Orion Corporation operates in more than 20 countries, where we Orionees, 3200 in total, work in all kinds of positions. Among us there are Research Scientists, Laboratory Technicians, Engineers and IT Specialists as well as people working in Production, just to mention some examples. We offer diverse and responsible jobs to our personnel in a truly multi-disciplinary work environment. We encourage people to develop their competences and offer opportunities to affect the job description and creating their own career path at Orion. We are searching for top talents who are ready to share our passion for the work that we do.

About Orion R&D

Orion's pharmaceutical innovations are created within its R&D organization, including e.g. non-clinical research, clinical development, formulation development and medical affairs. We offer exciting opportunities to create and have an impact to the future therapies for patients. At Orion R&D our mission is to translate world-class science into novel life-changing therapies. We are passionate about patients' welfare.

We have recently developed and renewed our R&D organization to meet the needs of changing environment within the pharmaceutical industry. More specifically, the need to commercialise assets in the pipeline and secure the needed medical support to existing and future product portfolio. We are in the process of developing and renewing our Medical Information activities and as part of our ongoing development, we are looking for a Medical Information Officer to work in the Global Medical Affairs Department. The position is located in Espoo.

Description of position

The responsibilities of this strategic role include the following (including, but not be limited to);

• Receiving and processing Medical Information Enquiries from external and internal customers, primarily from Finland
• Providing accurate customer responses in a timely manner
• Identifying and reporting Adverse events and Product Quality Complaints to the appropriate departments
• Supporting Medical Information vendors in providing accurate and scientific information to customers
• Carrying out extensive literature searches within databases and publications
• Creating, maintaining and developing standard response documents and FAQs
• Providing support in creating responses for escalated enquiries/global colleagues
• Running and reviewing required monthly and ad-hoc reports
• Supportive training activities for internal stakeholders
• Troubleshooting and maintaining user access in a Medical Information System
• Reviewing promotional marketing materials and information materials ensuring compliance
• Supporting other Medical Affairs activities as needed

The position offers an exciting and challenging cross-functional opportunity to work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Medical Affairs is a vantage point over several pharmaceutical industry departments allowing insight into products, different therapy areas, patients and healthcare professionals.

Description of unit

Global Medical Affairs is part of Orion's Research and Development unit and collaborates intensely with several other internal and external stakeholders. Our Department is responsible for the medical support of propriety, generic, biosimilar, OTC- and all the self-care products from developmental and commercialization stage throughout the whole life cycle. We also supervise the post-marketing clinical studies and publications. 

We offer

The position offers an exciting and challenging cross-functional opportunity to work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Medical Information is a vantage point over several pharmaceutical industry deparments allowing insight into products, different therapy areas, patients and healthcare professionals. The Medical Information Officer role is a customer- facing and patient-centric one. 

Join us - together we build well-being and do work that we are proud of! More info about us: Orion

Job Requirements

• A degree in life or health sciences, pharmacy preferable
• Previous experience in Medical Information and reviewing promotional materials beneficial
• Experience in data case entry beneficial
• Ability to understand technical, medical and scientific texts and search common scientific databases
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Good IT skills and experience in data management system beneficial
• Organisational, time-management and prioritisation skills
• Knowledge of EU and Finnish legislation and guidelines around the Pharmaceutical Industry, including Data Privacy laws beneficial

General Requirements: The chosen candidate must be able to work in a compliant and confidential manner. We expect from all employees the ability to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary team of various stakeholders. Excellent collaboration and oral and written communication skills in Finnish and English are a must, Swedish is advantageous.

Additional information

If you are you the person we are looking for, please submit your application and CV on-line at the latest on Sunday 7.2.2021!

For more information about the position, please contact Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Paula Rytilä tel. +358 50 966 4416 on Thu 28.1. at 16-17 or on Thu 4.2. at 8-9.

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Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment. We will also carry out a security clearance prior to the employment for the selected person.