Medical Consultancy

Who is a Medical Consultant?
The medical consultant ensures that pharmaceutical companies adhere to ethical principles regarding drug marketing. Medical consultants, who generally work in medical consultancy agencies, determine the aspects that differentiate the produced drugs or other therapeutic products from competitors.

What are the Duties and Responsibilities of a Medical Consultant?
The most important duty of medical consultants is to ensure compliance with ethical values regarding pharmaceutical marketing. For this reason, it examines the prospectus, packaging and many other materials and offers suggestions. Apart from this, other duties and responsibilities of the medical consultant are listed as follows;

To communicate with physicians who are intellectual leaders in the field to be used for drugs or other therapeutic products and to make regular visits,
Developing relationships with medical advisory boards,
Meeting with physicians and introducing medications or other therapeutic products,
Preparing presentations for physicians and stakeholders,
To follow the literature and new drugs or other therapeutic products,
Helping the company or medical agency develop strategy.
What kind of education is required to become a medical consultant?
People who want to become medical consultants must graduate from medical faculties of universities that provide 6-year education. In other words, medical consultants are selected among medical school graduates.

What are the Qualifications that Employers Expect from a Medical Consultant?
Employers expect medical consultants to follow the literature. For this reason, medical consultants must have a good command of English. Apart from this, the qualifications expected from medical consultants are listed as follows;

Having a driver's license and being able to drive a vehicle,
Being able to travel domestically or internationally at any time of the year,
Wanting to improve oneself in the pharmaceutical industry,
Being disciplined and devoted,
Complying with ethical principles,
Having strong communication skills.