Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Medical Science Liaison - Bone

Biology & BiotechConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedRemote

About the Job

Requirements

Education history in life-science or a relevant area.
At least 2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, or proven industry collaboration in academia.
Experience in a Medical Department, Clinical Development, or a relevant field.
Knowledge of osteoporosis, orthopedics, or other metabolic bone diseases.
Good communication and negotiation skills with scientific experts and internal stakeholders.
Native-level Japanese and business-level English.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Ability to work in a cross-functional team, including Commercial, Clinical Development, EU teams, HE, Regulatory, and Safety.

Responsibilities

Maximize Amgen's value propositions through medical and scientific projects, services, and expertise with key scientific customers within a therapeutic area.
Implement scientific programs in local territories in collaboration with external and internal customers.
Lead medical projects, including evidence generation activities, large medical events, and publications, to contribute to the Amgen Bone business.
Serve as a key member of the brand team and develop product strategy with the local commercial team.
Identify, develop, and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future scientific experts and cooperative study groups.
Discuss scientific value messages, clinical outcomes, and patient benefits with scientific experts and opinion leaders.
Work with Medical and relevant internal colleagues to create engagement plans for external experts.
Provide insights from field activity and contribute to local medical and brand strategy activities for products in accordance with internal and external regulations.
Identify new research opportunities and support Investigator Sponsored Studies and Amgen Sponsored Trials when necessary.
Support society engagement and international and regional congresses as an MSL.
Implement and disseminate high-quality medical and scientific educational programs and manage medical events, including substantive educational responsibilities beyond logistics.
Support local clinical-trial operations in collaboration with the cross-functional development team.
Communicate with medical and other relevant organizations of alliance partners and maximize the value of collaboration.
Participate in or conduct Local Advisory Board Meetings, Investigator Meetings, and/or Expert Panels.
Continuously expand medical, scientific, and market knowledge.
Model Amgen Values.

Desired Qualifications

An advanced degree (Master, PhD, MD, or PharmD).
Experience in orthopedics at a medical device company.
Experience managing or conducting medical/scientific studies.
Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle, and commercialization processes, including Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs.
Knowledge of clinical research and messaging, including study design, study evaluation, medical writing, expert panel conduct, symposium and workshop management, and KOL management.
A network of customer contacts in the therapeutic area.
Capability in office work and project management.

Career Category

Medical Affairs

Job Description

Job purpose

To maximize Amgen's value propositions through first-class medical and scientific projects, services and expertise, with key scientific customers within a therapeutic area
To implement scientific programs in local territories in collaboration with external/internal customers
To lead the medical projects including evidence generation activities, large medical events and publication, in order to contribute to the whole Amgen Bone business.
To be the key member in the brand team and develop product strategy with local commercial team.

Key responsibility

To identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future scientific experts, cooperative study groups
To discuss scientific value messages, clinical outcome and patient benefits with scientific experts and opinion leaders
To work with Medical and relevant internal colleagues to create engagement plan for external experts
To provide insights from field activity and contribute to local medical and brand strategy activities for the product(s) in accordance with internal and external regulations
To identifies new research opportunities and provide support for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) and Amgen Sponsored Trials, when necessary
To ensures society engagement: MSL support of international and regional congresses
To implements and disseminates high quality medical and scientific educational programs as well as managing the medical events to achieve those objectives, not only providing logistic supports.
To support local operation of clinical trials in collaboration with cross-functional development team.
To communicate with medical and other relevant organizations of alliance partners and maximize the value of collaboration.
Participates in/conducts Local Advisory Board Meetings, Investigator Meetings and/or Expert Panels

Basic Qualifications Selection Criteria (minimum Qualifications)

Education history in life-science or relevant area
Minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical industry, or proven industry collaboration in academia
Experience in Medical Department or Clinical Development, or relevant field
Knowledge in osteoporosis, orthopedics, other metabolic bone diseases
Good communication/negotiation skills with scientific experts and internal stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications Preferred Requirements

Advanced degree (Master, PhD, MD or PharmD) is strongly preferred
Experience in the field of orthopedics at a medical device company
Experience with medical / scientific study management or conduct
Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle and commercialization process with advanced understanding of other functions; including, but not limited to, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs
Knowledge of clinical research and messaging (study design, study evaluation, medical writing skills, expert panel conduct, symposium and workshop management, KOL management)
Network of customer contacts in therapeutic area
Capability of office works and project managements

Competencies

Medical/scientific expertise and business acumen, with strong customer-orientation
Native level in Japanese, and business level in English
Strong communication and presentation skills
Continuously expanding medical and scientific knowledge as well as market knowledge
Ability to work in a cross-functional team (e.g., Commercial, Clin Development, EU teams, HE, Regulatory, Safety, etc.)
Role model for others in line with Amgen Values

About the Company

Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Thousand Oaks, CA
Founded: 1980

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