Medical Scientific Liaison

MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC LIAISON

Location: Gauteng

Contract: Permanent

The responsibilities & the impact YOU will have:

Job Purpose:

To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients’ treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with a defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other stakeholders) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart and partner.

To maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals.

The main duties and responsibilities of the position are:

• To keep abreast of medical and scientific knowledge.

  • Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies within the therapeutic area and patient`s treatment trends in the region
  • Identify evolving scientific concepts with future clinical implications

• Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists.

  • Understand their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within the therapeutic area
  • Develop and execute an external stakeholder management plan in close collaboration and coordination with other functions including: MAF, Medical Education, GCO, HEMAR, Commercial
  • Communicate the value of company products, contribute to e.g. market access activities and formulary discussions
  • Through scientific interactions, champion the medical value of our products fairly based on the risk-benefit profile of our drugs and contribute to the fostering of innovative approaches
  • Represent the company to other therapeutic area stakeholders including professional associations and patient organisations in cooperation with Medical Advisor(s)/Medical Director
  • Recognize and nurture relationships with rising stars within the scientific community

• Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences:

  • Communicate directly and proactively scientific information on our products within the approved label
  • Communicate non-promotional general information about our company, including pipeline, research and development programs and other relevant information 
  • Respond to unsolicited scientific queries from customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
  • Use digital technologies and new media to support proactive and reactive communication

• Organization and participation in Medical Education activities:

  • Identify/support/educate speakers
  • Build Medical Education programs with scientific third parties

• Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Advisor/Medical Director

• Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representatives

  • Provide medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Departments as appropriate
  • Act as a reference point for Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate

• Support and manage Medical Affairs clinical activities strategy, planning, design and execution in close co-operation with GCO and CROs

  • Support the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies. 
  • Understand Real World Evidence (RWE) methodologies, identify data needs and opportunities, support protocol development and engage in discussions with customers to help design RWE projects
  • Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
  • Support GCO and CROs in site set up, management and issue resolution
  • Contribute to preparation and conduct of investigator meetings, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation
  • Manage investigator proposals for IISs and ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision
  • Support post marketing surveillance and expanded access programs
  • Manage field based medical projects

•  Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insights into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide strategic input to the company Medical Affairs Plan/ business decision-making.

• Through scientific interactions with Leading Specialists, champion medical value of our products fairly based on the risk- benefit profile of our drugs and contribute to foster innovative therapeutic approaches to benefit patients