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Medical Affairs Manager - Biosimilar
Abbott Laboratories (Phillippines)
Philippines - Taguig City
Role overview
Job description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Core Job Responsibilities:
Commercial Teams Business Partner (Marketing, Sales, Trade)
Medical Strategy Execution
Implement medical plans aligned with product lifecycle goals (pre-launch, launch, post-marketing).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Clinical Development, Marketing, Market Access) to ensure medical insights inform business decisions.
Scientific Exchange & KOL Engagement
Build and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), HCPs, and academic institutions.
Organize and lead advisory boards, scientific meetings, and medical education programs.
Evidence Generation
Support the design and execution of Phase IV/post-marketing studies, real-world evidence (RWE) projects, and investigator-initiated trials (IITs).
Interpret clinical data and contribute to scientific publications, abstracts, and congress presentations.
Medical Content Development
Review and approve medical materials (e.g., slide decks, FAQs, training documents) to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Provide medical input for promotional materials and ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines (e.g., FDA, PHAP).
Medical Support
Act as a medical resource for internal teams (Sales, Marketing, MSLs) and external stakeholders.
Address unsolicited medical inquiries from HCPs, ensuring timely and evidence-based responses.
Continuing Medical Education
Work with the Medical Affairs Director and CME personnel in planning for medical modules for use in CME activities like round table discussions, expert’s forum.
Work with the Medical Affairs Director, CME Personnel, Therapeutic/Brand Managers in deliberating with KOL and Advisory Board members the contents of medical module for specific products.
Review contents of medical modules, invitations to CME activities, CME AVP to ensure compliance to internal and external regulations.
Compliance & Risk Management
Ensure all activities comply with industry regulations (e.g., FDA, PHAP), company SOPs, and ethics and compliance standards.
Mitigate risks by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of therapeutic area guidelines and competitor landscape.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Clinical Operations on trial recruitment and data dissemination.
Support market access by raising disease awareness and securing national and institutional formulary inclusions in relevant therapeutic areas.
Patient Support Programs
Provide scientific and ethical guidance to marketing managers in conceptualizing programs that will enhance benefits to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to patients.
Review contents of patient-centric materials disseminated by Abbott and specific programs that aim to assist patients, family members and community cope with diseases.
Inventory and tracking of patient support programs, market research programs to ensure compliance to ethical guidance and monitor for any pharmacovigilance issues.
New Product Introductions
Assist the Senior Medical Manager in providing the business development unit, medical input in evaluating products for potential introduction into the local market.
Provide medical support to the marketing team during the early planning/strategies for new products, line extensions, and/or new indications.
Medical Education & Training
Actively provide support to the training manager (Commercial Excellence)
Provide disease knowledge training, training in understanding the patient journey from pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options.
Provide training on basic pharmacology, clinical uses of Abbott products.
Create and update training materials on patients, disease, and products.
Minimum Education:
A Doctor of Medicine graduate and with license to practice in the Philippines as given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
Minimum Experience/Training Required:
Preferably at least three years of pharmaceutical industry experience and at least one year of postgraduate clinical experience.
Knowledge and Experience:
Knowledge of disease diagnosis and rational treatment, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological
Clinical experience in managing patients: skills in doctor-patient communication, doctor-patient relationship,
Knowledge and experience in the pharmaceutical industry:
Scientific and ethical standards governing pharmaceutical products
Teaching skills on the patient’s illness, the patient journey, and available treatment options
Research: access relevant journal articles from indexed databases, interpretation of data and results of clinical studies
Presentation skills synthesizing relevant medical concepts obtained from peer-reviewed references
Competencies Required:
Must have intense attention to details, able to work in a team environment, good organizational skills, and has a multi- tasking ability
Strong communication skills
Influencing and Leadership Skills
Skills on synthesizing and integrating medical concepts from different sources/references and create a teaching module for specific disease/products
Knowledge and skills in communicating medical concepts to marketing and sales team with or without medical background
Core competencies essential in education which include: integrity, adaptability, collaboration, initiative, innovation
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Medical & Scientific Affairs
DIVISION:
EPD Established Pharma
LOCATION:
Philippines > Taguig City : Venice Corporate Center
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Not Applicable
Core Job Responsibilities:
Commercial Teams Business Partner (Marketing, Sales, Trade)
Medical Strategy Execution
Implement medical plans aligned with product lifecycle goals (pre-launch, launch, post-marketing).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Clinical Development, Marketing, Market Access) to ensure medical insights inform business decisions.
