PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) are key members of the affiliate medical department.  These field-based roles focus on medical and scientific engagement with AbbVie stakeholders (including but not limited to research and healthcare professionals, payers, and health care providers “HCPs”).   The focus of this role is on interacting with and supporting the needs of External Experts (EEs).  MSLs work to communicate information and facilitate dialogue about AbbVie’s marketed products, compounds in development and the related disease states, in a strictly scientific, non-promotional manner, and in full compliance with applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie’s policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice. 

The MSL serves to enhance the scientific credibility of AbbVie with established and emerging external experts, by supporting scientific dialogue and collaborations in the areas of research, medical and scientific exchange, including facilitation of requests for scientific and medical information.  MSLs also participate in the initiation, oversight and follow-up of clinical studies and medical projects initiated within the Medical Department, ensuring that activities are carried out in accordance with relevant processes and procedures. 

Responsibilities

1. Represent AbbVie Medical Affairs as subject matter expert in the assigned Therapy Area (TA) and territory, provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with external experts /HCPs of strategic importance to AbbVie.
2. Serve as a point of contact within the Medical Affairs team for external experts within an assigned geographic area in order to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in a therapeutic area and, when requested, relevant AbbVie medicines, to support their safe, effective and appropriate use.
3. Develop and execute scientific interaction plans, cycle plans; contribute to cross-functional account planning, as appropriate.
4. Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for AbbVie in key academic centers by facilitation of research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to AbbVie.
5. Support internal teams such as sales and marketing and members of the Affiliate Brand Team to develop their scientific and technical expertise through the delivery of scientific update presentations.  Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other in-field members while retaining functional independence.
6. Assist in the initiation, oversight and follow up of assigned GMA studies and medical projects initiated within the therapeutic area for which the MSL carries responsibility (e.g. registry/database projects, epidemiological studies, post-authorization studies “PMOS” )
7. Support prioritized interventional studies run by Clinical Development Operations “CDO”, with study initiation visits and act as subject matter expert as part of One R&D community.  All such activities must comply with applicable local laws, guidelines, codes of practice, SOPs, and AbbVie R&D SOPs. Act as the point of contact with external experts to facilitate investigator-initiated study (IIS) ideas and requests for support to the local and global medical teams as appropriate.
8. Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to physicians, and other HCPs individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), proactive or where requested, but with the focus on external experts.
9. Attend relevant scientific meetings and conferences.  Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform AbbVie strategic priorities and initiatives. 
10. Provide external experts and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.
11. Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted with due regard to all applicable local, global, and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, Company policies and accepted standards of best practice.