Medical Science Liaison Paediatric Oncology - Milan

Medical Science Liaison

This permanent role reports to the Medical Director and is part of the Medical Affairs team. The Medical Science Liaison serves as the medical expert for Norgine’s products, providing scientific information, answering clinical inquiries, and engaging with healthcare professionals to support patient care. Additional responsibilities include supporting research initiatives, training internal stakeholders, and providing insights to guide business strategy and product development.

Key Job Requirements

• Field-based medical expert of drug and therapy for Norgine.
• Keep up-to-date with clinical knowledge, published data and trial work for company products, including attendance at scientific meetings and conferences and actively communicate insights and new information to the Medical team and brand teams as appropriate.
• Provide accurate and non‑promotional scientific information relating to licensed and unlicensed products and indications following unsolicited requests from Health Care Professionals.
• Answer medical and technical enquiries from Health Care Professionals by retrieving, evaluating and presenting high‑quality information using in‑house and external sources, in a timely manner.
• Build and maintain partnerships with external experts (EEs). Identify and map key EEs for potential collaborative projects and develop a plan for engaging with them to build long‑term relationships.

Establish contact and build partnerships with External Experts (EEs)

• Maintain ongoing relationships with national and local EEs.
• Engage in a peer‑to‑peer two‑way scientific exchange to support and develop the expertise of the customer regarding Norgine products and therapy areas, thus supporting patient care.
• Become the preferred source of information on therapy area for the EE.
• Provide speaker training and support to Health Care Professionals to maintain knowledge levels within the healthcare community about new therapies developed and commercialised by Norgine.

Research and Project Support

• Identify and track potential research opportunities aligned with Norgine medicine development objectives, facilitating clinical research (e.g., non‑interventional studies, registries, epidemiology projects, preclinical or translational research) as agreed by Medical TA and relevant Business Unit Heads.
• Collaborate with external/internal research colleagues and Medical Advisors to support clinical sites, providing feasibility and research site recommendations as required in accordance with guidelines, Norgine internal policies, and regulations.
• Upon investigator request, liaise between potential researcher and the company on investigator‑sponsored study (IST) submissions.
• Manage the contracting process for ISTs.

Scientific and Clinical Expert for Sales Force and Other Internal Stakeholders

• Provide medical support, training and cross‑functional work (e.g., disease state and product) to Norgine colleagues such as sales reps.
• Support Market Access team activities as necessary.
• Through peer‑to‑peer two‑way scientific exchange, bring insights into the business to support strategy and future product or pipeline development.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific or medical field.
• Proven experience as an MSL in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience within Oncology or Rare Diseases.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the job; it is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks and duties. Norgine reserves the right to change responsibilities to meet business and organisational needs as necessary.

Our benefits may vary by location. Please liaise with the Norgine TA representative for more information.