Scientific Exchange & KOL Engagement
Build and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), HCPs, and academic institutions.
Organize and lead advisory boards, scientific meetings, and medical education programs.
Evidence Generation
Support the design and execution of Phase IV/post-marketing studies, real-world evidence (RWE) projects, and investigator-initiated trials (IITs).
Interpret clinical data and contribute to scientific publications, abstracts, and congress presentations.
Medical Content Development
Review and approve medical materials (e.g., slide decks, FAQs, training documents) to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Provide medical input for promotional materials and ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines (e.g., FDA, PHAP).
Medical Support
Act as a medical resource for internal teams (Sales, Marketing, MSLs) and external stakeholders.
Address unsolicited medical inquiries from HCPs, ensuring timely and evidence-based responses.
Continuing Medical Education
Work with the Medical Affairs Director and CME personnel in planning for medical modules for use in CME activities like round table discussions, expert’s forum.
Work with the Medical Affairs Director, CME Personnel, Therapeutic/Brand Managers in deliberating with KOL and Advisory Board members the contents of medical module for specific products.
Review contents of medical modules, invitations to CME activities, CME AVP to ensure compliance to internal and external regulations.
Compliance & Risk Management
Ensure all activities comply with industry regulations (e.g., FDA, PHAP), company SOPs, and ethics and compliance standards.
Mitigate risks by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of therapeutic area guidelines and competitor landscape.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Clinical Operations on trial recruitment and data dissemination.
Support market access by raising disease awareness and securing national and institutional formulary inclusions in relevant therapeutic areas.
Patient Support Programs
Provide scientific and ethical guidance to marketing managers in conceptualizing programs that will enhance benefits to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to patients.
Review contents of patient-centric materials disseminated by Abbott and specific programs that aim to assist patients, family members and community cope with diseases.
Inventory and tracking of patient support programs, market research programs to ensure compliance to ethical guidance and monitor for any pharmacovigilance issues.
New Product Introductions
Assist the Senior Medical Manager in providing the business development unit, medical input in evaluating products for potential introduction into the local market.
Provide medical support to the marketing team during the early planning/strategies for new products, line extensions, and/or new indications.
Medical Education & Training
Actively provide support to the training manager (Commercial Excellence)
Provide disease knowledge training, training in understanding the patient journey from pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options.
Provide training on basic pharmacology, clinical uses of Abbott products.
Create and update training materials on patients, disease, and products.
Minimum Education:
A Doctor of Medicine graduate and with license to practice in the Philippines as given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
Minimum Experience/Training Required:
Preferably at least three years of pharmaceutical industry experience and at least one year of postgraduate clinical experience.
Knowledge and Experience:
Knowledge of disease diagnosis and rational treatment, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological
Clinical experience in managing patients: skills in doctor-patient communication, doctor-patient relationship,
Knowledge and experience in the pharmaceutical industry:
Scientific and ethical standards governing pharmaceutical products
Teaching skills on the patient’s illness, the patient journey, and available treatment options
Research: access relevant journal articles from indexed databases, interpretation of data and results of clinical studies
Presentation skills synthesizing relevant medical concepts obtained from peer-reviewed references
Competencies Required:
Must have intense attention to details, able to work in a team environment, good organizational skills, and has a multi- tasking ability
Strong communication skills
Influencing and Leadership Skills
Skills on synthesizing and integrating medical concepts from different sources/references and create a teaching module for specific disease/products
Knowledge and skills in communicating medical concepts to marketing and sales team with or without medical background
Core competencies essential in education which include: integrity, adaptability, collaboration, initiative, innovation
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Medical & Scientific Affairs
DIVISION:
EPD Established Pharma
LOCATION:
Philippines > Taguig City : Venice Corporate Center
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Not Applicable