Job Description:
The Medical Science Liaison is a field-based Medical Affairs professional responsible for non-promotional, peer-to-peer scientific exchange with external healthcare stakeholders. The role advances scientific understanding, identifies unmet medical needs and actionable insights, and contributes to Medical Strategy and improved patient care within the assigned therapeutic areas and products.
Key Responsibilities
- Identifies and engages external scientific experts and other relevant healthcare stakeholders, building and maintaining credible peer-to-peer scientific relationships. Provides accurate, balanced, and high-quality medical and scientific exchange through appropriate activities such as advisory boards, scientific meetings, educational programmes, presentations, and literature discussions.
- Develops and executes territory- and account-level Medical Engagement Plans aligned with the Medical Strategy, based on stakeholder needs, patient journeys, healthcare-system dynamics, and identified medical priorities.
- Develops an in-depth understanding of the local healthcare ecosystem, including clinical and referral pathways, multidisciplinary care, institutional priorities, and barriers affecting patients’ access to appropriate care.
- Captures, validates, analyses, and communicates high-quality, actionable field medical insights. Identifies patterns, evidence gaps, patient-journey barriers, and emerging trends, and assesses their potential implications for Medical Strategy and evidence generation.
- Responds to unsolicited investigator-initiated study (IIS) proposals and provides scientific input and support to Phase IV studies and other evidence-generation activities, in accordance with applicable governance and local requirements. Ensures that proposals are scientifically relevant and aligned with local and global Medical Strategy.
- Contributes to Medical activities across the product lifecycle, including launch readiness and post-launch evidence and education needs.
- Coordinates with cross-functional partners, including Market Access, to ensure appropriate awareness of the Medical Plan, and provides role-appropriate medical and scientific input. Throughout, preserves Medical independence and a clear separation between non-promotional scientific exchange and promotional activities.
- Serves as a scientific resource to Medical and appropriate cross-functional colleagues, and provides accurate, balanced, and role-appropriate scientific training using approved materials and in line with applicable governance.
- Maintains a high level of scientific and technical expertise in the assigned therapeutic areas and products. Monitors treatment guidelines, clinical practice, emerging evidence, congress data, and competitor developments, and critically evaluates and communicates relevant findings to internal and external stakeholders.
- Responds to unsolicited medical and scientific enquiries in an accurate, balanced, timely, and non-promotional manner.
- Documents scientific interactions, insights, follow-up actions, and Medical activities accurately and in a timely manner using approved systems and tools, supporting knowledge continuity, Medical planning, and compliance.
- Provides scientific input to publications, abstracts, congress activities, and medical education initiatives in line with the publication plan.
- Evaluates the quality, relevance, and impact of Medical engagements and activities using appropriate qualitative and quantitative measures, and applies learnings to continuously improve field medical execution.
- Conducts all activities in accordance with applicable laws, industry codes, ethical standards, and company policies and procedures. Reports adverse events, product complaints, and other safety information within required timelines.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in pharmacy, medicine, life sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
- Minimum 1-2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in Medical Affairs, field medical, or clinical research.
- Strong scientific background, with the ability to critically appraise clinical data and communicate complex scientific information clearly.
- Solid understanding of the Korean healthcare environment and applicable regulations and industry codes
Preferred
- Advanced degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, or MSc)
- Field medical/MSL experience in a relevant therapeutic area (e.g., reproductive medicine).
Other Requirements
- Willingness to travel domestically as required; approximately 80-90% of working time is expected to be field-based / external stakeholder-facing.
- Occasional international travel for congresses and regional meetings.
Location:
Ferring Korea
