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About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Purpose Statement:

The main purpose of this position is to design, develop and implement activities that enable AbbVie to secure optimal reimbursement and realize the maximum commercial potential of current and future AbbVie products marketed in Japan, creating evidence that is reasonable in light of drug price standards and focused on economic aspects, in collaboration with internal stakeholders and related sections of Global/Intercon and further developing the reputation of AbbVie as a credible, research-based pharmaceutical organization that brings high value products to patients and stakeholders in Japan.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Pricing
   • Develop and execute market access strategies that appropriately reflects the value of AbbVie's products to remove barrier for patients to be able to access new products and already launched products, aligning with brand strategies and global market access strategies
   • Provide input to Clinical Development, Marketing, and Global/Intercon from the early stage of development that will lead to more desirable drug prices
   • Lead pricing and reimbursement submission dossier and lead the pricing and reimbursement negotiations with MHLW in collaboration with related internal functions and regional/global team
   • Forecast medium- to long-term NHI prices of listed products for budget and strategic planning, develop contingency plan, and arguments to minimize the impact of re-pricing and leverage opportunities, in line with healthcare system change
2. Others
   • Monitor and assess health insurance and pricing policy changes, and provide timely feedback to related functions for optimizing the strategy
   • Expand network with pricing/HEOR experts in the industry for deepening insights, and contribute to industry association’s activity for improving pricing environment
   • Establish good working relations with Global/Area Market Access

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• Essentials
  • Leadership, Strategic and Collaboration mindset of sharing skills and experiences proactively so that the best results can be learned as a team, and of providing necessary support beyond the framework of the team.
  • Agile thinking with flexible open mind
  • Logical thinking/writing
  • Basic knowledge on medical care policies and systems
  • Excellent communication in both Japanese and English: TOEIC Score more than 800, ability of communicating with Global team smoothly
  • PC skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Good fit with the ways we work

• Desirable
  • Basic knowledge on medical service fees and the NHI drug price system
  • Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the regulatory and access environment
  • Experience in Pricing/Market Access

Education/Experience Required:

• At least 5-year in the pharmaceutical industry, medical device company or Consulting company
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or above

Travel: Yes, but very limited

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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