Medical Science Liaison

Medical Science Liaison

**Category**:Medical Affairs**Location**:Toronto, Ontario, CA**Medical Science Liaison **(Greater toronto Area)**The Position**
- The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) serves as a critical strategic contributor in initiating and implementing field Medical strategies in support of the Novo Nordisk Canada Inc (NNCI) portfolio; aligned with the national Medical Affairs strategies and Global Medical Affairs guidance. The MSL actively ensures building and maintaining of strong scientific understanding of NNCI marketed products and supports the identification of the unmet medical needs related to the development pipeline compounds. In alignment with the Medical Affairs scientific strategies and platforms, the MSL communicates up-to-date medical knowledge and clinical trial data with internal and external stakeholders where appropriate, and effectively responds to inaccurate competitive claims related to NNCI products in a scientifically accurate and consistent manner. The MSL leverages their own scientific and clinical expertise to create professional relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and other important healthcare decision-makers. The MSL helps implement educational programs and scientific updates to appropriately share timely medical information and relevant changes in clinical practice trends. The MSL supports NNCI clinical activities in general with focus on investigator-sponsored studies (ISS). The MSL provides scientific leadership in supporting internal training efforts and enhance the overall technical competence of NNCI staff as needed. Closely collaborates with field management in developing appropriate scientific approaches and solutions to support business strategies and building strong linkage among networks within the academic and clinical communities. Helps increase awareness of the unmet needs and enhances the accurate scientific competitive positioning of NNCI products in Canada.**Essential Functions**

**Strategic Development**
- Works in concert within MSL team to develop Scientific Communication Platforms (SCPs) for current and future pipeline products that will enhance KOL awareness with key concepts and the unmet needs in the respective therapeutic area. The MSL SCPs are closely aligned with the overall national Medical Affairs strategies and are developed in collaboration with the head office Medical Affairs staff
- Effectively communicates and leverages SCPs to help position KOL understanding of the science of our products for future strategic directions in medical, clinical, regulatory and commercial
- Collaborates with MSL colleagues to maintain and update existing SCPs based on KOL interactions and new developments in publications and academia
- Builds and maintains relationships with KOLs through discussions involving research including Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISSs), Novo Nordisk Canada Inc (NNCI) marketed products and pipeline as well as competitor products and disease state
- Provides additional clinical support to research sites involved in NNCI clinical trials at the request of the NNCI Clinical Operations unit
- Establishes scientific and medical credibility with KOLs, by keeping abreast of relevant published scientific material and creates open communication lines with KOLs to monitor awareness and understanding levels and impact on NNCI business units
- Establishes himself/herself as an invaluable field medical resource to address queries from the NNCI field personnel in alignment with the agreed business strategies
- Routinely creates and presents scientific material to a wide variety of audiences (KOLs, health care professionals (HCPs), market access payers, in house training) and maintains a professional level of objectivity so as not to compromise NNCI medical leadership image and the MSL role
- Appropriately gathers competitive information from the field from credible sources and communicates the business impact and or potential developing trend to the corporate office on a monthly basis

**Brand Image**
- Utilizes SCPs on pipeline research products to establish KOL understanding through discussions related to addressing unmet needs, scientific innovation, clinical relevance, and impact on the standard treatment paradigm to maintain NNCI’s leadership in the assigned therapeutic area
- At the request of the NNCI field Sales unit and in response to unsolicited questions from HCPs, presents scientific information to specific HCPs to increase awareness around key scientific concepts regarding Novo Nordisk (NN) marketed products that can be leveraged by field commercial personnel to help achieve their objectives
- Consistently uses established KOL network of HCPs, institutions, researchers etc. for opportunities to leverage that will increase NNCI exposure in key established therapeutic areas and areas of future interest

**Therapeutic and Clinical Leadership**
- Establishes medical and scientific expert