Medical adviser; medical liaison.

Complete integration, alignment and complementarity between scientific strategy (fields and lines of research the company is focused on) and marketing strategies to successfully market the products is absolutely essential for pharmaceutical companies. The medical adviser provides the link between the market and fields of research. They work under the supervision of the managing physician and collaborate closely with the marketing and sales departments, designing the scientific contents of assigned products and providing support to the product manager. Furthermore, they collaborate in international and local clinical trials. The functions are related to scientific aspects in the clinical development of novel drugs. They support and provide technician-medical monitoring in all areas involved in the development of a drug, from advanced clinical phases to marketing and post-marketing, contributing internal added value (clinical areas, sales and marketing) and external added value (advice to prescribers, patients and opinion leaders).

• Provide training and support in medical concepts to the commercial and marketing departments.
• Review the suitability of the scientific content and technical specifications of products.
• Update documentation.
• Provide scientific support to the launch of new products.
• Provide constant customer attention by providing scientific data about products.
• Advise and train prescribing physicians.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with key national and international opinion leaders.
• Organize and attend congresses and scientific meetings. Establish new contacts and clients.
• Accompany medical sales representatives to meetings with physicians to solve technical doubts about products.
• Participate in the creation and follow-up of clinical development programs.
• Review clinical trials and draft the corresponding reports.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Farmàcia
• Grau: Medicina

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 3

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Strategic orientation: Level 2

Networking: Level 3

Leadership: Level 2

Scientific research

Individuals who have an affinity for the field of scientific research focus their interest on activities that study different types of organisms and substances in order to obtain valuable products for human beings. A key part of performing this task is the planning and verification of scientific hypotheses through the use of different research designs and techniques. The objective of these searches is the development of new medicines and medical techniques, technological innovation based on the manipulation of cells, molecules and biological agents, as well as the study of cultures in order to improve the characteristics and properties of plants and food.

Drug development technician.

Crystallography technician

Medical representative

Toxicologist

Nutritionist

• Work hours

  The work day may be part or full time, either intensive or split shift.

• Salary

  The gross salary ranges, on average, between 45,000 and 70,000 euros a year, depending on experience.

• Professional category

  Technician