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Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Market Access Manager

Business OperationsPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeBeijing, ChinaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or above is required; a master's degree is preferred, in medicine, pharmacy, public health, health economics, or healthcare management.
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in market access, government affairs, health policy, pricing and reimbursement, or a related field is required.
  • Established networks with relevant government authorities and demonstrated ability to engage government authorities and policy experts are required.
  • A strong understanding of China's healthcare security and health-policy environment, with a good track record in NRDL, IDL, or EDL access, is required.
  • Policy analysis, project management, and execution capabilities are required.
  • Strong communication, influencing, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills are required.
  • Cross-functional collaboration capabilities and a strong compliance mindset are required.
  • The candidate should be results-oriented, proactive, and comfortable operating in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain trusted relationships with key national government authorities and affiliated institutions, including NHSA, NHC, NFRA, CHIRA, and CNHDRC.
  • Build and maintain strategic partnerships with national policy experts, health economists, reimbursement specialists, industry associations, and key stakeholders to support market access objectives.
  • Develop and implement integrated market access strategies for NRDL, IDL/CHI Drug List, EDL, and VBP through internal and external collaboration to support patient access and business growth.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Commercial, to align and execute market access strategies.
  • Shape multilayer reimbursement systems and commercial health insurance pathways by engaging leading insurers, third-party administrators, and other relevant partners; maximize private-pay opportunities for the portfolio.
  • Execute policy advocacy initiatives in related disease areas to foster policy prioritization and integration and standardization of care, with the aim of improving patient outcomes.
  • Monitor key policy developments, including drug reimbursement, DRG and DIP, RWE initiatives, essential drug policy, healthcare policy, rare-disease policy, and drug traceability-code implementation; provide forward-looking analysis and actionable recommendations to maximize business opportunities and mitigate risks.
  • Maintain related market access information systems, including negotiated-drug information systems and NRDL coding databases, accurately and in a timely manner; coordinate across functions to ensure products are appropriately handled.
  • Ensure stakeholder-engagement activities and access initiatives comply with company policies and relevant regulations.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree is preferred.

About the Company

Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Thousand Oaks, CA
Founded
1980

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