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Medical Science Liaison - Uro-Onco

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

North York, Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Jan 30, 2025

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lifes. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Ferring+You

You will be the primary scientific contact between Ferring and the medical community through the dissemination of, and education about, Ferring’s mission, product and disease state, as well as related scientific data and materials. The MSL also serves as an important partner to cross-functional internal stakeholders and liaison to external Health Care Providers (HCPs), capturing and communicating relevant information.

Your day at Ferring

  • Builds strategic relationships with key professionals at a regional level, based on deep understanding of medical, scientific and pharmacoeconomic aspects related to our products and therapeutic areas.

  • Increases awareness of Ferring and its marketed products enabling HCPs to make informed therapeutic decisions via one-on-one scientific exchange.

  • Engage healthcare providers pro- and reactively, via various innovative engagements, tactics and formats to provide dissemination of, clarification about, and education on, applicable scientific data, meeting abstracts, and professional literature to enhance product and therapeutic area awareness in alignment and compliance with local regulations.

  • Key External Expert (KEE) and influencer identification and intelligence: HCP profiling and segmentation.

  • Development and execution of HCP territory engagement plan, working to target metrics.

  • Contributes to internal understanding of specific HCP and KEE interests, expertise and impact in the medical community at large.

  • Scientific data generation and enhanced understanding of Therapeutic Area (TA)

  • Works with investigators to facilitate process for clinical studies (both Ferring sponsored and investigator-initiated). Acts as a point of contact for investigators, facilitates the interface with investigators and appropriate Ferring personnel responsible for approval, and communication, of study progress and completion.

  • Maintains a current, deep therapeutic knowledge of the Ferring products, therapeutic area and market landscape. Attends scientific congresses to develop and maintain a high level of scientific and technical expertise in the therapeutic area. Develops and disseminates, in a timely manner, scientific congress reports for internal and as appropriate, external use.

  • Reviews and evaluates scientific publications and develops, in collaboration with cross-functional partners key information summaries and/or assets for internal and external use.

  • Assist in the preparation and execution of Regional Advisory Board meetings including presentation development and leading interactive discussions.

  • Supports Commercial functions through the development and delivery of training and education activities, as required. This will be achieved through providing distilled summaries of complex topics that can be adapted into executable tactics with a clear line of sight on the business. Executes the medical strategy built in alignment with cross functional team.

  • Intake and reporting of complaints and adverse reaction reports (ADRs) to the appropriate Ferring Canada team, as per the current reporting procedures

  • Completes necessary documentation/reports to time requirements (eg, contract execution prior to OLAs, CRM reports to ensure insight generation and knowledge preservation, call reports, expenses, etc) and in alignment with corporate SOPs and policies

Behind our innovation…There’s you

  • Graduate level degree eg, MSc, PhD, MD, PharmD

  • Academic background or experience in the therapeutic area (ie, urology or oncology) or Clinical research an asset

  • 5+ years pharmaceutical, or related experience, with minimum 2 years experience as an MSL
    High degree of ethical behaviour and willingness to reinforce in others

  • Valid driver’s license is required

  • Fluent in English – written and verbal

  • Fluent in French – written and verbal

  • Willingness to travel to meetings including customer meetings and educational congresses, and may include overnight trips. Some international travel may be required. Approximately 40% travel anticipated.

People come first at Ferring

  • Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love

  • Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role

  • Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

  • Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Note to agencies: This search is being managed by Ferring’s Talent Acquisition team. Kindly do not send us unsolicited profiles.

Location:

Ferring Canada