Full-Time

Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison

Gastroenterology

AbbVie

AbbVie

10,001+ employees

Global biopharmaceutical company developing medicines

Compensation Overview

$124.5k - $236.5k/yr

+ Long-term incentive program

Maryland City, MD, USA

Remote

Must live in or self-relocate within the DC, Maryland, or Delaware territory; travel is up to 75%.

PharmD, PhD, MD

Category
Biology & Biotech
Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides

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Requirements
  • An advanced degree is required, such as PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, or an advanced practice provider credential in a relevant scientific discipline.
  • A Senior Medical Science Liaison typically requires at least 3 years of relevant experience.
  • A Medical Science Liaison typically requires 0–2 years of relevant experience.
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and translate territory and corporate needs to support internal and external customers and achieve business and clinical objectives.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other software skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, presentation, teaching, planning, organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills.
  • Ability to work independently and within a team structure and adjust effectively to new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
  • Ability to meet healthcare industry representative credentialing requirements, which may include background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization or vaccination.
  • Ability to learn and effectively convey clinical and non-clinical technical information.
  • Ability to engage audiences and help them understand and retain information.
  • Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
  • Must live in the territory or be willing to self-relocate within the territory, which includes Washington, DC, Maryland, or Delaware.
Responsibilities
  • Strategically support research and business objectives in the designated therapeutic area across the product lifecycle for the assigned geography or territory.
  • Serve as the primary communicator of AbbVie science to healthcare professionals in the assigned geography.
  • Develop and maintain professional relationships with internal and external customers to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support to AbbVie initiatives.
  • Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with thought leaders, academic centers, and researchers to ensure access to current medical and scientific information.
  • Present scientific information and education about disease states, the therapeutic landscape, and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare professionals, academic institutions, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Support research initiatives and physician-initiated projects, including site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and external collaboration management.
  • Prepare the marketplace in new therapeutic areas of interest by creating awareness and relationships for AbbVie in the medical community.
  • Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners and in-field commercial teams to develop and execute account plans supporting shared business objectives.
  • Serve as a scientific resource to commercial partners and healthcare providers, including answering unsolicited medical questions and addressing clinically related medical-information issues.
  • Conduct ongoing training for medical affairs, field sales, and other internal personnel as directed.
  • Apply strategic segmentation and optimize resource utilization.
  • Comply with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including accurate and timely documentation of healthcare professional interactions.
  • Maintain annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.
Desired Qualifications
  • A doctorate in a health science or clinical discipline is strongly preferred.

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company that develops and sells medicines to treat serious health conditions. Its portfolio spans immunology, oncology, virology, neuroscience, and aesthetics, with products designed to modulate the immune system, target disease pathways, or support medical aesthetics. AbbVie compounds its products through a heavy emphasis on research and development, investing billions to build a steady pipeline of new therapies. Its medicines are brought to market by selling to healthcare providers, hospitals, and clinics, and in some cases directly to patients via prescriptions. The company differentiates itself through a wide, globally distributed product line, substantial R&D investment, and a commitment to sustainability and patient care, including science-based targets. AbbVie’s goal is to improve patient outcomes by delivering effective treatments for unmet medical needs while pursuing long-term, responsible growth across healthcare markets.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

North Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1888

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue reached $16.99 billion, up 10.2%, with EPS of $3.65.
  • AbbVie raised 2026 guidance to $13.87-$14.07 after broad strength across immunology and neuroscience.
  • Rinvoq and Skyrizi both grew above 23% operationally, showing durable post-Humira momentum.

What critics are saying

  • Humira sales fell 36.1% in Q2 2026; biosimilars keep compressing cash flows.
  • Imbruvica dropped 29.4% in Q2 2026, exposing oncology weakness and IRA pricing damage.
  • Apogee dilutes adjusted EPS through 2027; if Skyrizi stalls, AbbVie loses its bridge.

What makes AbbVie unique

  • Skyrizi and Rinvoq delivered $8.0 billion in Q2 2026, replacing Humira.
  • AbbVie completed Apogee on September 3, 2026, adding long-acting immunology assets.
  • Etentamig posted 74% response in Phase 3 multiple myeloma, broadening oncology optionality.

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6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

5%
Yahoo Finance
Sep 10th, 2026
AbbVie shifts focus from declining Humira to $8B Skyrizi and Rinvoq growth engines

AbbVie has dramatically shifted its focus away from Humira, its once-flagship drug now facing biosimilar competition. On the company's July 2026 earnings call, Humira received just one sentence, noting global sales of $706 million, down 36.1% operationally but in line with expectations. This marks a stark change from previous quarters when management detailed the reasons behind Humira's decline, including biosimilar competition and molecule compression in the US market. AbbVie now emphasises growth drivers instead. Skyrizi generated $5.5 billion in Q2 2026, whilst Rinvoq exceeded $2.5 billion, both growing above 20% operationally. The company also acquired Apogee Therapeutics in September 2026. Despite the reduced attention, Humira still contributes approximately 4% of AbbVie's quarterly revenue of nearly $17 billion, though management no longer publicly projects its ultimate decline trajectory.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 9th, 2026
Billionaire hedge fund manager doubles down on AbbVie and Costco dividend stocks

