
Medical Science Liaison Serbia (replacement during ML)
Belgrade, Central SerbiaThe Europe & Canada (EUCAN) Business unit supports Takeda's mission at a regional level and as the leader in rare diseases and specialty care, we champion better health and a brighter future for patients, healthcare providers and our people.
Across the EUCAN BU, patients come first in every decision we make. We develop strategic partnerships which deliver value for society and create a culture within which our people can thrive and reach their full potential.
Our mission is to empower and enable our people to fulfill their potential by embracing diversity and creating a high-performance, collaborative working environment. In the EUCAN region integrity is one of our key values. We put patients, trust and reputation before business and this is one of the main reasons why our people choose to work here.
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Job Description
Job Description: Medical Scientific Liaison Serbia (replacement during maternity leave)
Role Objective
- Provide local country field-based support from the medical function in order to achieve the company’s goals.
- Identify and develop strong sustainable peer to peer relationships with external stakeholders to support the medical/scientific credibility of the company
- To be an expert on the disease areas under designated therapeutic area responsibility
Accountabilities
- Continuously screen, review and analyze scientific literature; generate summaries & critical assessments if appropriate
- Use specific disease and product knowledge to develop Takeda in a given therapy area; i.e. answer medical/technical unsolicited enquiries from HCPs, provide accurate and non-promotional scientific information relating to licensed and unlicensed indications following unsolicited requests from HCPs, etc.
- Proactively identify and develop long term peer-to-peer relationships with opinion leaders and other relevant stakeholders in order to understand their needs, segment them accordingly and implement targeted approach and tactics in order to present medical data in the most efficient way
- Act as field-based reference points of scientific and clinical expertise for sales force and other internal stakeholders (e.g. Market access) through training and ad-hoc support, in alignment with Takeda project teams
- Cross functional collaboration with Commercial, Market Access and PA Manager through participation on Brand Team Meetings and other activities
- Supports ongoing and future Company Sponsored Studies i.e. provides LOC review of proposed CRO site lists, attendance at Global/Regional Investigator Meetings, attends motivational site visits, provides site/investigator feedback to clinical operations etc. following the appropriate request from Global Development Operations and informs other LOC functions on progress in site involvement process in a timely manner
- Capture and share in-field insights to support medical and scientific strategy and business development. Shares in-field insights in a compliant manner with relevant business functions.
- Participate in the development and implementation of key medical activities (e.g. Advisory boards, medical education and peer-to-peer training activities)
- Provides clinical presentations and medical information as necessary
- Facilitates unsolicited requests from HCPs for investigator-initiated sponsored research proposals through engagement with Global External Research on IISR proposals and on Medical Affairs Company Studies (MACS)
- Development and support of national disease registries and RWE projects for relevant disease areas Understands leverage points of the patient journey
- Understands leverage points of the patient journey
Education, skills and experience:
- University degree in Science (Medicine,Stomatology, Pharmacy)
- PhD or Master’s Degree in a medical science (Desirable)
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry, medical department at least 3 years
- Strong scientific/clinical and medical affairs knowledge
- Experience discussing on and off label clinical and scientific concepts
- Experience using data insights to decide next actions to enhance customer experience
- Experience working with different healthcare stakeholders
- Good understanding of local healthcare environment
- Clinical trials experience and good understanding of clinical trial data and study design (Desirable)
- Experience in working with scientific and clinical experts at all levels in both 1:1 and group settings (Desirable)
- Fluent written and spoken English (mandatory)
- Ability to work at a high scientific and clinical level to ensure quality peer-to-peer engagement with external stakeholders
- Clear and concise presentation of clinical data, including discussion of statistical and clinical relevance in line with key messages
- Autonomous, in-field work whilst contributing to central Medical Affairs
- Ability to handle travelling and multi-priorities
- Demonstrating high values of Takeda-ism and putting the people first
Locations
Belgrade, SerbiaWorker Type
EmployeeWorker Sub-Type
Temporary / Limited TermTime Type
Full timeSuccess profile
What makes a successful team member within EUCAN at Takeda?
- Agile
- Analytical
- Enthusiastic
- Ambitious
- Collaborative
- Entrepreneurial
Believe in your own ability to do things you want to do. If you do that, things will happen.

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