Medical Science Liaison

About the Role

Medical Science Liaison (MSL) focused on non promotional scientific exchange, supporting data dissemination and gathering medical insights to provide patient centric solutions for Dysport indications. The MSL is field based, demonstrates up-to date scientific knowledge, and operates under Ipsen SOPs and local guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain peer to peer relationships with key clinical and leading medical experts, professional associations and institutions in the therapeutic area.
• Identify and update Thought Leaders (TL) information in the CRM system in accordance with MSL directive and TL tiering process.
• Conduct fair, balanced, evidence based scientific exchanges with TL and other healthcare community members to explore mutual clinical and scientific interests, discover insights, and potential research collaborations.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration with TL when aligned with Ipsen strategy.
• Develop and enhance scientific and educational collaborations with Healthcare Professionals, acting as a medical contact for TL and external medical experts.
• Attend scientific/educational meetings (congresses, symposia, etc.) as required.
• Respond to and appropriately document unsolicited requests for medical information.
• Engage in scientific discussions and provide medical insights through field interactions ( 70% field time). Manage, respond to all medical information inquiries in a timely, accurate and compliant manner, ensuring evidence based, Ipsen aligned responses.
• Provide scientific/educational presentations to HCPs - reactively (on Ipsen products, including on label/off label indications and compounds in development) and proactively (disease area management).
• Organise or support legitimate scientific exchange meetings; contribute to/implement medical education programs in the field; support scientific components of injector trainings and masterclasses.
• Partner with KOL injectors to deliver scientific content on toxin mechanism, anatomy, and treatment outcomes; contribute to the design of scientific agendas for workshops and expert meetings; identify gaps in injector skill levels to inform educational strategy.
• Collect, analyse and report actionable insights from HCPs related to disease state, unmet medical needs, local guidelines, therapeutic trends, competitive activities, compounds in development and the broader healthcare environment.
• Organise or support Advisory Boards; attend and report significant medical information from medical congresses; engage and collaborate on initiatives with patient organisations according to global guidance.
• Report spontaneous potential adverse events and product related quality complaints in accordance with global and local SOPs.
• Coordinate and facilitate unsolicited Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISSs) through the ISS portal and internally approved; support R&D projects and Company Sponsored Studies (CSS) operations; support post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, post authorisation studies (phase IV) at the site level; identify opportunities to collect and/or analyse Real World Evidence (RWE).
• Collaborate with office based Medical Affairs to develop the Local Annual Medical Plan (LAMP); develop standard response letters (in coordination with Medical Information); provide scientific expertise and training to staff as appropriate; review and approve promotional or non promotional materials from a medical perspective in accordance with local SOPs; attend and contribute to regional account planning/training sessions; ensure speakers briefing for promotional meetings.

Travel & Field Time

Field based position with at least 60% of the time spent engaging with external stakeholders (HCPs, KOLs, institutions) across KSA. Candidates must be comfortable with regular travel and face to face scientific exchange.