Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease

Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease

The Regional Medical Science Liaison (MSL) serves as the primary field-based point of contact with healthcare providers (HCPs), including clinical investigators, on a range of clinical and scientific issues. The primary role is to deliver and facilitate medical education and communications, research, and scientific insight gathering activities of the client. This includes the provision of scientific and medical data on both licensed and unlicensed products and indications as permissible by local laws and regulations. The Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease will act as the medical representative across a large, complex environment with flexibility to support other countries as needed by the organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain, in a self-driven manner, outstanding knowledge of cardiometabolic diseases and related areas, including specialised expertise in rare disease such as Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS) and Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG), along with comprehensive client and competitor product knowledge.
• Understand and execute the medical strategy and broader business strategy to ensure activities are coordinated with the team and aligned to strategy within the business.
• Serves as external, credible scientific expert on disease area and client products at HCP field meetings, key medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, clinical investigator meetings and patient advocacy group meetings.
• Facilitate clear communication between the client and investigators in investigator engagement for both client trials and investigator-sponsored studies and barriers to enrolment for pipeline assets.
• Works to the highest ethical compliance, ethics and safety standards adhering to all local regulations and laws.
• Maintains and develops synergistic relationships with KOLs to expand research, advisory, and educational partnership opportunities.
• Training of the Key Account Management Team on scientific and medical topics.

Requirements:

• Advanced Degree – MD, PhD, PharmD.
• Demonstrable experience in an MSL function with cardiometabolic or rare disease experience preferred or experience in endocrinology or lipidology experience.
• Knowledge of clinical research design and GCP in the cardiology area.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of clinical research trial design and study analysis including cost effectiveness and other high-level HEOR evidence approaches.
• Demonstrate ability to develop trust and maintain integrity with KOLs/External Clinical and Scientific Experts, investigators, HCPs, and institutions, as well as with peers, and others.
• Ability to convey complex scientific concepts and information appropriately tailored to the audience e.g. affiliate staff and regional/global Medical Affairs leadership.
• A good understanding of the Health Authorities in each country across the region would be advantageous.

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Key skills/competency

• Medical Education
• Scientific Insight Gathering
• KOL Engagement
• Rare Disease Expertise
• Cardiometabolic Diseases
• Clinical Research Design
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• HEOR Evidence
• Scientific Communication
• Ethical Compliance