Medical Science Liaison

As part of the Medical Affairs department, the MSL is a field-based scientific expert who engages in non-promotional information exchange with external and internal stakeholders, supports data dissemination, and gathers medical insights to deliver patient-centric solutions. The MSL must maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant scientific information and act as the field-based extension of Medical Affairs, adhering to all Ipsen SOPs, policies, directives, and country guidelines. This is a field-based position requiring at least 70% of time spent engaging with external stakeholders (e.g., HCPs, KOLs, institutions) across the assigned territory, with regular travel and face-to-face scientific exchange.

Establish and Foster professional collaborations with the Healthcare community :

• Establish and maintain peer to peer relationships with key clinical and leading medical experts, professional associations and institutions in their therapeutic area
• Identify and update Thought Leaders (TL) information in their therapeutic area using appropriate documentation practices within the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and in accordance with the MSL directive and TL tiering process
• Conduct fair balanced, evidence based scientific exchanges with TL and others in the healthcare community to explore mutual clinical and scientific interests, discover insights, other key information 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 (HCPs) within the Healthcare community and act 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)
  
  

Develop and/or implement unbiased and non-promotional scientific exchange and educational meetings & activities

• Provide scientific/educational presentations to HCPs:
• Reactively: on Ipsen products (on‐label and off‐label indications), on compounds in development
• Proactively: on disease area management (excluding single‐product presentation)
• Organise or support legitimate scientific exchange meetings
• Contribute to/implement medical education programs in the field
  

Identify and share actionable medical insights and strategic information to better inform Ipsen’s decision making

• 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
• If appropriate, organise or support Advisory Boards
• Attend and report significant medical information from medical congresses
• Engage and collaborate on specific initiatives with patient organisations in accordance with the Global Guidance on Interactions with Patient Organisations
• Contribute to the dissemination of the information within Ipsen as appropriate
• Report spontaneous potential adverse events and product‐related quality complaints in accordance to global and local SOPs
  
  

Support To Clinical Development & ISS Data Generation

• Coordinate and facilitate unsolicited Investigator‐Sponsored Studies (ISSs) once submitted through the ISS portal and internally approved, until completion, presentation, and publication (as approved and coordinated with Global Publications), in alignment with Medical Affairs’ objectives
• Support R&D projects and Company Sponsored Studies (CSS) operations
• Support the implementation and follow‐up of 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)
  
  

Ensure Internal Cross-functional Collaborations As a Scientific Partner

• Working with office-based Medical Affairs, contribute to the development of the Local Annual Medical Plan (LAMP)
• Develop standard response letters, if required (in coordination with Medical Information)
• Provide scientific expertise and training to Commercial staff as appropriate
• Contribute to the review and approval of promotional or non‐promotional materials from a Medical perspective in accordance with the local SOPs, if needed
• Attend and contribute to regional account planning/training sessions from a Medical perspective
• Ensure speakers briefing for promotional meetings, if needed