MSL

AstraZeneca - an international innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of prescription drugs in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, respiratory, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company is represented in more than 100 countries around the world, and its innovative drugs are used by millions of patients.

The company has an open position of Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in Oncology. MSL is a field-based scientific expert that strategically supports the medical and scientific objectives products. This individual is a peer scientific expert who communicates accurate and applicable science to Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) within a geographic area.

It’s a hybrid role: 30% of fieldwork and 70% of strategy work.

Who is this vacancy for?

• Someone with experience in the position Senior Medical Representative, KAM or Product Manager.
• Employees-assistants of university departments who are interested in science and want to develop as researchers (assistant of the department, PhD, etc.).
• Employee of the clinical research department.
• Someone without similar experience, but who has ambition and wants to become a specialist in this area, with an understanding of what command work is.

Requirements:

• Higher education in Pharmacy or Medicine;
• Experience in company with originals medicine or with innovative products;
• Ability to learn, motivation and interest to oncology;
• English at the Intermediate level and higher;
• Experience in analyzing and searching for information on medicine research, interpretation of scientific research and statistical data;
• Communicability, the ability to speak at the same language as medical professionals;
• Analytical mind;
• Presentation skills;
• Experience with oncological medicine will be an advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining peer-to-peer collaborations with key medical experts in the TA Area within the assigned region and becoming recognized as a consultant in the therapeutic area;
• Identifying and executing collaboration opportunities between expert KOLs in Pulmonology, medical affairs and clinical development, such as publications, investigator-initiated trials, regional advisory boards, training, and speaker development programs;
• Serving as scientific peer-to-peer resource for TA Area disease experts. Educating the medical community with up-to-date medical and scientific information and exhibiting robust disease expertise and product information;
• Communicating experts’ opinion, feedback on new data and clinical trends to Medical Affairs and translating this information into strategic recommendations to enhance science and advance patient care;
• Responding to unsolicited medical information requests in the region, managing questions, liaising with headquarters to ensure a proper response has been provided and ensuring that data is fair and balanced;
• Providing input into investigator-initiated research objectives and serving as a champion for proposals submitted. Serving as a point-person and conduit for respective projects;
• Acting as MSL lead for clinical initiatives including site identification, trial recruitment and presentation of medical/scientific background and approved data.