Medical Information Specialist

3 weeks ago


Mississauga, Canada AstraZeneca Full time

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

As a member of the Medical Information team, you provide accurate, consistent and timely medical and scientific information to healthcare practitioners. As a core member to the therapeutically-aligned business unit, you will support the medical strategy by building medical/scientific content and providing insights and recommendations to internal partners.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Be a scientific specialist to AstraZeneca therapeutic areas, including products, disease state, emerging therapies and therapeutic landscape
- Provide accurate and timely responses (verbal and/or written) to triaged/escalated medical information requests from healthcare practitioners and/or vendor
- Ensure that all local and globally driven key performance indicators for Medical Information-related tasks and deliverables are met
- Build, review and maintain local medical information content (i.e. standard response letters, literature comparisons, slide decks) to align with global assets and local strategies
- Support the build of and/or lead internal brand and therapeutic training; working closely with the Medical team (Medical Science Liaisons, Medical Advisors, etc.) to create, revise and maintain scientific presentations
- Working with the brand team, provide scientific expertise and review when crafting promotional materials
- Inform Drug Information Centres (DICs) when significant changes to PMs have been made
- Identify and report Adverse Events to Patient Safety as per standard operating procedures; training will be completed prior to performing tasks
- Actively participate in and contribute to digital initiatives (i.e. OPTIC, AZMedical, MedOmni)
- Organize, host or participate in My Science Matters (MSM) events within the organization
- Provide back-up to your team members as needed, and perform additional tasks as assigned by management to improve how we work and enhance your development
- Conduct activities and interactions consistent with what we value and in compliance with the Code of Ethics and supporting Policies and Standards, reporting potential issues of non-compliance should these occur

Education/Qualifications:

- You have a university degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing
- You have a strong MS Office and database search skills
- You have effective relationship skills and a strong commitment to positively impacting a team
- You are a strong communicator, and are able to critically evaluate, assess and synthesize scientific and clinical literature
- Industry or similar experience, preferably in Medical Information or the Medical Affairs function is preferred
- Bilingualism (English/French) is an asset

Great People want to Work with us Find out why:

- GTAA Top Employer Award for 9 years
- Learn about our culture
- Learn more about working with us in Canada
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AstraZeneca is committed to taking every reasonable precaution to protect employees, our customers and the healthcare systems in the communities in which we serve. In an effort to protect the wellbeing of our employees and customers, full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of all positions at AstraZeneca. As such, all offers of employment will be conditional upon either (i) proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or (ii) proof of need for accommodation under relevant human rights legislation, and AstraZeneca’s determination that the requested accommodation can be provided without undue hardship. You will be required to submit proof of full vaccination or proof of need for accommodation during our background screening process.



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