Medical Advisor / Disease Area Specialist (Final Signatory) – Innovative Medicines

We’re partnering with a leading global biopharmaceutical company to appoint a Medical Advisor / Disease Area Specialist within Innovative Medicines. This is a strategic Medical Affairs role with final signatory responsibility, providing scientific leadership across therapy areas and supporting early and late-stage assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and clinical leadership across designated therapy areas
• Drive and execute UK medical strategy and research plans for products and pipeline
• Act as nominated final medical signatory, ensuring compliance with the ABPI Code and internal procedures
• Provide medical leadership for New Products Planning and early asset assessment
• Lead medical input into HTA activities in partnership with HEOR
• Partner cross-functionally with Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory and Field Medical

Requirements

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree (Physician or UK-registered Pharmacist preferred)
• Medical Affairs experience across early, mid and late-stage lifecycle
• Strong UK Code of Practice knowledge and final signatory experience
• Proven ability to lead in a matrix environment with excellent communication skills

About Planet Pharma:

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognised by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

www.planet-pharma.com

Please click ‘apply’ or contact Finlay Keyworth (Recruiter II) at Planet Pharma for more information:

E: fkeyworth@planet-pharma.co.uk