Medical Science Liaison Paediatric Oncology

Medical Science Liaison Paediatric Oncology

Norgine

Milan, Italy

The person holding this position will report to the Medical Director and be a member of the Medical Affairs team.

The core responsibility of the Medical Science Liaison is act as the medical expert for Norgine’s products, providing scientific information, answering clinical inquiries, and engaging with healthcare professionals to support patient care. Additionally, the role involves supporting research initiatives, training internal stakeholders, and offering insights to guide business strategy and product development.

This will be a permanent role.

KEY JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Be the field based medical expert of drug and therapy for Norgine

• Keep up-to-date with clinical knowledge, published data and trial work for company products, including attendance at scientific meetings and conferences and actively communicate insights/new information to the Medical team and brand teams as appropriate
• Provide accurate and non-promotional scientific information relating to licensed and unlicensed products and indications following unsolicited requests from Health Care Professionals
• Answer medical/technical enquiries from Health Care Professionals by the retrieval, evaluation and presentation of high quality information using in-house and external sources, in a timely manner
• Build and maintain partnerships with External Experts (EE)
• Identify and map key EEs for potential collaborative projects and develop a plan for how best to engage with EEs and develop long term relationships.

Establish contact and build partnerships with External Experts (EEs)

• Maintain on-going relationships with national and local EEs
• Engage in a peer-to-peer two-way scientific exchange to support and develop the expertise of the customer in relation to Norgine products and therapy areas, thus supporting patient care.
• Become the preferred source of information on therapy area for the EE
• Provide speaker training and support to Health Care Professionals to maintain knowledge levels within the healthcare community about new therapies developed and commercialised by Norgine

Research and Project Support

• Identify and track potential research opportunities that are aligned with Norgine medicine development objectives through facilitating Clinical Research (e.g. non-interventional studies, registries, epidemiology projects, preclinical or translational research) as agreed by Medical TA and relevant Business Unit Heads.
• Collaborate with external/internal research colleagues and Medical Advisors, to support clinical sites, providing feasibility and research site recommendation as required in accordance with guidelines, Norgine Internal Policies, and regulations.
• Upon investigator request, liaise between potential researcher and the company on IST (investigator sponsored studies) submissions.
• Manage the contracting process for ISTs

Scientific and clinical expert for sales force and other internal stakeholders

• Provide medical support, training and cross functional working (i.e. disease state and product) to Norgine colleagues (e.g. sales reps, etc.) as required.
• Support Market Access team activities as necessary
• Through peer-to-peer two-way scientific exchange, bring insights into the business to support strategy and future product or pipeline development

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in a scientific or medical field
• Proven experience as a MSL in the pharmaceutical industry is essential
• Experience within Oncology or Rare Diseases is essential
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to travel as needed