Israel Englander's Millennium Management more than doubled its stakes in AbbVie and Costco during the second quarter. AbbVie's revenue grew 10.2% year-over-year to $17 billion in Q2, driven by immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq. The company recently acquired Apogee Therapeutics for $10.9 billion in cash and is developing ABBV-295, a monthly weight-loss treatment. AbbVie is a Dividend King with over 50 consecutive years of payout increases. Costco's Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue rose 11.6% to $70.5 billion, with comparable sales up 9.8%. The company has raised dividends for 22 consecutive years. However, Costco shares are down 4% over the past year whilst trading at 40.8 times forward earnings, above the consumer staples average of 21.6 times. Both companies maintain strong fundamentals despite different market challenges.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 8th, 2026
AbbVie beats Pfizer as top dividend stock with 53-year payout streak and 203% growth

AbbVie offers a smarter long-term dividend investment than Pfizer, despite Pfizer's higher 6.1% yield. AbbVie holds Dividend King status with 53 consecutive years of dividend increases and raised its payout by 5.5% this year to $1.73 per share. Over the past decade, AbbVie increased its dividend by more than 203% compared to Pfizer's 51%. AbbVie's revenue grew 138% during this period, whilst Pfizer's rose just 18%. AbbVie successfully navigated Humira's patent cliff through home-grown immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq. By 2025, these two drugs generated combined annual sales exceeding $25 billion, replacing Humira's peak revenue and pushing total company revenue to record highs. AbbVie's free-cash-flow dividend payout ratio stands at 65%, lower than Pfizer's 89%.

INSURASALES
Sep 5th, 2026
Manufacturers Life Insurance buys $655M stake in AbbVie as institutions boost pharma holdings

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a $655.27 million stake in AbbVie Inc., according to its latest SEC Form 13F filing. Other institutional investors also increased their positions significantly during the same period. Norges Bank acquired a new $5.87 billion position, whilst Wellington Management Group boosted its holdings by 457.4%. AbbVie reported quarterly earnings per share of $3.65, exceeding forecasts, with revenue growth of 10.2% year over year. The company generated $16.99 billion in revenue last quarter, surpassing expectations. Equity analysts maintain a bullish outlook. Barclays, Wolfe Research, and BMO Capital Markets each set price targets of $300, with ratings of "overweight" or "outperform". The consensus rating is "Moderate Buy". Institutional investors currently hold 70.23% of AbbVie's shares, reflecting confidence in the biopharmaceutical company's strategy and performance.

PharmTech
Sep 4th, 2026
AAPS PharmSci 360: CMC strategies, part 1.

AAPS PharmSci 360: CMC strategies, part 1. In a preview of their panel discussion at AAPS PharmSci 360 2026, Alfred Rumondor, PhD, AbbVie, and Swita Singh, PhD, Bristol Myers Squibb, discussed how CMC review practices are evolving and what that means for manufacturing strategy. PharmTech spoke with Alfred Rumondor, PhD, CMC due diligence for external assets at AbbVie, and Swita Singh, PhD, Senior Director and Strategic CMC Leader at Bristol Myers Squibb, to learn more about their upcoming panel discussion, Navigating CMC Strategy in the Current Landscape, at, which is being held from October 25-28 in New Orleans. In part 1 of this 3-part interview, Rumondor and Singh discussed how chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) review practices are evolving and what that means for manufacturing strategy. Singh identified the most consequential shift as a move from informal, reviewer-dependent flexibility to formal, risk-based flexibility applied consistently across the product life cycle. She pointed to Operation TrailBlazer and updated phase 1 CMC guidance as examples, stating they are reducing required manufacturing data pre-investigational new drug application (IND). Singh also pointed out that cell and gene therapy programs no longer need 3 independent process performance qualification batches and can flex specifications for small-batch production. AI-driven tools and emerging credibility frameworks are reinforcing this trend by helping generate cleaner data packages for faster, more consistent regulatory decisions. Singh cautioned, however, that companies must build "risk justification muscle" rather than simply accepting flexibility at face value. Reduced requirements should be treated as deferral, not elimination, of data obligations; organizations need clear plans for when deferred data will be generated and which milestones trigger it. She emphasized investing early in comparability infrastructure, leveraging platform and prior-knowledge pathways, and engaging proactively with regulators. Rumondor addressed the pressure to compress development timelines. He argued the real question isn't whether compression is safe, but how to do it properly by working smarter rather than skipping steps. He cited premature form selection without adequate screening as a common shortcut that later may bring costly bridging and comparability studies, increasing both timeline and program risk. Compressed timelines are achievable, but only when teams rigorously plan the full development path upfront, according to Rumondor. About the speakers. Alfred Rumondor, PhD, is Director, Development Sciences Licensing and Acquisitions, at AbbVie. Dr. Swita Singh holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and brings over fifteen years of distinguished expertise in Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) development across biologics, antibody drug conjugates, and small molecules, with a proven record of driving strategic initiatives, optimizing complex business processes, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve regulatory and operational excellence. Recognized for delivering innovative, end-to-end CMC strategies that guide programs from early clinical development through successful commercialization, she has cultivated talent and shaped organizational culture throughout her career, while her commitment to stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration has consistently advanced program objectives across the industry. Having built her expertise at Pfizer and Eli Lilly and Company, Dr. Singh currently serves at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), where she continues to lead CMC strategy in support of transformative therapeutic development.