The Scientific and Medical Affairs Manager is responsible for providing scientific assessments, clinical evidence reviews, disease landscape analysis, pipeline intelligence and horizon scanning of existing and emerging medicines, including biologics, long-acting technologies and other health innovations and will translate complex scientific evidence into a explicit analysis and recommendations to inform decision making. The role of the selected candidate will be to ensure that the scientific assessments are evidence-based, up-to date, complete, communicated timely and aligned with the MPP’s public health mission. The role combines scientific rigor with public health insight, translating complex scientific and clinical evidence into practical recommendations that inform MPP's prioritization, licensing and access strategies. Responsibilities Scientific Assessment and Product Evaluation
• Conduct structured scientific and clinical assessments of candidate medicines, including biologics for infectious diseases.
• Critically evaluate clinical evidence, including study design, endpoints, efficacy, safety, tolerability, resistance profile, dosing, route of administration, treatment duration and target populations.
• Assess the comparative clinical value of products against current and anticipated standards of care.
• Evaluate advantages, limitations, uncertainties and evidence gaps relevant to LMIC implementation, including in relation to national and international guidelines and essential medicines lists.
• Develop and maintain concise product profiles for prioritised and emerging products.
• Ensure scientific assessments are evidence-based,



maintained as living analyses and updated when significant new evidence becomes available Disease Landscape and Public Health Assessment
• Monitor epidemiology, disease burden, treatment gaps and unmet medical needs across priority infectious diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, respiratory syncytial virus, tuberculosis, malaria, and other relevant public health priorities.
• Assess the significance of the products evaluated within the public health context in LMICs, including vulnerable and underserved populations.
• Monitor changes in WHO guidelines, normative recommendations and other recognised public health guidance, including key medical societies. Pipeline Intelligence and Horizon Scanning
• Monitor pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic pipelines to identify promising assets relevant to MPP's mandate.
• Track clinical development programs, including trial initiation, study outcomes, regulatory developments and changes in development strategy.
• Monitor scientific literature, congresses, regulatory communications, clinical trial registries, company disclosures and other relevant sources.
• Conduct horizon scanning both within established disease areas and in emerging areas of public-health relevance. Product Prioritisation Support




• Provide scientific due diligence and product/pipeline intelligence to business development colleagues, including scientific and clinical assessments of individual assets and company pipelines, to support company engagements.
• Identify scientific and clinical factors affecting implementation, manufacturability, regulatory pathways and adoption
• Contribute from scientific and medical perspective to multidisciplinary discussions with MPP colleagues who have expertise in intellectual property, manufacturing, regulatory, policy, market access and business development, shaping collectively a potential MPP intervention to increase access. Qualifications Essential
• Masters, PhD or other advanced degree in Biology, Medicine, Pharmacology or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant scientific experience in scientific assessment, clinical research, scientific intelligence, access programmes or a related function.
• Demonstrated experience assessing clinical and scientific evidence of pharmaceutical assets
• Strong analytical, scientific writing and information synthesis skills
• Professional fluency in English
• Digital literacy Desirable
• Relevant experience in HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, respiratory infections, malaria or emerging infectious diseases.
• Experience working with LMIC health systems and global health stakeholders.
• Sound understanding of drug development pathways and regulatory processes.
• Experience working in international and multidisciplinary environments.

📌 Scientific and Medical Intelligence Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Medicines Patent Pool
📍 Mumbai