Come join the true partner of global healthcare companies, Amplity Health. We continually challenge the boundaries of medical and commercial strategies to accelerate the approval and launch of new drugs to improve the lives of patients.

Medical Science Liaison - Rare Diseases

Business Unit: Medical Affairs
Reports to: Field Manager, Amplity Health
Location: India
Territory: India
Individual or Manager: Individual

Purpose of Role

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for establishing a respected and valued presence with researchers, opinion leaders, and strategic distributor partners within the therapeutic area and/or pipeline. They will engage in fair and balanced scientific exchange, responding to requests for information about pipeline products and diseases of interest from key stakeholders. By thoroughly understanding national and regional experts, the MSL will gain insights into treatment patterns and trends, sharing this information internally to help shape strategy Reporting to Medical Affairs, the Medical Science Liaison will be instrumental in educating healthcare professionals (HCPs), primarily in India, while also supporting additional countries as global needs arise. This role focuses on assisting HCPs with patients involved in clinical trials, those receiving therapy, and facilitating global patient access through expanded access programs. This individual is expected to have expertise in Neurology/Pediatrics and to be a scientific expert on this company´s products, serving as a valuable resource for scientific information for key customers.

Key Accountabilities:

Opinion Leader Engagement

- Identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and healthcare stakeholders in disease states of strategic importance to the company

- Provide medical and scientific information to respond to KOLs’ technical questions about the molecule/drug
- Identify and engage key TLs, HCPs, and investigators in scientific exchange on disease landscape & client assets
- Represent client at select scientific congresses and professional society meetings through engagement with identified stakeholders, scientific insight gathering and timely scientific coverage
- Provide clinical presentations and information in response to unsolicited questions (as appropriate) in academic, site visits, and healthcare provider setting in both group and one on one settings

Scientific Expertise

- Deeply understand the unique treatment paradigm, key stakeholders, and healthcare landscape in your territory
- Develop and execute territory plans and HCP/KOL mapping in alignment with medical strategy

Clinical Trial Support

- Gather insights from PIs and KOLs, report insights to company to help develop clinical development plans and pipeline advancement
- Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator sponsored trials
- Ensure and support timely global access for patients completing clinical trials (post-trial access)

Cross Functional Support

- Assist as needed in local, national, and international tactical activities (coverage of presentations at select scientific congresses, knowledge of contracting local consultants, etc.)
- Assist in the reconnaissance of market landscape determination and competitive intelligence including therapeutic trends and unmet needs within the appropriate disease states and marketplace and provide timely feedback/information on emerging clinical/scientific information to internal stakeholders
- Respond to external inquiries and deliver appropriate clinical and scientific information
- Develop and deliver scientific trainings

Compliance

- Operate in a highly ethical manner and comply with all laws, regulations and policies.
- Complete mandatory training in assigned timelines upon hire as well as when new policies, SOP’s, guidance are issued
- Adhere to internal standard processes and comply with regulatory and compliance requirements

Primary Responsibilities:

- Implementation of overall Global Medical Affairs strategy within identified territory
- Leadership role in medical education for healthcare professionals through proactive communication of scientific data as well as scientific exchange of information during routine interactions and product training.
- Provide scientific training, support distributor training, understand processes and assist in the coordination of homecare initiation

- Expert in compliance guidelines
- High quality presentations of scientific data to health care professionals in various settings to enhance product / disease state knowledge
- Must maintain knowledge of applicable research and literature
- May respond to unsolicited requests for information about unapproved products or uses, or off-label information and be able to triage medical Information requests
- Consistent record of building collaborative relationships with peers and teams, helping cross-functional teams address strategic opportunities and solve problems across a matrixed organization Individual contributor role
- Timely completion of administrative tasks and expense reports.

Qualifications:

- MD, PhD, PharmD, or NP/PA preferred with clinical practice and extensive strategic experience
- Extensive experiences in Medical Affairs (5+ years) with Excellent knowledge of Medical Affairs processes and methods
- Familiarity with and track record of complying with industry and regulatory compliance guidelines
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, in collaborative team environment and in complex matric organizations
- Existing Neurology / Pediatric experience and relationships is a plus
- Experience and expertise in clinical trial design, interpretation of scientific data, market research, competitive intelligence tools, drug information systems, and medical marketing strategies
- High integrity, sense of urgency, ability to recognize time sensitivity
- Experience in launching rare disease product(s) or complex specialty products is ideal.
- Must be a self-starter with a strong drive, creativity, knowledge, and rapport building skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to operate with ambiguity, exceptional listening skills, strong presentation skills with an ability to rapidly adjust the sophistication of the presentation to the audience, good negotiating and influencing skills
- Fluent in English and fluency in the language of a local country is required
- Ability to travel up to 60%, including international travel.

