Medical Science Director (Great Lakes) at Tanabe Pharma… · Cleveland

Company Description

Entrepreneurial Spirit, Rooted in Tradition. At Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America (MTDA), we can tout a storied reputation more than 300 years in the making. Our parent company, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), is a research-driven pharmaceutical company with global reach – and one of Japan’s oldest and most respected companies.

Relatively new to the U.S. market, the innovative compounds of the Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Group have already enjoyed commercial success under the brand labels of our U.S. partners. In this next phase of development, we plan to bring exciting new compounds to market under our own MT Pharma America label. We’re currently building a new commercial organization and expanding our other functions to support this strategy.

Job Description

Preferred locations: Cleveland or Detroit

Reporting to the Field Medical Director, Medical Affairs, the Medical Science Director performs a vital role within the organization by bridging internal strategy with external medical insights. Through interactions with the healthcare community, the Medical Science Director supports disease awareness activities, participates in scientific exchange, and obtains valuable information regarding unmet medical needs and current treatment paradigms to help guide executive decisions. As part of an emerging US and global organization, the Medical Science Director will also make significant contributions to processes, procedures, and best practices within the developing organization, serve as a medical resource to healthcare providers, clinical investigators and healthcare decision makers regarding the organization’s investigational and marketed products, and support product commercialization.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop enduring professional relationships with healthcare practitioners, clinical investigators, and healthcare decision makers to stay abreast of current scientific and disease management trends.

Provide medical and scientific support for Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America’s (MTPA’s) marketed products and areas of therapeutic interest.

Gather insights regarding unmet medical needs and treatment landscapes in targeted therapeutic areas.

Attend and support scientific and medical meetings. Disseminate clinical and competitive insights within the organization and prepare post-meeting deliverables as needed.

Respond to unsolicited requests; provide truthful, non-misleading and non-promotional information regarding MTPA’s products to healthcare professionals including physicians, hospital and MCO practitioners and formulary committees, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians and others.

Assist in the development of educational materials and standard responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs); provide product-related site education; serve as medical resource for home office and field colleague training.

Present medical and scientific information to healthcare professionals who provide peer education.

Support Investigator Sponsored Trials (ISTs) as needed.

Ensure that all medical education activities are conducted in full compliance with relevant guidance, rules and regulations.

Depending on organizational needs, the Medical Science Director may also be asked to:

Support medical initiatives across other therapeutic areas relevant to licensing, translational and clinical development activities.

Collaborate with colleagues from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America (MTDA) and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC, Japan) to support product development activities, including evaluation of target indications and identification of clinical investigators.

Qualifications

Education:

Required: Advanced Degree in Life Sciences: MD, PharmD or PhD.

Preferred: MBA

Professional Experience:

Minimum of 7 years of industry experience (Pharmaceutical, Biotech or related field), including 3+ years of field medical experience, preferably as a Medical Science Liaison (MSL).

CNS experience required, preferably in the area of motor neuron disease or neurodegenerative disorders.

Experience with customer relationship management required, including thought leader development, speaker bureau training, and formulary presentations

Experience with AMCP dossier and Health Economics and Outcomes Research strongly preferred.

Prior launch experience strongly preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

Proven competence in clinical therapeutics, drug development, business and market knowledge, and strategic resource management.

Thorough understanding of the FDA, OIG, ACCME, HIPPA and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.

Able to rapidly learn new therapeutic areas in a self-taught and peer-to-peer team learning environment.

Excellent communications skill set: interpersonal, networking, verbal, written and presentation.

Unquestioned personal integrity coupled with a strong customer focus.

Conscientious, enthusiastic team player with excellent collaboration and teamwork abilities.

Strong analytical and evaluative skills.

Able to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.

Computer skills:
Ability to interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms for the collection, review, and dissemination of medical information.

Strong knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Able to travel 30-60% of the time, or as needed, from home-based office. Willing to attend weekend events (medical conferences, ad boards, speaker training, etc.) on an occasional basis.

Additional Information

Our Value Proposition:

Enjoy the fast-moving, entrepreneurial spirit more typically found in a small biotech, complemented by the benefits of a global pharmaceutical/chemical conglomerate. At this time, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America offers our employees unparalleled opportunities for career success coupled with a supportive level of employee benefits: