Dr. Simon Mangcwatywa
Executive Medical Professional
Johannesburg
Summary
Results-orientated, Medical Executive with 17 years experience in local and international healthcare industry including, Pharmaceuticals, Patient Access, Medical Aids, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Research & Development, Drug Manufacturing, Drug Laboratory, Medical Affairs, Clinical Research and Medical Finance. Proven record in strategy execution and improving business operations. Adept in maneuvering complex healthcare business challenges and producing desired outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Medical Director
Adcock Ingram Limited
02.2014 - 12.2018
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team, including Medical Affairs, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, R&D, drug manufacturing in 5 countries.
- Ensured Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance in line with market demands and statutory requirements.
- Drafted and executed Medical Affairs strategy throughout all the members country businesses.
- Negotiating with marketing business units regarding their marketing demands and our research and laboratory constraints.
- Drafting, coordinating and implementing a budget for all members countries
- Managing and continuous implementation of financial controls ensuring viability of the business
- Driving new product innovation with R& D, in line with marketing business units and accordance to regulatory framework.
- Overseeing robust and cost-effective re-formulations delivered to Supply Chain, Marketing and regulatory bodies.
- Stakeholder management in line with the Board's strategy.
Principal Medical Officer
Sizwe-Hosmed Medical Aid
01.2018 - 10.2018
- Drafting and executing business strategy as mandated by the Board to achieve overall business objectives.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and good corporate governance throughout all business operations.
- Budget management and execution of financial controls through the business to meet market and operational demands.
- Cultivating and leading innovation-orientated office culture to improve work performance and offer attractive business product propositions.
- Managing and leading multidisciplinary team executives to drive business operational objectives in alignment with market demands and set financial targets.
- Continuous business wide-enterprise risk management ensuring good corporate citizenry and business viability.
- Formulating and driving the Stakeholder Management strategy to ensure business congruency with internal and external clients.
Head-Medical Affairs & Bus. Dev. Manager
Litha Pharma (Now Acino SA)
02.2012 - 01.2014
- Formulated Medical Affairs strategy to support medical operations.
- Maintaining product dossiers portfolio in line with regulatory requirements.
- Constantly engaging KOL's and medical professionals via medical education and CME's
- Ensuring quality regulatory submissions and timeously
- Initiate, lead and conclude dossier acquisitions from international clients.
- Ensure constant product supply in the market in alignment with marketing demands.
- Scanning the market for intelligence and advising the business appropriately to maintain business relevance.
- Stakeholder management strategies including government to ensure business viability.
- Medical training to representatives.
Regional Med. Manager & Head-Scientific Operations
Novartis SA
12.2008 - 02.2012
- Leading the biggest portfolio (CVM) in in 3 countries (Africa, Middle East & China), while simultaneously heading Scientific Operations.
- Strategic and scientific support of clinical research to ensure high quality, execution of clinical trials internally and externally.
- Supporting and assisting in major international CVM congresses in Africa, Middle East & China, involved in international KOL's medical speaker briefings.
- Maintaining proper and quality medical education to local and international medical professionals.
- Providing strategic and valuable marketing support through strategy conceptualization, development and execution.
- Drive consolidation of KOL's and key account insights to support development of medical and company product strategies.
- To establish, develop and maintain valuable working relationships with strategic clients to ensure buy-in and product acceptance through continuous engagements and interactions with KOL’s.
- Ensure market preparation pre-and post-launch by supporting scientific operations.
- To input into strategy, in the preparation of medical information dossiers and engaging funders for the purpose of gaining reimbursement.
Education
M.D. - Medicine
University Of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa 04.2001 -
Skills
Executive Organisational Leadership
Strategy Formulation and Execution
Negotiations and Communications Skills
Financial Skills
Improving Operational Efficiencies
Accomplishments
Sizwe -Hosmed:
- Successfully initiated and concluded first-ever merger of Sizwe & Hosmed, creating the 8th largest medical aid in SA. No jobs lost.
- Boosted annual contributions from ZAR 2.5 Billion to ZAR 4.4 billion and increased option offering from 5 to 11 options.
- Created the 4th highest reserves of ZAR 1.3 billion in SA medical aid industry.
- Received an improved Global Credit Rating AA-, due to prudent financial management.
Adcock- Ingram:
- Oversaw 5 countries, 300 employees with ZAR 200 million budget under management, came under budget yearly.
- Involved in 2 successful acquisitions after medical due diligences done .
- Triggered and successfully received a WHO pre-qualication status at our R&D laboratory one of only 3 such laboratories in SA.
- Innovatively added new formulations and look and feel of a vitamin product.
- Successfully rolled out a ZAR 6 million software programme with no disruptions to operations.
Litha Pharma
- Oversaw over 70 business development leads in the business.
- Negotiated and signed over 28 new molecules red in South
- Successfully launched the company's first ethical product, Silodyx.
- Completed a 2 week business development training in Canda
- Compiled the organization's forst Biosimilars strategy review document.
Novartis SA
- Medical team won "Best Detail-Aid" in AMAC (Africa, Middle East & China).
- Successfully introduced and managed the company's first Scientific Operations department.
- Two successful product launches (Exforge & Galvus- SA’s first DPP-4 inhibitor. Galvus had the highest and quickest uptake in
the market. - Successful planning, training and launch of Galvus in Namibia
- Successfully lead the team which saw Galvus included in the SEMDSA treatment guidelines.
- Successfully negotiated with Novartis Global, preventing the shutdown of a clinical trial in SA.
Timeline
Principal Medical Officer
Sizwe-Hosmed Medical Aid
01.2018 - 10.2018
Group Medical Director
Adcock Ingram Limited
02.2014 - 12.2018
Head-Medical Affairs & Bus. Dev. Manager
Litha Pharma (Now Acino SA)
02.2012 - 01.2014
Regional Med. Manager & Head-Scientific Operations
Novartis SA
12.2008 - 02.2012
M.D. - Medicine
University Of Cape Town
04.2001 -