Medical Science Liaison (Biosimilar)

Role Overview

Medical Science Liaison (Biosimilar) at Abbott in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, within the Established Pharmaceuticals division.

Company Overview

Abbott's Established Pharmaceuticals division is committed to bringing the benefits of trusted medicines to more people in the world's fastest-growing countries. The broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

Role Purpose

Serve as the scientific expert and credible liaison between Abbott and key opinion leaders, academic centers, and physicians in the biosimilar therapeutic area. Provide scientific and technical support, maintain professional relationships, and ensure access to current medical and scientific information to support clinical practice and Company objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Scientific Leadership & Expertise

• Act as scientific expert in the therapeutic area and develop resources for the therapy team.
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge of product uses and external data through medical trainings in the relevant therapeutic area.
• Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to physicians individually or in groups at meetings and clinical sessions as requested.

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Provide scientific and technical support and maintain professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders and academic centers.
• Maintain contacts with physicians and opinion leaders in the assigned geographic area to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in the relevant therapeutic area.
• Establish and develop relationships with medical specialist groups and medical societies to expand research, advisory, and educational partnership opportunities in selected therapeutic areas.
• Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified physicians and key opinion leaders for potential research collaborations, lecture support, round tables, congresses, and symposia, ensuring high scientific and educational integrity.

Medical Affairs Support

• Provide assistance on special projects including medical affairs, continuing medical education, advisory boards, key opinion leader development, scientific reviews, local clinical trials, and investigator clinical meetings.
• Provide key opinion leaders and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.
• Support sales, marketing, and internal team areas to develop their scientific and technical expertise through delivery of scientific update presentations.

Information & Intelligence Management

• Provide specialist support in response to both internal and external queries to ensure prompt provision of accurate scientific and medical information, including adverse event reporting.
• Develop awareness and understanding of competitor issues and intelligence, including product strategies, studies, commercial messages, and positioning, and communicate appropriately within the Company.
• Attend relevant Scientific Societies meetings and conferences and develop summaries of key messages for Company use, including key areas of scientific and company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring, and treatments in the therapeutic area.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Upon request, assist physicians to appropriately direct requests for access to Company products on a named patient or compassionate use basis, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• 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.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or physician credentials.
• Saudi Commission for Health Specialist (SCHS) license.
• Minimum 4 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar role in biological and biosimilar products in oncology, immunology, or hematology.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Discipline and flexibility.
• Ability to work effectively within a team.
• Fluency in English and Arabic.

Additional Information

• Work Shift: Standard.
• Travel: Yes, 75% of the time.
• Job Family: Medical & Scientific Affairs.
• Division: Established Pharmaceuticals.
• Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; The Headquarters Business Park, Corniche Road, Ash Shati.