Apr
24
Medical Reviewer
April 24, 2025 | Comments Off on Medical Reviewer
Medical Reviewer
Basildon, UK or Mumbai, India (hybrid role: 3 days office, 2 days home per week)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
If you are an agile, committed and detail-oriented pharmacist or physician, with experience in medical review from a healthcare compliance perspective, then we want to hear from you.
Join us to help improve peoples' lives and make healthcare better for everyone!
Why Pharmanovia?
Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 160 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.
Our core behaviours are:
- We act decisively but we never compromise on quality.
- We keep our promises and do as we say.
- We value our heritage and foster an entrepreneurial spirit.
- We reinvest in our future - in our products, our brands and our people.
- We give back to our communities.
Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers, and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 300 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, China, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, and South Korea.
We are an agile, committed, and innovative global specialty pharma business and a preferred partner for innovator pharma companies, instigating a paradigm shift in the life cycle management of iconic medicines. We seek to extensively engage with clinical communities to communicate product improvements and prioritise environmental, social, and governance considerations across the business and workforce.
Pharmanovia's therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular, Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology.
About the role:
As Medical Reviewer, you will manage the medical reviewer function for Pharmanovia, including all Medical Legal Regulatory (MLR) management together with medical and regulatory review management tasks. This is a broad ranging role requiring responsible implementation of MLR policies, systems and procedures within the global medical team.
You will be a trained pharmacist or physician with experience in the medical review of promotional and non-promotional materials from a healthcare compliance perspective. Final signatory and certification are relevant for this role, from an EFPIA and ABPI perspective, but not essential.
Reporting into the Medical Affairs department, you will be working as an individual contributor and act as a key member of the wider Scientific Affairs team.
The department has an ethos of continuous improvement. This, along with the rapid growth of the business, leads to a varied and dynamic working environment.
Main responsibilities & duties:
- Performing full medical (and regulatory, i.e. against SmPC) review of promotional and non-promotional materials as well as HCP/HCO events including fair market value (FMV) assessment for disclosures (ToV)
- Training colleagues and third parties on MLR related SOPs and processes
- Coordinating MLR review, maintaining related SOPs (and auditing program to ensure compliance)
- Management of potential 3rd Party Material review partner(s)
- Implementing an internal pre-approval/reporting procedure
- Final sign-off and certification (or willing to do so in the future)
- Establishing and developing controls and documentation requirements
- Collaborating with Marketing and other relevant departments to create adequate Q&As / guidance for products and materials, managing central MLR database
- Disease area and competitors' knowledge, materials review from competitors
- Datamining of MLR database to support various internal departments and share relevant insights
- Maintaining a clear understanding and oversight of different MLR processes and partners within Pharmanovia's operations
- Being a credible MLR expert in the EFPIA and ABPI environments
- Engaging with external stakeholders to ensure a good understanding of the external environment and different stakeholder groups e.g. Health Authorities, External Experts, Associations, Patient groups, Payers, etc.
About you:
Candidates qualified as a pharmacist or physician, with experience of medical review from a healthcare compliance perspective, should have the skills and experience required for the role. We are also looking for:
- Pharmacy or Medical degree
- Final signatory (or willing to become one) desirable
- Strong understanding of EFPIA and/or ABPI codes of practice and willing to learn to fill any knowledge gaps
- Full professional proficiency in English (written and verbal)
- Experience in design, strategy execution and oversight of MLR process
- Organised, inquisitive, innovative problem solvers with the ability to perceive, understand and interpret facts quickly and precisely
- Solid time management skills, the ability to multitask and see the big picture
- Strong technical skills
- A resilient individual who is not afraid to challenge at all levels
- Data driven in decision making with the ability to analyse, focus on the key issues and communicate with clarity
What we offer:
We offer a competitive salary plus bonus and rewards package including holiday, health & wellbeing program, employee recognition awards, social events, pension scheme and hybrid working.
By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.