Medical Science Liaison (MSL) - Braeburn
Company Overview:
Braeburn is dedicated to delivering solutions for people living with the serious consequences of opioid use disorder (OUD). We challenge the status quo and champion transformation in OUD management by partnering with the community to create a world where every person with OUD receives the best possible care and opportunity to reach their full potential. Our shared commitment to innovation enables us to help people with OUD begin and sustain recovery.
Position Summary:
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific professional serving as an extension of the Medical Affairs organization. The MSL works throughout a product’s lifecycle, ensuring safe and effective product utilization, serving as a scientific resource within the medical community, establishing peer-to-peer relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) at major academic institutions and clinics, and acting as a scientific expert to internal colleagues. MSLs provide medical information and education through balanced scientific exchange and offer clinical and scientific support for Braeburn and the Medical Affairs department, as directed by Medical Affairs management.
Territory: VA, MD, DC, DE, NJ
Specific Duties:
- Provide disease state awareness, product information, and pharmacoeconomic analyses through presentations and scientific exchange to managed care organizations, payers, and other formulary decision-makers per unsolicited requests.
- Maintain comprehensive, up-to-date scientific expertise of the disease state, clinical information, product data, and competitor landscape within the relevant therapeutic area(s).
- Identify and develop peer-to-peer relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) by engaging in ongoing, balanced scientific exchanges in disease areas of strategic importance to Braeburn.
- Present scientific product-related data and disease awareness information in hospital, institutional, and academic settings.
- Serve as a liaison between healthcare professionals and Braeburn for unsolicited Investigator-Initiated Trials (IITs).
- Address unsolicited requests for medical information from healthcare professionals via written and verbal responses, with appropriate documentation.
- Support Company-sponsored trials and other research initiatives, including clinical trial site recruitment as needed.
- Support external healthcare professional Speaker Training and provide Advisory Board support as needed.
- Present information for initial and ongoing training of internal and external partners regarding disease state, product, and competitive landscape information.
- Provide medical booth and session coverage at scientific/medical meetings.
- Align day-to-day activities with Medical Affairs strategic objectives, demonstrating flexibility based on evolving business needs.
- Proactively and collegially interact with other field-based and internal colleagues; provide information to internal colleagues regarding regional and local issues impacting business and/or healthcare practice.
- Comply with all company and compliance policies, and internal and external guidelines.
- Support internal Medical Affairs projects as requested.
Skills:
- Relationship-building skills with top-tier medical experts.
- Business and scientific acumen demonstrated by communication of complex scientific and clinical information to colleagues, academicians, and healthcare decision-makers.
- Understanding of the managed care arena and application of pharmacoeconomic principles is desirable.
- Teamwork, leadership, timely decision-making, and results-orientation skills in meeting business objectives.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, written, and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong work ethic and commitment to excellence.
- Ability to thrive in a virtual environment.
- Must hold a valid driver’s license and be able to travel up to 60–70%.
Education/Experience:
- Advanced degree in a health-sciences related field (PharmD, MD, DO, PhD).
- 5+ years of previous MSL or relevant pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.
- Experience in addiction medicine preferred.
Braeburn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military/veteran status, age, disability, or any other category/characteristic protected by law.