About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job DescriptionTherapeutic area: Immunology, Dermatology.
Territorial scope: dolnośląskie, opolskie, śląskie, łódzkie, świętokrzyskie, małopolskie, podkarpackie, lubelskie.
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a non-promotional field based scientific expert in a given therapeutic area(s) that strategically supports the medical and scientific objectives across a product life cycle. The MSL serves to enhance the scientific credibility of AbbVie with established and emerging external experts (i.e. KOLs or Thought Leaders) by engaging in scientific dialogue and collaborations in the areas of research, medical and scientific exchange, including facilitation of requests for scientific and medical information.
MSLs facilitate communication of information about AbbVie’s marketed products to ensure informed decisions in clinical practice as well as communicate on pipeline compounds and data to ensure clear understanding for research purposes (in compliance with national laws, regulations and guidelines). Based on therapeutic needs and product life cycles, focus on certain responsibilities will vary to a greater or lesser degree.
MSLs are viewed as peer scientific experts in a designated therapeutic area. They combine strong business acumen, market awareness, as well as clinical expertise, and serve as a conduit of information to a cross functional stakeholder base internally. MSLs are members of the Medical Affairs team and frequently interact with other members of the affiliate medical department as well as work collaboratively with other cross functional in-field team members to ensure a coordinated approach to best meet stakeholder needs.
Responsibilities:
Externally:
- Identify and develop professional trusting relationships with external experts in therapeutic areas of interest within assigned geography.
- Conduct balanced, peer-to-peer, scientific dialogue, with external experts to inform on AbbVie products across the lifecycle within the given therapeutic area.
- Engage in robust scientific exchange on relevant disease state topics.
- Deliver credible scientific presentations to external experts and healthcare professionals where requested to address medical or scientific knowledge gap.
- Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence (data point and observations collection) for example, competitor information or activities, new developments in a specific area, educational activities – and report back through the appropriate channels.
- Engage investigators working on AbbVie clinical studies. Responsibilities can include, but not limited to, investigator identification, study initiation training (compound and data, study background) and scientific information support). MSLs also liase with healthcare professionals regarding unsolicited requests for investigator initiative studies (IIS) and facilitate IIS related communications.
- Serve as a point of contact for external experts within an assigned geographic area 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 including reactively responding to healthcare professional’s unsolicited requests for off label information.
- Upon request, assist external experts with requests for access to AbbVie medicines on a named patient or compassionate use basis, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for AbbVie in key academic centres by facilitation of research and educational initiatives while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to AbbVie.
- Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted in accordance to all applicable local laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie policies/procedures and accepted standards of best practice.
- Maintain high level of current scientific expertise in relevant Abbvie products, overall therapeutic area and relevant disease states and competitive landscape.
Internally:
- Work with internal colleagues to develop and execute a territory external expert engagement plan designed to support and meet the defined medical objectives and healthcare professional’s needs.
- Collaborate, as appropriate, with other in-field teams to help address the scientific /medical needs of a geographical area/account.
- Serve as a scientific resource to internal AbbVie functions including Commercial partners, as appropriate in line with internal compliance policies, to support activities.
- Delivers scientific training sessions for internal teams such as sales, marketing and members of the brand team to develop their scientific and technical expertise.
- Attend relevant scientific meetings and congresses and collaborate with internal colleagues to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform AbbVie strategic priorities and initiatives.
- Advanced degree in health sciences or clinical discipline required. Doctorate level degree (i.e. Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD). Candidates with an undergraduate degree and significant relevant experience may be considered.
- Greater than or equal to 2 years of clinical, scientific/research, or industry related experience or equivalent strongly preferred.
- Solid knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment and the role of Medical Affairs to advance the medical and scientific. objectives of a pharmaceutical company preferred.
- Experience in a Medical Science Liaison (or similar) role with proven success preferred.
- Ability to interpret clinical data and clearly communicate on key aspects of the data and impact to practice/patients.
- Ability to quickly learn about new subject areas and environments.
- Experience in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for the assigned therapeutic area, and in medical research in general.
- Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills (local language and English preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a cross functional team and in matrix environment.
- Robust understanding of local healthcare environment.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to travel frequently within stipulated geographical area, and on occasion nationally/internationally.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Skills Required
- Advanced degree in health sciences or a clinical discipline, such as PharmD, MD/DO, or PhD
- Undergraduate degree with significant relevant experience may be considered
- At least 2 years of clinical, scientific/research, or industry-related experience
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment and Medical Affairs
- Medical Science Liaison or similar experience with demonstrated success
- Ability to interpret clinical data and communicate its impact on practice and patients
- Ability to quickly learn new subject areas and environments
- Experience developing and maintaining therapeutic-area expertise and medical research knowledge
- Excellent written, spoken, and presentation skills in the local language and English
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional matrix teams
- Understanding of the local healthcare environment
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently within the assigned geography and occasionally nationally or internationally
AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.
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What We Do
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.
