Medical Science Liaison

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

The Medical Science Liaison as part of the Medical Affairs Department reports to the Chief Medical Officer and is responsible for building external relationships with Key Opinion Leader (KOL) physicians and healthcare providers (HCPs), national/regional, medical/stakeholder societies/organizations, delivering supportive medical education to clinicians while providing field intelligence to Azurity Pharmaceuticals. This person will be responsible for delivering clinical information to external managed care audiences. By working with KOLs, the Medical Science Liaison will assist Azurity in identifying areas for further development as well as helping to advance the scientific platform for Azurity products within their respective disease states.

Job Requirements:

• Identify, engage and maintain relationships with KOLs in Azurity’s key therapeutic areas and priorities as identified by Chief Medical Officer
• Attend major medical meetings and provide scientific and competitive intelligence to internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with KOLs/ investigators to identify educational gaps and potential research opportunities
• Provide technical and clinical information to KOL/HCPs upon request related to Azurity products and relevant disease states
• Assist in the development and deliver product and disease-related medical education to internal departments, healthcare professionals, managed care audiences, advocacy groups
• Serve as a point-of-contact for medical information and scientific inquiries from health care practitioners, payer groups, formulary decision makers, key thought-leaders, advocacy groups, medical societies and internal stakeholders
• Utilize professional and clinical judgement to critically evaluate the scientific accuracy of manuscripts/publications, clinical studies, and outcomes research on Azurity and competitor medications
• Assist with the delivery of medical information communications, submission of educational and investigator-initiated trial grant proposals, and health economics outcomes research
• Provide support to key Medical Affairs initiatives including publication and research projects
• Support development of commercial programs including speakers’ bureaus, sales training programs, internal trainings relating to Azurity products and therapeutic areas
• Up to 50% travel is required

 Experience Required:

• Doctoral-level qualification (PharmD, PhD, MD) preferred.
• Thorough understanding of the science and medical standards of care are essential.
• Successful completion of pre-employment screening
• 3+ years pharmaceutical or bio-tech industry experience preferred, 2+ years as a Medical Science Liaison
• Ability to communicate highly scientific and technical medical information
• Excellent communication / interpersonal skills / passion for excellence
• Strong writing skills with demonstrated medical communications experience preferred
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Effective administrative / organizational skills
• Ability to travel up to 50%

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Physical & Mental Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit for long periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
• May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators