Medical Science Liaison Oncology Amadora

Medical Science Liaison Oncology
Amadora
Amadora, Lisboa, Portugal

Company Description

Abb
Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Abb
Vie, with headquarters in Chicago, USA, employs over 50, 000 employees worldwide. Approximately 150 employees are employed in Portugal, and the Abb
Vie office in Portugal is located in Amadora.

For more information about Abb
Vie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You
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Job Description

The Medical Science Liaison serves to advance science and standards of care for patients, healthcare providers, and payers, and ensure they can access all the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use Abb
Vie’s products efficiently and safely. The
- based Medical Science Liaison focuses on medical and scientific engagement with Abb
Vie stakeholders (including research and healthcare professionals, payers, and providers).

Qualifications

• Provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with thought leaders and external experts of strategic importance to Abb
  Vie.
• Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for Abb
  Vie in key academic centers by facilitating research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to Abb
  Vie.
• Support internal teams such as sales and marketing and members of the Affiliate Brand Team to develop their scientific and technical expertise through the delivery of scientific update presentations. Work collaboratively and
  - functionally with other
  - field members while retaining functional independence.
• Serve as a point of contact within the Medical Affairs team for thought leaders and external experts within an assigned geographic area in order to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in a therapeutic area and relevant Abb
  Vie medicines, to support their safe, effective, and appropriate use.
• Deliver credible and
  - balanced presentations on scientific matters to physicians, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc. ), where requested, but with the focus on Tier 1 and 2 thought leaders.
• Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified thought leaders the Company would wish to engage in collaborative efforts – such as potential research collaborations or educational and advisory roles (Advisory Boards, Congresses, Symposia, etc. ); while ensuring a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.
• Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence – for example, competitor research and medical strategies, educational activities – and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.
• Attend relevant scientific meetings and conferences. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform Abb
  Vie strategic priorities and initiatives.
• Upon request, assist physicians with requests for access to Abb
  Vie medicines on a named patient or compassionate use basis, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Provide key thought leaders/external experts and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.
• Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted with due regard to all applicable local, global, and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, Company policies, and accepted standards of best practice.

• Advanced degree (e. g. Pharm
  D, MD, Ph
  D) in a relevant scientific discipline is preferred but candidates with an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and demonstrated experience will be considered.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Medical Science Liaison, preferably with direct experience within the Oncology therapeutic area (experience with working in solid tumor oncology is preferred).
• Experience in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for the assigned therapeutic area, and in medical research in Oncology Solid Tumors.
• Solid knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment and the role of Medical Affairs to advance the medical and scientific objectives of a pharmaceutical company.
• Demonstrated expertise in the scientific methods applied to clinical research and current legislative/regulatory controls applicable to this research.
• Highly collaborative way of working.
• Fluent in English both in written and oral.
• High customer orientation.
• Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrity.

• Ability to comprehensively learn about new subject areas and environments.
• Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with thought leaders, physicians, and other healthcare decision makers.
• Ability to translate complex medical topics into understandable messages for
  - Medical staff.