Director or Senior Director Clinical Due Diligence

Alpharma – Making Medicine Accessible

 

Alpharma, Inc. is a growing specialty pharmaceutical company with global leadership positions in products for humans and animals. Alpharma has a growing branded franchise in the chronic pain market with its morphine-based extended release KADIAN® product. In addition, Alpharma is among the worlds’ leading producers of several specialty pharmaceutical-grade bulk antibiotics and is internationally recognized as a leading provider of pharmaceutical products for poultry and livestock.

 

Our Pharmaceuticals Division is searching for a Director or Senior Director Clinical Due Diligence in Piscataway, NJ who reports to Chief Medical Officer.

 

Basic Function:

Reports to the Chief Medical Officer, the Director or Senior Director of Clinical Due Diligence is charged with onsite and offsite review of clinical opportunities in collaboration with business development.  Individual is intended to work with business teams in evaluating potential business deals from medical and clinical research perspective.  Will be required to meet and counsel executive leadership.

 

Responsibilities:

·  Provides business development leadership team medical and clinical due diligence of candidate early development to post-marketed products

·  Travel with team for due diligence of business licensing candidates

·  Working knowledge of pharmacovigilance and risk management activities

·  Participate in product development meetings

·  Prepare/deliver presentations on medical perspective

·  Evaluate in-license pharmaceutical candidates

·  Assess qualitative and quantitative composition of in-vitro and in-vivo product performance

·  Attend professional conferences and meetings

 

Requirements: 

·  DO or MD will consider PhD w/appropriate skills

·  Understand clinical development of pharmaceutical drug products, modeling and population PK analyses

·  Excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivation, and positive attitude

·  Analytical skills as well as excellence in oral and written communications

·  Ability to review business development projects

·  Have experience in medical affairs and clinical research

·  Ability to handle multiple issues on multiple projects simultaneously.

·  Ability to maintain a high degree of independence with respect to decision making and problem solving

·  Liaise with other departments/ divisions to ensure successful outcome in due diligence of projects

·  Strong negotiating skills

·  Must have ability to analyze and evaluate processes and procedures

 

Alpharma offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package to all eligible employees, which includes a 401K match and tuition reimbursement. 

 

For immediate consideration, please apply online or e-mail your resume with salary requirements to brandresumes@alpharma.com   Only candidates who include salary requirements will be considered.  Please reference NC-DCDD in the subject line.

 

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