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Ana Luísa Amado Vaz

Ana Luísa Amado Vaz

Ericeira,Portugal

Summary

Organized Medical Advisor offering more than 13 years of Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Affairs Expertise. Extensive training in Rare Diseases; Diabetes; Endocrinology; Cardiology and Nephrology combined with excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. Ascending path and acquisition of Scientific skills in Clinical strategy and providing brand development input while offering medical guidance and governance to support product life cycle.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work history

Medical Advisor

Amicus Therapeutics
Lisboa, Spain and Portugal
02.2022 - Current
  • Develop and maintain excellent thought leader Scientific Relationships in the field of Rare Diseases (Fabry Disease, Pompe Disease and Batten Disease)
  • Lead on medical initiatives fully independently and with minimal support, as Advisory Boards; organise and run Medical Lead Meetings & Medical Initiatives
  • Lead the delivery of Scientific interactions/ Discussions, presentations, Data exchange and Education with HCP
  • Support the Medical Director with the execution of the Medical Affairs, ensuring adherence to all Policies and Procedures as well as local Regulatory, Legal and Compliance requirements
  • Provide operational support for activities related to MedInfo; Clinical Trials and Market Access
  • Act as a Leader within the country cross functional team with proficiency, with proven working ability, directing strategy and fully accountable for medical decisions and strategic plans
  • Ensure Pharmacovigilance is duly processed and assist in assessment of adverse event reports originating in the Portugal and Spain for completeness, consistency and reporting requirements
  • Medical oversight and Review of promotional activities and materials
  • Able to apply good working knowledge of country Codes of Practice and Amicus Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and can advise on compliance issues and review promotional materials and activities
  • Ensure compliance with SOPs, GCP, GMP and ICH as well as legal and ethical standards; Assist medical director to ensure medical Governance within the affiliate
  • Medical Training and clinical updates: developing slide decks for training activities and for the support of key customers
  • Clinical Trial Activity: management of Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS); selection of potential study sites for development trials; strategic inputs into the development and execution of local clinical trials, IIS activities and publication plans
  • Conferred with managers to identify trends and adapt PR strategies to stay relevant.

Medical Science Liaison

Kyowa Kirin Farmaceutical
Lisboa, Portugal
11.2018 - 01.2022
  • Knowledge in rare diseases and in-depth expertise of Burosumab, a fully human anti-FGF23 IgG1 mAb designed to bind and inhibit FGF23 activity(Hospitalar product /treatment)
  • Responsible for developing, maintaining relationships and influencing the Medical / Scientific community and opinion leaders in the area of Rare Disease
  • Training of external stakeholders and Scientific support in launching new drugs
  • Involved in the paediatric and adult EAP implementation in PT and all medical communication with Infarmed (Crysvita)
  • Implementation of medical meetings, trainning in Pediatric and Adult Services (Nephrology, Orthopedy, Endocrinology…)
  • Continued mapping of XLH paed/adult patients on the national territory
  • Implementation and monitorization of the international X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) Registry
  • Work closely with cross-functional colleagues (Portuguese and Spanish) to create and drive medical product tactics that can enhance patient well-being and that deliver value to both patients and their healthcare teams
  • Collaborate closely with the Southern Cluster Medical Leadad on all the medical tegies to Portugal

Medical Scientific Liaison

Lilly Portugal, Produtos Farmacêuticos
04.2015 - 01.2018
  • Act as conduits of information about new research developments, clinical trial activities and therapeutic approaches in Diabetes area
  • Knowledge and in-depth expertise of the Lilly and Lilly Alliance / Boehringer Ingelheim portfolio: Analog Insulins; Insulin Biosimilar; ADO's- Trajenta; Jentadueto; Jardiance; Sinjardiance; And ARG1: Trulicity
  • Responsible for developing, maintaining relationships and influencing the medical/scientific community and opinion leaders in the area of Diabetes - KOLs
  • Training of internal and external stakeholders and scientific support in Launching new drugs (Abasaglar, Humalog200, Trulicity, Jardiance)
  • Implementation of National and Local Scientific Meetings - Diabetes Updates and Diabetes Academy; Hospital Educational Meetings; Advisorys Boards Lilly / BI and Lilly Alliance
  • Collection and sharing of medical inputs in Marketing and Sales strategies
  • Continuous work in the development of new forms of interaction and development of Marketing meetings - KOLs
  • Responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with academic researchers and leaders, attending conferences and talks, presenting information to pharmaceutical product teams and marketing new therapeutic products to physicians and other healthcare professionals

Patient Suport Program - Nurse

Lilly Portugal, Produtos Farmacêuticos
Lisboa, Portugal
03.2010 - 04.2015
  • Responsible for the dissemination, implementation and monitoring of Education Programs for patients in the Diabetes - Walking towards Balance and Diabetes Conversations
  • Responsible for Continuous Training and consulting of teams of health professionals in primary care and hospitals
  • Internal training on non-pharmacological responses from Lilly
  • Responsible for the dissemination, implementation and monitoring of Ptient Education Programs
  • Networking with sales, marketing and medical teams
  • Internal and external training on pathology, insulin therapy and medical devices
  • Indirect leadership of team members.
  • Followed modern educational standards for optimum treatments and patient protection.
  • Facilitated research into Diabetes and compiled information for technical papers.

