Medical Advisor at Sanofi

This position will report to the Medical Director and the scope includes East Africa eHub which comprises of Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda andTanzania.

The objective of the Medical Advisor position is to implement the medical strategy of the East African Hub in collaboration with General Medicine and Emerging Markets (GEM) Global Medical Affairs plans whilst providing medical and scientific expertise to enable full realization of product value. In addition the incumbent is responsible for the development of Sanofi’ reputation among its partners.

Key Accountabilities

Marketing and Commercial:

• Contribute to strategic guidance in therapeutic areas
• Liaise with marketing to ensure external communication is effective and scientifically sound
• Act as medical lead in all Medico –Marketing activities and key projects in the zone to provide medical affairs leadership.
• Train marketing and sales teams in specific therapy areas
• Acta as a local medical lead to provide scientific insight in the development of affiliate promotional material in accordance with local company and international standards

Medical :

• Development, Implementation and follow up publications of clinical studies in the region
• Distill and communicate clear content from the wealth of scientific data available
• Initiate and develop advisory boards for specific therapy areas
• Ensure compliance with Kenya Association of Pharmaceutical Industry code, and company procedure in promotional materials.
• Respond to and document Medical Information enquiries
• Provide oversight over External engagements with Healthcare providers and organizations
• Key external expert management in the assigned therapy areas

Regulatory:

• Ensuring ethics in consumption
• Participating in securing ethics in our actions
• Recording clinical studies (ethics committees, Regulatory bodies) in the required systems
• Provide support in registering products