledge of study design and conduct.
• Proven relationship building skills with key opinion leaders.
• Understanding of medical aspects of therapeutic area along with willingness to develop in-depth expertise.
• Experience of working with commercial and market access teams as well a strong focus on patient centricity and safety.
• Professional level in English, both in oral and in written communications.
• Excellent user of Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

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