Director Of Medical Affairs - Gsk Oncology
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John Lynes is listed as Experienced Medical Affairs Leader. Supporting Teams Through Change to Deliver for Patients at GSK, based in London, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for John Lynes.
John Lynes previously worked as Director of Medical Affairs - GSK Oncology at Gsk and Associate Director Medical Affairs at Celgene. John Lynes holds Bsc (Hons), Applied Biology from Brunel University Of London.
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A highly motivated, experienced medical affairs leader who has developed skills and expertise in medical affairs, training & commercial roles over a 29-year period in the pharmaceutical industry. I have a proven track record of consistently delivering results in a variety of different roles and environments including aspects of people management, managing change, strategic & tactical planning, project management, medical affairs and code compliance activities. I am a self-starter, who enjoys working in partnership with colleagues & key NHS customers. I am able to adapt quickly to different roles & situations, confident at communicating & consulting at all levels within a diverse organisation.With over 12 years in medical roles at Celgene I have been committed to launching new innovative treatments as part of a broad cross functional team. PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:• Building and leading a UK medical team focussed on the delivery of Celgene cellular therapies • Launching Celgene’s Immunomodulatory drug portfolio and delivering 9 successful HTA submissions in addition to a wider variety of other medical initiatives in partnership with the clinical community• Collecting & publishing real world evidence supporting regulatory & reimbursement submissions• Ensuring the delivery of high quality strategic & tactical medical plans for the UK & Ireland affiliate• Supporting & guiding the UK team with compliance related mattersEXPERTISE: Building, leading and inspiring teams, coaching, strategic & tactical planning, scientific training, health technology assessments, publication planning, generation & publication of real-world evidence, drug development, congress planning, medical education, scientific symposia, generation of medical insights, KOL development, advisory boards, scientific data generation, post authorisation safety studies, investigator initiated trials, code compliance, medical excellence, cross functional working & sharing of best practice.
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Associate Director Medical Affairs
- Responsible for building, managing and mentoring a medical team focussed on the delivery of Celgene cellular therapy in the UK and Ireland affiliate
- Accountable for the development and implementation of affiliate Medical Affairs strategy and tactics for product development, launch preparation and commercialisation
- Oversite & support for a wide variety of pre-launch activities including the delivery of medical insights, medical training, advisory boards, material development, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T) site.
- Provided technical/scientific/medical leadership in the key therapeutic areas/modalities i.e.; multiple myeloma, lymphoma including CAR T
- Generated and published Real-World Evidence (RWE) to support CAR T regulatory & reimbursement submissions
- Championed medical excellence, cross functional working and best practice sharing
Jan 2018 - Aug 2021
Senior Medical Affairs Advisor / Medical Affairs Advisor
- Medical lead for Celgene’s Multiple Myeloma (MM) Franchise responsible for championing the MM strategic plan and delivering key medical initiatives. Promoted to Senior Medical Affairs Advisor in October 2015
- Clinical input into nine successful Multiple Myeloma HTA submissions and recognised with a business impact award for my contributions
- Delivered publications looking at clinical outcomes with fixed-duration therapy compared with continuous treatment in the management of Multiple Myeloma which were recognised with a medical excellence award
- European excellence award for my contribution towards the launch of a Celgene immunomodulatory drug by achieving Cancer Drugs Fund reimbursement
- Three awards for “Living Celgene Values and recognised with an award for the outputs of a Scientific review meeting at the American Society of Haematology meeting
- Represented the UK & Ireland affiliate at global cross functional meetings
Jun 2012 - Jan 2018
Senior Regional Medical Liaison / Regional Medical Liaison
- Responsible for provision of scientific / medical information, championing investigator-initiated trials, compassionate supply of medicines, supporting company sponsored trials, developing & delivering field insights.
- Promoted to Senior Regional Medical Liaison in March 2021
- Recognised for delivering high quality medical education & training
- Recognised for leading a cross functional UK priority team, providing strategic input into the development of a histone deacetylase inhibitor
- Championed the delivery of a post authorisation safety study leading to publication of UK & Irish experience
Nov 2008 - Jun 2012
Commissioning Specialist / Account Manager
- Responsible for regional sales targets and mapping / influencing funding of Celgene treatments
Jun 2006 - Nov 2008
Healthcare Development Manager
- Coordinated Health Authority strategy to maximise opportunities for a complex portfolio including drugs for Obesity, Nutrition, Arthritis, Cardiovascular disease & Paediatrics
Jan 2005 - Nov 2005
Product Manager
- Responsible for co-marketing a proton pump inhibitor with ALTANA Pharma
- Effectively managed a marketing budget of £1m to develop, implement & champion the marketing plan including full campaign materials, customer mailings, national / international meetings, and key opinion leader.
- Campaign recognised by both Pharmaceutical Marketing for “Brand revitalisation” & Abbott International for “Marketing excellence” achieving cash sales of £24m by Jul 04 (Growth of 25% over prior year)
Jun 2003 - Jan 2005
Senior Hiv Hospital Specialist / Hiv Trainer
- Launched an HIV protease inhibitor (Launch recognised by Pharmaceutical Marketing)
- Field & in-house trainer for 8 representatives across the UK
Aug 2000 - Jun 2003
Hospital Sales Specialist
- Top performing hospital sales representative over 12 months with a neurological drug for Parkinson’s disease. Generated over £100K of business by converting 3 hospitals to a Roche antibiotic in a highly competitive.
Jul 1996 - Jun 1999
Gp / Hospital Sales Representative
- Top sales representative in 1995 & consistently a top ten performer
Nov 1992 - Jun 1996
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John Lynes education
Bsc (Hons), Applied Biology
Brunel University Of London
Btec Ordinary National Diploma, Science
Gloucestershire College Of Arts And Technology
Kingham, Oxfordshire
Kingham Hill School
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John Lynes works for GSK.
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John Lynes is listed as Experienced Medical Affairs Leader. Supporting Teams Through Change to Deliver for Patients at GSK.
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John Lynes is based in London, England, United Kingdom while working with GSK.
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John Lynes has worked for Gsk, Celgene, Abbott, Roche, and Pharmacia & Upjohn.
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John Lynes holds Bsc (Hons), Applied Biology from Brunel University Of London.
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