Medical Advisor Job at Sun Pharma in Mumbai
The medical advisor job at Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd offers an excellent opportunity for MD Pharmacology professionals to advance their careers in medical affairs. This senior-level role, part of Sun Pharma careers, is based at the corporate office and is ideal for candidates seeking leadership-focused jobs in Mumbai within the pharmaceutical industry.
Medical Advisor Job Details:
- Job Title: Senior Medical Advisor
- Job Location: Sun House, Goregaon East, Mumbai.
About the Company
Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd is a globally recognized pharmaceutical company and a preferred employer under Sun Pharma careers. The organization is known for its strong medical affairs teams, innovation-driven research, and commitment to patient-centric healthcare. Professionals looking for long-term jobs in Mumbai within the pharmaceutical sector find Sun Pharma an ideal workplace.
Qualifications
- Education: MD (Pharmacology)
- Experience: 3+ years of working experience as an HO Medical Advisor or Senior Medical Advisor
- Training in medical writing, clinical trial methodologies, research design, and ICH–GCP is an added advantage
- Working knowledge of Indian healthcare regulations, MCI code of ethics, UCPMP Code, and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act
- Strong academic background with deep therapeutic knowledge
- Strategic mindset with excellent scientific communication skills
- Experience in complex business environments preferred
- Proven performance record and professional achievements
Medical Advisor Job Description
This medical advisor job is a senior scientific role within cross-functional franchise teams, responsible for scientific enablement and disease area leadership. As part of Sun Pharma careers, the role supports medical strategy, regulatory submissions, product lifecycle management, and evidence generation, making it a highly impactful opportunity among senior jobs in Mumbai.
Key Responsibilities
- Core scientific member of cross-functional franchise team and a disease area expert, responsible for scientific enablement of respective business cluster
- Conceptualization and project management of a wide range of medical activities that are aligned to the respective franchise strategy, like:
- New Product Ideation
- New Product Evaluation
- Therapeutic rationale & relevant Medical support for regulatory submissions
- Preparation of SEC presentations & defense in the SEC meeting
- Pre-launch & launch preparations, including product monograph, training manuals, training & CME slides
- Franchise Medical Education programs
- Promotional and non-promotional material review & approval
- Answering queries
- Marketing and Sales training
- Real World Clinical Research and Publications – Planning and Execution
- Advisory board meetings
- Developing Insight-Driven Medical Plans
- Interaction & Engagement of identified Key Opinion leaders in a peer-to-peer capacity through medical affairs activities, in alignment with the overall strategic plan to shape disease areas of interest
- A therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing the scientific data pertaining to products on a proactive and reactive basis
- Responsible for identifying knowledge gaps, practice gaps, and data gaps, and providing recommendations for medical education programs
- Convert insights on disease trends and treatment patterns from KOLs into viable solutions
- Devise an optimal training plan to ensure the flow of the latest medical developments to the sales & marketing team
- Joint responsibility with marketing teams to support optimal patient outcomes
- Represent the organization in internal & external scientific platforms
- Collaborate with thought leaders for publications in reputed journals
- Respond to scientific information requests from physicians and internal stakeholders
- Handle complex medical queries related to products or disease areas
- Ensure timely approval of promotional materials
- Conduct medical evaluation of new products through desk research and KOL interactions
