Medical Science Liaison - Midwest (IL, WI, MN, IA, NE, TN)

About Cristcot

We are in the business of addressing the problem within the problem. We focus on the details and connections that other, major pharma companies have left ignored for years. There are better ways, better drugs and better formulations and we will make them a reality by analyzing, understanding and solving the problems within the problems.

Job Summary

The Medical Science Liaison will develop and maintain professional relationships with external healthcare practitioners to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support for the therapeutic area of ulcerative colitis.

Midwest Territory:  Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee 

Primary Relationships

• Within Cristcot, the Medical Science Liaison will collaborate closely with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access and Commercial.
• Outside Cristcot, the Medical Science Liaison will develop and maintain relationships with healthcare practitioners and opinion leaders.

Primary Job Responsibilities

The Medical Science Liaison engages appropriately in scientific exchanges around product information, disease education, and research ideas/activities with physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies in development or commercialized by Cristcot.

The activities of the Medical Science Liaison:

• Work cross-functionally with Research & Development and Commercial colleagues (Key Account Directors, Sales and Market Access) to coordinate proper response to customer's scientific and medical needs
• Is accountable for the accurate and timely documentation of all activities
• Identify Medical Experts, consultants, investigators, and healthcare professionals. Ensures timely, effective, and appropriate communication of current and emerging medical and scientific information on Cristcot therapeutic disease areas and/or product support of appropriate prescribing, improved patient outcomes.
• Present data on Cristcot products to HCPs including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and allied health care professionals, consistent with all relevant policies and procedures.
• Engage with HCPs to bring back critical customer insights and feedback.
• Conduct scientific exchanges related to Cristcot’s products at Centers of Excellence and Academic Medical Centers. Ensure that healthcare organizations have the latest information on Cristcot disease state and/or products resulting in appropriate prescribing and improved patient outcomes.
• Field therapeutic area expert demonstrating high scientific knowledge and competency of Cristcot therapeutic disease states, products, and competitor data. Serve as a local medical and scientific resource to Cristcot for product planning, clinical insights, and intelligence. Bring together, synthesize and deliver HCP derived scientific insights.
• Support research and development programs as requested by R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs Departments. This may include trial site identification, ongoing recruitment motivation, and issue/problem solving.
• Provide medical and scientific support to payers, commercial managed markets, and related health care organizations to facilitate access to Cristcot’s medications for appropriate patients. Demonstrate strong competency in medical and scientific exchange to healthcare organizations.
• Deliver and implement effective product and disease-state training and mentoring to internal colleagues.
• Identify, develop, and maintain credible relationships with key medical, pharmacy, and health outcomes influencers within the territory for assigned accounts.
• Provide timely, fair balanced, objective, scientific and evidence-based medical information, and education to health care customers within managed markets/healthcare/payor systems, in addition to other unique healthcare influencers.
• Full support and execution of Medical Affairs plans aligned with overall company goals and asset strategy.

Skills and Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in the life sciences field (PharmD, PhD, MD, and NP/PA) or relevant field medical experience.
• Gastroenterology and ulcerative colitis experience