Our client is a japanese multinational dedicated to developing medicines that protect the health and well-being of patients worldwide.
- To be the field based ‘face’ of the Medical Department in the country
- To establish and develop relationships with HCPs and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in the therapeutic field
- To support scientific and medical relationships with the organisation at both country and European levels
- To support medical activities as required in country with the country Medical Director
- To be a company therapy area expert in the relevant field and a product expert in the data for the product, enabling him/her to be a resource for the medical/scientific community
- To work cross functionally across the country organisation to support business goals and objectives, therefore providing appropriate support to other functions (in country and above country as required)
- Training internal team members in relevant therapy areas and product training
- To stay abreast of advances in the relevant disease areas
- Support the Medical Department in country as needed (e.g. assistance to Medical Information to deal with complex medical/scientific queries.
- Pharmacy, nursing, medical degree or PhD degree
- Experience as an MSL
- Fluency in English language, particularly scientific language
- Driving licence
- Ability to travel (mostly in country) for 60-70% of the time
- Demonstrated ability to enter a new therapy area and rapidly
become knowledgeable on the therapy area and product data
- Experience in working cross-functionally with sales teams
- Understanding of health economics
- Understanding of the healthcare environment in the country
where the MSL will work, including an understanding of current
issues
- Practical knowledge of handling of Medical Information queries