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About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Responsible for providing accurate, timely, and unbiased medical information (MI) for the assigned therapeutic area(s). This includes establishing, maintaining, and utilizing product/disease state subject matter expertise to respond to unsolicited unfacilitated inquiries from HCPs and consumers, requests submitted by in-field Medical and Commercial teams, and MI inquiries escalated from affiliates and MI Call Center staff, and managing the development, approval, and maintenance of global and region-specific medical/technical global content (GC) response documents used for product inquiries from internal customers such as country affiliate staff, and from external customers including healthcare professionals (eg, external experts, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, etc.) and consumers.

Responsibilities

• Provides timely and accurate development of GCs, summarizes literature and clinical guidelines, and assists in the development/approval of Data on File in accordance with established policies and practice standards. Ensures content conveys a clear and appropriate medical message. Provides review and approval of medical content, including complex and sensitive information. Ensures compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Represents AbbVie MI at global and key scientific conferences, and works cross-functionally to design and authorize floor plans and logistics for Medical Information Booths, as required.
• Independently performs literature searches, evaluates data, and maintains an in-depth understanding of product knowledge, associated disease states, treatment guidelines, labeling, and relevant internal data for assigned therapeutic area.
• May serve as an active member of cross-functional teams (eg. Global and/or Area/Local Medical Affairs teams), representing the Medical Information function.
• May partner with internal colleagues (Hub management, Global/Regional TA Leads, Area/Regional medical, Affiliate MI teams) to ensure creation of relevant core content to meet customer needs.
• Assists in providing solutions to deliver medical information to customers in unique and innovative ways (eg, SMS, video, podcast). Commercially aware of the needs of internal and external customers.
• Works with cross-functional colleagues to assist in the development of the Medical Value proposition for AbbVie reimbursement communications, including the AMCP dossiers. Creates and reviews dossier content as necessary.
• Critically evaluates literature, interprets complex data, and adapts delivery of information to a variety of audiences. Serves as a role model and mentor to peers.
• Identify global medical information insights based on Medical Information inquiries and partner with cross-functional colleagues to identify scientific gaps and strategic solutions.
• Assist in the development and delivery of core content and general medical information training.

Essential Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to analyze and anticipate business needs to identify business opportunities.
• Ability to develop and implement therapeutic team level strategies.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity.
• Demonstrated understanding of legal and regulatory environment of pharmaceutical industry.
• Possesses strong teamwork attributes.
• Strong ability to provide informal leadership, including mentoring, peer coaching and providing feedback.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills. Medical writing skills highly desired.
• Experience in providing innovative and unique solutions for delivery of medical information desired.
• Experience in understanding and evaluating HEOR and “Real World Data” desired.
• Maintains expert understanding of product knowledge, labeling, and relevant data.
• Able to apply knowledge across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Solid clinical understanding of disease states and the implications of treatment.
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial methodology, statistical concepts, and independent evaluation and interpretation of complex literature

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, PA, Pharmacy, PhD in Health Sciences, or MD/DO program.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or 6+ years of experience in health care related field preferred.
• Substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area(s) required, with a basic understanding of how medical information content and communications supports AbbVie business needs.
• Drug Information residency preferred.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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