Medical Science Liaison - Neurology (U.S. West/Central)

PTC Therapeutics; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PTC Therapeutics is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on extending life for children and adults with rare diseases. The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role is field-based, acting as the clinical expert to clinicians, KOLs, and academic centers, delivering scientific discussions and education.

The MSL builds long-term relationships, represents PTC products at meetings, and provides market insights while ensuring compliant, safe utilization of therapies.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree with at least 2 years as MSL.
• Experience with orphan products or neuromuscular/rare diseases preferred.
• Experience with high-cost products via specialty pharmacy.
• Proven ability to engage KOLs, clinicians, payors and academics.
• Strong ability to interpret data and present to scientists/HCPs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; scientific writing skills.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Attends national/regional meetings and summarizes findings; builds professional relationships.
• Delivers fair-balanced clinical and scientific presentations to HCPs and payors.
• Identifies speakers for advisory boards and educational programs.
• Supports regional medical initiatives and advisory boards as needed.
• Provides input on competitive therapies, market insights and business opportunities/risks.
• Maintains relations with health authorities, payors, and academic centers.
• Facilitates grant/research submissions per company policy.
• Keeps updated on regulatory, compliance, and SOPs applicable to therapeutic areas.
• Monitors competitor information and communicates data to internal stakeholders.
• Ensures adherence to SOPs and regulatory requirements.

Skills

KOL relationships

HCP engagement

Scientific writing

Medical presentations

Therapeutic area knowledge

Orphan product experience

High-cost product handling

Regulatory awareness

Independent field work

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced scientific degree (PhD/MD/PharmD etc.)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

PTC Therapeutics is a global commercial biopharmaceutical company. For over 25 years our team has been deeply committed to a unified purpose: Extending life's moments for children and adults living with a rare disease.

At PTC, we cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our team , fostering a strong sense of belonging.

Job Description Summary:

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based position of Medical Affairs that supports and represents PTC and its products with, and to, key opinion leaders (KOLs), clinicians, academic institutions, and professional organizations. The incumbent addresses the specific needs of these clients by responding to unsolicited requests for information about PTC marketed and developing products. As the clinical and medical expert on the company's products, he/she builds long-term relationships and establishes rapport with clinicians in hospitals, clinics, and academic centers through highly scientific product and disease state discussions that support or expand current therapeutic concepts and ensures safe and effective utilization of products. The incumbent is also a resource to company management regarding market dynamics, business development and client feedback. The incumbent works cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources on Medical Affairs related issues. The Medical Science Liaison supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate.

*Candidate should be based on Central or West Coast time zone*****

Responsibilities:

• Attends national and regional medical meetings and symposia as a representative of PTC and engages in discussions with attendees as appropriate; attends scientific sessions and poster presentations, gathers information, and summarizes findings; as possible, and when appropriate, cultivates professional relationships from these contacts.
• Delivers fair-balanced and objective clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare professionals (HCPs), payors, patient organizations in response to unsolicited requests for information on the use of company products.
• Identifies speakers for advisory boards, symposia, and educational programs with regulatory approved materials, slides sets, abstracts, posters, etc.
• Supports regional medical initiatives e.g. advisory boards, as needed.
• Provides input to management regarding competitive therapies, business development opportunities/risks, and market insights.
• Establishes, manages and maintains successful relations with relevant health authorities, including but not limited to: KOLs, HCPs, academic institutions, payors, patient organizations, etc.
• Facilitates the accurate and timely submission of applications for unrestricted educational grants or research initiatives and requests for support of studies, per company policy.
• Maintains a thorough awareness of medical/clinical, regulatory, compliance and quality issues and processes as they apply to the PTC therapeutic areas and adheres to, and supports, the standards established by the company.
• Maintains competitor information relevant to company's therapeutic areas, goals/objectives, project activities and product team priorities and stays current on therapeutic advances and competing therapies or products; analyzes and applies relevant intelligence findings and communicates and presents insightful data/impact in an efficient format to appropriate internal stake holders.
• The Medical Science Liaison supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, DNP, MSN, MS, or Genetic Counselor) with a minimum of 2 years of experience as Medical Science liaison.
• Experience supporting an orphan product and/or previous clinical experience in neuromuscular disorders, genetics, and/or rare disease. Experience with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Friedreich's Ataxia is preferred.
• Experience supporting high-cost products that are distributed through a specialty pharmacy and requires extensive coordination with patient access services.
• In-depth, hands‑on experience working with KOLs, clinicians, HCPs, payors and/or academic institutions establishing/maintaining relationships and scientific/medical credibility.
• Demonstrated success in interpreting scientific data and presenting research information to scientists and HCPs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and skills, including scientific/technical writing and presentations including the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly.
• Excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical delivery process.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as required, in a fast‑paced, matrixed, team environment consisting of internal and external team members.
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