Agent de Liaison Médicale Et Scientifique - Edmonton, Canada - Merck Canada inc

Merck Canada inc
Merck Canada inc
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Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized.

We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio.

Medical & Scientific Liaison (New Products, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension)


Territory to cover:
Western Canada, based in British-Columbia or Alberta


Reporting to the Director, Medical Affairs, the Medical Scientific Liaison is a field-based medical professional whose primary responsibility is to engage in non-promotional peer-to-peer communication, using very strong interpersonal skills & provide medical/scientific information to Scientific Leaders and Key Decision Makers based on cutting-edge scientific exchange and services oriented towards the stakeholder's professional interests & needs.


The Medical Scientific Liaison is responsible for ensuring that he/she is fully versed in the therapeutic area (mainly pilmonary arterial hypertension) and up-to-date on all major studies, both ongoing and completed, product information on our Company's and other companies' relevant therapies, clinical data and relevant pipeline data to provide the most balanced data to Scientific Leaders, Key Decision Makers and the healthcare community to improve patient care.


Roles and responsibilities:


Engaging in non-promotional peer-to-peer exchange of medical and scientific information with Scientific Leaders or Key Decision Makers to the extent permitted by law and local regulation, local industry codes, and other provisions of the Field medical standard operating procedure.

Gaining deep insights on disease, therapeutic area and healthcare needs, data gaps and challenges in their local geography.
Representing Medical Affairs at local or regional non-promotional Medical events (e.g. Medical Congresses and Symposia) They may collaborate in the coordination of pre-event scientific information and post-event scientific summaries.

Responding to unsolicited requests for medical, scientific, pipeline or marketed product information or indications from Scientific Leaders or Key Decision Makers utilizing appropriate approved scientific materials.

Responding (one-to-one) to unsolicited requests for information on company research and/or grant activities by directing Scientific Leaders or Key Decision Makers to appropriate company resources for grants, sponsored clinical trial involvement, our Company's Investigator Study Program, and outcomes research.

Participating in Scientific Advisory Board Meetings or Expert Input Forums when there is a defined role.
Participating in the development of Medical Affairs Plans and implementation of activities identified in the Medical Affairs Plans.
At Global Clinical Trials Organization, or Center for Observational and Real World Research personnel request, supporting the identification of potential study investigators for sponsored study


Qualifications:

Pharmacy Doctorate; PhD Degree in Health Sciences (preferably in related disease area) or Doctorate in Medicine is required.
Minimum of 2-3 years of industry experience and/or in the related therapeutic area of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is preferred.
Good knowledge of therapeutic area (both basic and clinical literature).
Demonstrated ability to acquire and maintain product, disease and competition knowledge.


Language requirements:
English

Strong interpersonal skills.
Budget management skills.
Strong knowledge of Company policies, procedures, industry standards, as well as laws and regulations.
Ability to analyze and understand local community of practice.
Ability to understand and integrate complex scientific concepts.
Basic Knowledge of Company structure, administrative procedures and guidelines.
Advanced knowledge of Office technology and related software.
Advanced Analysis, Planning, Implementation and Control skills.
Advanced negotiation, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Advanced project management skills.

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company.

Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we "follow the science" that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world.

We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are


We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else.

For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases.

Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the
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