Medical Science Liaison-Gulf Region

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This position works out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Abbott Diabetes care division.

This is a field-based job, with a minimum of 50% time travel within the assigned region : UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.

Abbott Diabetes care (ADC)

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

• The MSL is the medical / scientific voice of expertise for Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) products and therapeutic areas. This field-based role focuses on medical & scientific engagement with ADC stakeholders. Provides medical / scientific expert evidence / guidance to key customers for ADC products & relevant therapeutic areas, including scientific exchange & professional development with key thought leaders / external experts and provides medical affairs support to the commercial team.
• The MSL serves to support the scientific credibility of ADC with established and emerging national & regional thoughts leaders, by supporting scientific dialogue and collaboration in areas of research, scientific publications, and medical & scientific exchange, including unsolicited requests for medical information. They also interface regularly with appropriate commercial team members. They maintain a high level of knowledge to ensure credible dissemination of scientific information and dialogue with thoughts leaders, healthcare providers and healthcare organizations.
• Provide scientific and medical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with thought leaders and external experts of strategic importance to ADC.
• Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for ADC in key academic centers by facilitation of research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to ADC.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other in-field members while retaining functional independence.
• Serve as a point of contact within the medical and scientific affairs team for thought leaders and external experts within an assigned geographic area in order to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in a therapeutic area and, when requested, relevant ADC products, to support their safe, effective, and appropriate use.
• Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to health care providers, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where requested, with the focus on Tier 1 and 2 thought leaders.
• Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified thought leaders, ADC would wish to engage in collaborative efforts – such as educational and advisory roles (Advisory Boards, Congresses, Symposia, etc.) while ensuring a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.
• Attend relevant scientific meetings and conferences. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform ADC strategic priorities and initiatives. Staff the Medical Affairs area of the exhibit booth at national scientific meetings and congresses.
• Provide key thought leaders / external experts with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.
• Ensure that all activities and interactions…