Medical Scientific Liaison

Medical Scientific Liaison What does a Medical Scientific Liaison do? A Medical Scientific Liaison, or Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a position within Medical Affairs where you are the medical expert for your therapeutic area product or group of products of the company in the medical scientific field. You work mainly in the field in conjunction with the Medical Advisor, who is usually based at the office. You collaborate with marketing and sales colleagues, and if there are active clinical studies you also have contact with clinical. More directly, the work brings you into contact with healthcare professionals such as prescribing physicians, specialists, pharmacists and key opinion leaders (KOLs). You can build excellent partnerships with healthcare professionals, and building and maintaining relationships and networks can be particularly satisfying. An MSL position is often the next step in your career where, for example, you have gained experience as a Product Specialist (sales), as a CRA or in another position within the medical department such as Medical Information Officer. If you happen to have PhD aligned with the therapeutic focus of a specific position, and you meet the right person at the right time, you might be in luck starting your career directly as an MSL! Looking for a job as Medical Scientific Liaison? What tasks and responsibilities can you expect as a Medical Scientific Liaison? Your tasks and responsibilities as a MSL are wide-ranging. You contribute to the positioning of your products, identify what is going on in the medical scientific field and provide feedback internally. Some of the responsibilities of a MSL include: - signalling and assessing local research possibilities; - facilitating and setting up, as well as supervising ongoing clinical studies and investigator-initiated studies from the medical and marketing/sales perspective; - attending congresses and conferences; - giving input on marketing s...