Medical Advisor Clinical Trials Milano

Medical Advisor Clinical Trials
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime - like a job where you have the chance to change lives.

At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star.

We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives.

We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients.

**Medical Advisor Clinical trials

**Location**:

Italy (field based)

**Reports To**:

Launch Excellence and medical Affairs Clinical trials

**This is what you will do**:

The Medical Advisor Clinical Programs & Early Pipeline is a field-based scientific resource that strategically supports the development, medical, and scientific objectives of Alexion's products in the different phases of development

He/She will work very closely with Clinical Operations & Medical Science to ensure successful performance of clinical trials.

He/she is also a peer scientific expert who communicates accurate and applicable scientific and medical information to Healthcare Practitioners (HCPs) and collects relevant data for Alexion from the field within a geographic area.

In addition, the Medical Advisor manages and maintains collegial and professional relationships with HCPs and identifies and facilitates collaboration opportunities with Alexion in new fields of engagement.

As International Medical Affairs team member she/he will maintain a very close collaboration with country medical teams & Country Medical Operations.

This includes regular bi-directional updates and alignment on a medical affairs plan for each individual study.

The Medical Advisor will report directly to the Executive Director, Medical Affairs Clinical trials & Launch Excellence, International & Japan and in dotted line to the Country Medical Director(s) and the accountability for the Medical Affairs Aspects of the studies will be determined for each individual study and country.

**You will be responsible for**:

**Clinical Trial Support

- In close partnership with the local Medical Affairs team drive identification of potential sites and investigators for clinical trials.

- Liaise with Clinical Operations to support clinical study feasibility, effective study implementation, and study management based on a trial/site specific action plan

- Enhance clinical operations efforts to improve recruitment & retention by possible education,

- training, clinical discussions with site's team, e. g.

on in

- and exclusion criteria.

- Ensure appropriate conversion of trial patients after trial in accordance with country specific options

- Ensure appropriate and compliant level of PAO group involvement with Patient Advocacy team

- Improve clinical trial protocols by coordinating country input, e. g.

through GPT (if required)

**Medical Intelligence

- Develop in depth knowledge of the assigned therapeutic areas, in terms of sites, physicians, laboratories, networks, and current diagnostic and clinical practices

- Obtain valuable feedback from the field to be shared with internal stakeholders

**KOLs Development

- When applicable initiate the work of identifying national or local opinion leaders, in close collaboration with the local medical affairs team.

Build and maintain strong partnerships with Investigators and other external stakeholders, including professional organisations for trial related activities.

**Scientific Communication

- Develop and maintain the highest scientific and medical expertise in the relevant fields and be acknowledged internally and externally as an expert & resource in the assigned therapeutic area

- Identify and address relevant educational gaps and relay those to Global and Country Medical Affairs

- Ensure timely and informative scientific/medical exchanges with customers and internal partners, in accordance with compliance policies and with legal requirements

**Medical Information

- Forward medical information inquiries to Global Medical Information, according to Alexion policy

**Compliance

- Stay current of local laws and guidelines, codes of practices and Alexion policies relevant to Clinical Development and Medical Affairs activity

**Collaboration

Strong collaboration with (but not limited to):

- Country Medical teams

- Clinical & Medical Sciences

- Launch excellence

**You will need to have**:

- Minimum 7-10 years of combined experience in the Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology industry or patient care

- Relevant scientific degree

- Fluency in English and relevant local languages, written and spoken

- Successful track record in the recruitment of clinical trial patients

- Previous experience in rare diseases is a definite plus

- Proven capacity to:

- communicate clearly complex scientific data, in different settings (F2F and public presentations) and to different audiences (incl.

top experts in the rele