Medical Science Liaison, Northeast Italy

Description

The purpose of our client is to discover, develop and bring more innovative medicines to patients. They have more ideas, see more opportunities and want to help more patients. In order to achieve this, they will develop the company into one of Europe’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, with a strong scientific core. Our client is headquartered in Switzerland and, after establishing commercial operations in the US and Japan, has opened their commercial affiliates in major strategic locations in Europe.

Following the opening of their Italian affiliate, they are now looking for an experienced MSL (Medical Science Liaison). This MSL will be accountable for engaging in high-quality scientific exchanges about the science and clinical application of our client’s newly launched medication in the field of Neurology. This engagement occurs through scientific interactions with external stakeholders.

Medical Science Liaisons are expected to interact with and provide value to both internal and external stakeholders. The MSL will be a credible representative of our client in a variety of interactions with stakeholders across their assigned region.

Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships with HCPs (health care professionals) and provide them with credible, fair, and balanced scientific information about the therapeutic areas of interest to their products, research activities, and product development while understanding their perspectives, including challenges when treating patients.
• Have a clear understanding of the healthcare ecosystem in which the MSL operates, including HCPs, payers, patients, and policymakers, and map partnership opportunities accordingly.
• Liaise with key internal stakeholders to build and execute comprehensive, dynamic territory planning regarding the molecule, molecule life cycle, therapeutic area, and territory.
• Act as a therapeutic area and product expert as evidenced by regular review of relevant literature, participation in scientific congresses and conferences, and internal therapeutic area training, and develop competitive intelligence on other products in the therapeutic area.
• Gather and collate insights from the field.
• Assist in conducting internal training and communication with the medical, brand team, and territory managers.
• Education both internally and externally will be a key area of responsibility.
• Assist the medical affairs team in the identification of potential investigators and research projects, including assistance with the investigator-sponsored trial process, sponsored study site identification, recruitment strategies, and collaboration with clinical operations.
• Escalate medical information requests as needed.
• Escalate pharmacovigilance cases (Severe Adverse Events) and follow up as needed.
• Disseminate clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner.

Requirements:

• The successful candidate must be a skilled relationship developer, employ an entrepreneurial spirit, and passionately embody the company’s mission.
• Deep knowledge of the key MSL activities and processes with previous experience in a similar role in Italy.
• Diversified product launch experience, ideally in the area of Neuroscience.
• Professional experience within the pharmaceutical industry and ability to participate in scientific dialogue with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and researchers.
• Ability to present and discuss scientific material clearly and concisely.
• Ability to problem-solve and map interdependencies in complex environments.
• Ability to lead their territory with a clear vision in relation to unmet needs and collaboration opportunities.
• Skilled in clinical research and an understanding of the process of pharmaceutical product development and approval.
• Highly compliant and able to function in a highly regulated environment and adhere to all guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) while responding to a variety of questions and requests from HCPs.
• Medical or Scientific degree (e.g., MD, PhD, PharmD).

TSP Talent Solutions and our customers are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled).