Work as Medical Affairs Senior Team Lead at Cipla

Cipla, as an organisation has been built brick-by-brick on the foundation of care. Caring For Life has always been and continues to remain, our guiding purpose. Driven by the same purpose, we have extended our presence to 80+ countries providing over 1,500 products across various therapeutic categories in 50+ dosage forms. To make healthcare more affordable globally, we are deepening our presence in the key markets of India, South Africa, the U.S. among other economies of the emerging world.

Post : Senior Team Lead - Medical Affairs

Job Description
Job Purpose
Develop, strategize and plan business activities like portfolio selection, brand planning and launch, KOL management, compliance and other crucial activities in therapy and additional therapeutic areas. This is towards assimilation of scientific and medical know-how in aligning activities to meet the business goal of the concerned therapeutic areas/business unit

Key Accountabilities
Achieve scientific proficiency to drive the development of assigned therapy areas in accordance with the medical strategy
• Keep abreast with the latest medical developments through publications, websites and by attending national & international conferences
• Understand on ground clinical practices by interacting with clinicians, to develop practical knowledge and utilize it to provide closer-to-market product solutions
• Create scientific publications on key therapeutic areas for the Cipla Library and external publishing
• Identify the need, plan for, and select faculty, for organizing advisory boards, RTDs, CMEs, symposia, webcasts, conferences etc., working closely with the Therapy Group Lead
Ideate and conceptualize with marketing team to develop promotional strategies to drive India and international business
• Create and curate scientific content and promotional material (such as newsletters, scientific booklets etc.) for online and offline usage by the marketing team during campaigns
• Review medical literature created by reporting team members
• Create medical material to support new product launches
• Share latest product and therapy developments in the market, with the marketing team via reports
• Drive and conduct post-marketing surveys with doctors and other allied stakeholders for the allocated therapy areas
• Develop medical content to support patient engagement for the product
• Provide medical resources (such as product brochures) to equip the field force with accurate content to tackle doctor queries
Identify therapeutic gaps in the product portfolio and suggest new molecules/ formulations/ incremental innovations in order to contribute towards building a robust therapy-product mix
• Identify, analyse and recommend new molecules, devices and products for the domestic and global business, by studying market trends
• Provide a medical opinion and rationale to assist the portfolio, API and in-licensing teams in selecting the appropriate portfolio mix
• Analyse and recommend incremental enhancements in the management of product lifecycles, in line with the changing treatment paradigms and new developments in therapy
• Develop protocols for research projects in liaison with clinical trials department and get approval from group lead
Build team capability by conducting training sessions and guiding team members on how to develop their competence
• Develop content and material for medical trainings of internal team and sales team
• Develop induction training program with content for new team members
• Track effectiveness of trainings regularly by means of feedback from the team as well as ROI achieved from them
Build external advisor relationship to help steer the therapy market
• Identify new KOLs and initiate contact with them
• Engage existing and new KOLs through various scientific activities
• Leverage KOLs and therapy consultants for strategy development, training and understanding therapy landscape as well as for potential hiring
Ensure ethical actions by adhering to regulations and laws
• Ensure compliance and adhere to internal policies, local and international regulations for scientific, promotional materials, activities and therapy/ product related queries from internal and external stakeholders
• Prepare, review and update package inserts of products as per the latest regulatory requirements
• Prepare and review SOPs, guidelines and checklists used by the R&D teams
• Ensure timely reporting of drug safety and quality complaints received from the PV team, to related authorities
• Coordinate with the Legal team to review agreements, CDAs, CTA to be compliant

Candidate Profile
• MPharm, Master’s in Biological Sciences / Pharmacy / PhD/ MBBS/ MD
• Minimum 8 years’ experience for Master’s in Biological Sciences / Pharmacy
• 2-5 years’ experience with PhD/ MBBS/ MD
• Medical writing, Medical therapy experience, Medical scientific publications, Medical training expertise, KOL development, knowledge of Compliance Regulatory Affairs & Clinical Trials

Additional Information
Experience : 5+ years
Qualification : MPharm, Master’s in Biological Sciences / Pharmacy / PhD
Location : Maharashtra - Mumbai Central
Industry Type : Pharma / Healthcare / Clinical research
Functional Area : Medical Affairs
End Date : 30th January 2025