About Amplity

Amplity Health is the true partner of global healthcare companies who builds transformational solutions by challenging the boundaries of commercialization strategies to improve the lives of patients.

We do this through:

Clinical & Medical Outsourced Solutions - Building end to end external engagement solutions and capabilities across clinical and medical affairs globally
Commercialization - Amplity Health has the expertise, people and infrastructure to meet a wide range of commercialization challenges
Consulting - Building end to end external engagement solutions and capabilities across clinical and medical affairs globally

Remote Engagement - Alternative channels across the medical and commercial continuum to engage with HCPs and patients
Field Outsourced Solutions - Tailored field team programs to meet a wide range of objectives and client needs

Values

These are our company values that we expect all candidates and potential employees to embody as these values strongly underpin our culture:

Excellence
Passion
Integrity
Innovation
Collaboration

Amplity Health is an equal opportunities employer - if you require any questions about your application please contact Recruiter: laura.franco@amplity.com

OUR DIVERSITY POLICY

We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, colour, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or veteran status.

Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individual's skills, knowledge, abilities, job performance and other qualifications. In addition, Amplity Health maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in
every location in which Amplity Health has facilities.

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ABOUT US

We have a 40-year track record of delivering solutions for Pharma and Biotech companies large and small.

Our wide-ranging capabilities include clinical and medical outsourced teams; clinical and medical capability development; companion diagnostic and precision medicine solutions; medical communications; expert engagement; remote and field solutions for patients, payers, and physicians; and strategic and access consulting. Therapeutically, we cross many areas but have been a leader in oncology and rare diseases.

Our one-of-a-kind Insights database offers clients a detailed view into patient-provider interactions and provider treatment rationale not found through any other provider.

Every offering, every touchpoint, every solution is designed to ensure our pharmaceutical client’s patients gain access to and benefit from the best medicines for the right reasons.

OUR CULTURE

Our company values align to our partnership vision and define our culture. These EPIIC values are reinforced in our people, our processes, and the solutions we provide for our clients: Excellence, Passion, Innovation, Integrity, and Collaboration.

We believe that delivering on true partnership for our clients begins and ends with our own team, which is why we relentlessly recruit and maintain teams devoted to living our EPIIC values. The result? An inclusive, collaborative, and respectful culture we are proud of. We hold one another accountable to maintaining a safe workspace where we challenge one another to bring our best selves to work each day.

You will never feel unsure about how our EPIIC values look when lived out. We make conscious efforts to model and reward behaviors that remind our colleagues, clients, vendors, and partners what we stand for.

We foster a sense of belonging by ensuring contributions are heard and respected. We want every member of the team to feel like they have a voice and they can use it. Constantly challenged and always supported, each member of our team is empowered to create innovative, meaningful outcomes for our clients.

Opportunities with Amplity offer competitive compensation and dependent on the opportunity could include a comprehensive benefits package and 401K benefits.

To learn more about us, visit our website at amplity.com or our social media pages, linkedin.com/company/amplity-health and twitter.com/amplityhealth.

CELEBRATING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

We passionately champion a culture of belonging, with transparent company practices that drive diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to inclusion is core to who we are. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and perspective who ignite curiosity and challenge the status quo. As a provider of services across 6 continents, our team is as diverse as the clients we serve and the countries we work in.

We seek to create an inclusive, fair, and respectful environment that celebrates the individual differences and unique perspectives each person brings; where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be their true, authentic, and best self.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome everyone to our team. We promise to maintain a safe working environment where team members can thrive. The IDEA - Amplity’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance - makes sure of it. The IDEA helps our organization embrace diverse business practices, creates a sense of community through colleague resource groups, reminds our leaders to sponsor and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages cultural competence and awareness through company-wide resources for learning.

Our commitment to diversity spans our people, our processes, and our suppliers.

OUR DIVERSITY POLICY

We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or veteran status. Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individual's skills, knowledge, abilities, job performance and other qualifications. In addition, Amplity Health maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which Amplity Health has facilities.