Medical Advisor

Zuellig Pharma is a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, and our purpose is to make healthcare more accessible to the communities we serve. We provide world-class distribution, digital, and commercial services to support the growing healthcare needs in this region.

The company was started a hundred years ago and has grown to become a multibillion-dollar business covering 17 markets with over 12,000 employees. Our people serve more than 200,000 medical facilities and work with over 450 clients, including the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Purpose of the role:

Medical Advisor (MA) is the local field medical expert responsible for providing scientific and medical support to external and internal stakeholders. MA will provide information on the disease state and the appropriate use of specific Zuellig products on the focused therapeutic categories. This position will proactively build relationship with HCPs through the scientific approach that is aligned with the Brand and Medical Plan. MA will need to be a credible and valuable representative of Zuellig Pharma in a variety of medical interactions with key local stakeholders.

What You’ll Do:

1. Medical support for external stakeholders

• Act as scientific expert in the key therapeutic categories for external stakeholders.
• Build and maintain scientific trust-based relationships with KOLs.
• Share on label data with HCPs, discussing all aspects of the data in a scientific, objective and balanced way.
• Respond to unsolicited requests for medical information about unapproved Zuellig products or unapproved uses of approved products, presenting such information in an objective, scientifically balanced, substantiated manner that is scientific in tone and content, free of promotional messages, truthful, and not misleading.
• Work with HCPs in scientific activities that help advance disease understanding such as:
  • Identify potential speakers and train speakers as appropriate
  • Interact in the field with the medical community in the context of various medical projects, such as clinical trials, investigator-sponsored studies (ISS), scientific exchange meetings
  • Provide recommendations for advisory board participants and also lead national advisory boards.
  • Reactive off label questions response for KOLs
  • Build Zuellig relationship with key external stakeholders (e.g. government bodies, patient advocacy groups, key medical organisations) by providing scientific support.

2. Medical support for internal stakeholders

• Act as scientific expert in the key therapeutic categories for internal stakeholders.
• Provide the Zuellig organization with an understanding of the local medical community, clinical practice trends and real or perceived gaps in current scientific knowledge and medical treatment.
• Provide the rest of the Zuellig organisation with an update on partnerships with HCPs, as speakers, or in the context of medical projects.
• Identify HCPs with the scientific expertise in local treatment practice to collaborate on forward-thinking medical projects identified in strategic brand planning
  Provide scientific support at Zuellig sponsored educational events.
• Initiate and conduct appropriate Zuellig staff training & development on information regarding current clinical data and emerging trends in medical practice within therapeutic categories.
• To work with internal cross functional team on formulary listing.
• Participate in local Brand teams to contribute knowledge and needs from the field, give feedback on medical plans and suggest ideas for studies and learn new medical news on the product and disease area
• Attend MSL skill forum meetings and trainings

3. Knowledge of therapeutic category

• Remain abreast of the latest scientific knowledge and developments in defined domains of expertise, including by means of participation in structured Zuellig training programmes
• Attend relevant scientific congresses to gather contextualized new Zuellig and competitor information through session attendance and HCP meetings.

4. Others:

• Oversight of Pharmacovigilance
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Compliance
• Adverse Event Reporting
• Reconciliation of Safety Data and Product Complaints
• Organized Data Collection Programs (including Patient Support, Market Research, and Social Media Programs)
• Safety Data Exchange Agreements (SDEA) and other PV Agreements
• Risk Management
• Safety Monitoring

What Will Make You Successful:

• Medical Doctor (MD)
• Good English & Vietnamese
• At least 02 years working experience at similar roles.

What We Offer:

• We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where our employees can learn, grow, and achieve shared success.
• We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring every individual feels valued, respected, and treated fairly.
• As a leading multi-market healthcare solutions provider, we empower our employees to gain comprehensive knowledge and expertise in the dynamic healthcare industry across the region.
• Enjoy the flexibility to effectively balance your work and personal life while taking charge of your career journey through our empowering growth opportunities.
• Our Total Rewards program is designed to support your overall well-being in every aspect.