Msl Immunology South of Portugal

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

MAIN ACTIVITIES
- To maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Accordingly, to strategic lines of Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for achieving short-term and long-term company goals at local level.
- To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients’ treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with a defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other stakeholders) and to be considered an internal and external trusted scientific counterparts

TASKS
- To keep abreast of medical and scientific knowledge
- Continuous update on products, patient’s treatment trends, clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
- Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists
- Understand their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area
- Communicate value of company products, incl. clinical questionnaire discussions
- Through scientific interactions, communicate medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches
- Represent the company within professional associations in the therapeutic area in cooperation with Medical Affairs/ Medical Education and other positions in the Medical Affairs Department
- Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data according to following criteria
- Proactive Scientific Communication to Leading Specialists must be consistent with the last approved Summary of Product Characteristics regarding the safe and effective use of approved products in approved indications. Content of Scientific Communication should be highly scientific, accurate, fair and objective, based on an up-to-date evaluation of all relevant evidence and reflect that evidence clearly, using neither marketing claims nor brand name, for individual or groups of physicians (group calls)
- In some very specific circumstances, the MSL can interact proactively with non-Leading

Specialists. The program should be clearly defined in the MSL Country Activity Plan, providing the rational, the objective, content, timelines and selection criteria of the HCPs to be involved
- Description of R&D programs and discussing regulatory developments with no promotional intent are also part of Scientific Communication.
- Reactive Communication of medical scientific data can be provided upon request to any Health Care Professional, within the approved label or off-label. The request should come either directly from the HCP or via the Medical Information department. MSLs are required to document all off-label information requests they receive from Leading Specialists and other HCPs that they may interact with.
- Organization and participation in Medical Education activities, at local &/regional level
- Identify/support/educate speakers
- Build Medical Education programs with scientific third party
- Collaborate with Medical Education manager in National Medical education activities
- Provide scientific material under request. MSLs may initiate discussion with potential speakers, discussing documents/ slides which may be of help for future presentations.
- Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Affairs/Medical Education/other positions in the Medical Affairs Department.
- Market Access Discussions

MSLs can present highly scientific, accurate, fair and objective data to Payors (Hospital Formulary Committees, Health Insurers, Health Technology Assessment Committees, etc) to provide them with objective information about Company products.
- Pre
- Approval Activities

MSLs can engage in interactions with Payors to raise awareness so that payors can plan and budget so that patients can receive the product when it becomes available. MSLs can organize Speakers training to prepare speakers for delivering presentations to other HCP when the Marketing Authorization is granted.
- Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives and other company representatives
- Provide medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training/Medical Affairs Department as appropriate
- Act as a reference point to Sales Representatives for