Nurse Intern

Garcia de Orta Hospital
12.2009 - 03.2010
  • Provided nursing care to dependent, and recovery patients.

Education

Certificate of Higher Education - Genetics and Genetic Treatments

Harvard University
Cambridge, USA
01.2023 -

Master of Business Administration - Social and Organizational Intervention in Health - Specialty Management Policies and Health Services Management

University of Évora, and Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde de Lisboa
Lisbon
/2009 - /2012

Diploma of Higher Education - Aificial Intelligence

MIT University
Massachusetts, Cambridge, USA
11.2023 -

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Universidade de Évora
Evora
/2005 - /2009

Skills

  • Organisational Skills; Scientific skills
  • Medical expertise
  • People management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Excellent time management skills, and ability to manage priorities
  • Great capacity of accompanying a project from the early stages of development, up to the execution in the field
  • Excellent ability to identify, and communicate key clinical and research issues from industry leaders to appropriate departments to help shape the company's research, business development, and marketing plans and strategies
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Social Skills;
  • Excellent ability to establish professional relationships, and contact networks, with different professionals in the field
  • Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments
  • Good leadership skills and informal authority
  • High standards of ethics, and compliance
  • Sense of responsibility, and enterprising
  • Excellent capacity for learning, and adaptation
  • Excellent knowledge of: Windows operating systems; Microsoft Office and Open Office tools
  • Reputation management
  • Excellent knowledge of the digital/medical and scientific software packages currently in use in the facility (Veeva; Promomats; Concur;…)
  • Excellent ability to learn, and adapt to new software

Affiliations

Global Patient Advisor - Medtronic

Católica Lisbon School of Business &Economics- Patient Inovation Project

Member of Council Opinion of Diabetes Area - Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal. Member of Associação Protetora dos Diabéticos de Portugal

Languages

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Native
Spanish
Native
French
Upper intermediate

Timeline

Diploma of Higher Education - Aificial Intelligence

MIT University
11.2023 -

Certificate of Higher Education - Genetics and Genetic Treatments

Harvard University
01.2023 -

Medical Advisor

Amicus Therapeutics
02.2022 - Current

Medical Science Liaison

Kyowa Kirin Farmaceutical
11.2018 - 01.2022

Medical Scientific Liaison

Lilly Portugal, Produtos Farmacêuticos
04.2015 - 01.2018

Patient Suport Program - Nurse

Lilly Portugal, Produtos Farmacêuticos
03.2010 - 04.2015

Nurse Intern

Garcia de Orta Hospital
12.2009 - 03.2010

Master of Business Administration - Social and Organizational Intervention in Health - Specialty Management Policies and Health Services Management

University of Évora, and Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde de Lisboa
/2009 - /2012

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Universidade de Évora
/2005 - /2009

Others Projects and Interests

2021 December - Now, SOMA, International Volunteer program in São Tomé 

2017 March- May, International volunteer program in Nepal – All Hands

2015-2017, Included  in a Global Diversity and Inclusion Lilly Program as a Diversity Champion (Portugal, Spain and Grece)

2015 September, Speaker in a TED Talk about How to inspire people to not give up. 

2001 August, Represent Lilly in IDF Europe Youth Camp. 

2013 Selected worldwide as Medtronic Global Hero - Athlete, Marathon Participant. Athlete, Changing Diabetes Ambassador at Team Type 1


Others Projects and Interests

2021 December - Now, SOMA, International Volunteer program in São Tomé 

2017 March- May, International volunteer program in Nepal – All Hands

2015-2017, Included  in a Global Diversity and Inclusion Lilly Program as a Diversity Champion (Portugal, Spain and Grece)

2015 September, Speaker in a TED Talk about How to inspire people to not give up. 

2001 August, Represent Lilly in IDF Europe Youth Camp. 

2013 Selected worldwide as Medtronic Global Hero - Athlete, Marathon Participant. Athlete, Changing Diabetes Ambassador at Team Type 1


Others Projects and Interests

2021 December - Now, SOMA, International Volunteer program in São Tomé 

2017 March- May, International volunteer program in Nepal – All Hands

2015-2017, Included  in a Global Diversity and Inclusion Lilly Program as a Diversity Champion (Portugal, Spain and Grece)

2015 September, Speaker in a TED Talk about How to inspire people to not give up. 

2001 August, Represent Lilly in IDF Europe Youth Camp. 

2013 Selected worldwide as Medtronic Global Hero - Athlete, Marathon Participant. Athlete, Changing Diabetes Ambassador at Team Type 1


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