Medical Science Liaison

Job Summary 

The Medical Science Liaison will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with medical experts in Rheumatology in the Northeastern US.

Position Responsibilities

• Always comply with company and compliance policies including internal and external guidelines.
• Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner.
• Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other ANI colleagues for designated customers that include potential clinical trial site placement and sponsorships.
• Work to pair our key scientific leaders’ educational and research needs with available ANI resources and will provide the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries.
• Present healthcare professionals and decision makers with accurate, unbiased, balanced, and timely answers to unsolicited requests for information about ANI products.
• Establish scientific and clinical relationships with key opinion leaders and academic centers to expand research and educational opportunities for ANI products.
• Provide study support where appropriate, from protocol and budget development to submission and completion for company sponsored research as well as investigator-initiated research studies (IIRs).
• Document and forward reports of adverse events to appropriate ANI personnel.
• Keep abreast of medical and scientific developments in Rheumatology.
• Proactively report competitive activities as well as events that can influence the use of ANI products.
• Develop and deliver very specialized scientific/educational programs including but not limited to formulary presentations for managed care and related organizations.
• Assist Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as agency personnel in the development of presentations and slide kits.
• Actively participate in advisory boards, speaker training events, clinical investigator meetings, regional national and international meetings when required.
• Assist in processing field requests for medical education funding.
• Actively participate in key medical and scientific conferences by staffing medical information booths, gathering competitive intelligence on competitors, and attending scientific sessions.
• Represents the organization as a prime field medical contact.

Skills / Competencies

• Excellent presentation skills as well as the ability to successfully interact with medical professionals at all levels.
• Working knowledge of FDA and OIG requirements as well as clinical trial design and statistics is required.
• Strong clinical knowledge including pharmacotherapy, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, medical expert engagement strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines applied to the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills are required.
• Ability to establish trust through the consistent demonstration of scientific expertise and satisfactory follow-through on requests from key experts in the scientific community. 
• Strong communication skills; must be able to provide succinct, strategic, and actionable insights to senior management. 
• A proactive self-starter who can lead work and manage others independently, with the ability to see the next step and take action without prompting. 
• Thorough understanding of the healthcare environment including all external stakeholders. 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, rapidly changing and expanding environment. 
• Outstanding work ethic and integrity, including high ethical and scientific standards. 
• Deals with scientific concepts and complexity with confidence.  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and manage time efficiently.
• Prior experience performing work independently without appreciable day-to-day direction is preferred. Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective for desired results against objectives.

Requirements

• The qualified candidate will have an advanced degree in a health-sciences related field such as a PharmD, MD, or PhD.
• 2+ years prior field medical affairs position experience within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Previous experience in Rheumatology or Immunologypreferred.
• Willingness to travel 60 % or more of the time.
• Extensive travel is integral to the performance of this position.

The base salary range for this position is $165,000 - $180,000 ; the exact salary depends on various factors such as experience, skills, education, location, competencies and industry-specific knowledge. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a competitive short term incentive program based on performance and company results. 

ANI Pharmaceuticals offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.