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Chicago, IL - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Position: Medical Science Liaison Ophthalmology

Reports to: Director Field Medical

Location: North Central

Position Summary:

The Apellis MSL is a remote role focused on developing and maintaining peertopeer relationships with key medical experts. This role will primarily support the Apellis ophthalmology program. The MSL will collaborate with physicians and other medical experts to support trial enrollment provide program and protocol training and ensure that health care professionals have the most up to date information as the clinical development programs mature.


Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Develop and maintain peertopeer collaborations and relationships with key medical experts in the ophthalmology community
  • Support clinical development initiatives including site identification trial recruitment registry and presentation of final approved data
  • Collaborate with physicians on medical affairs initiatives including publications advisory boards medical education opportunities training and speaker development
  • Serve as scientific peertopeer resource to external disease experts and internal stakeholders
  • Support the medical community with uptodate medical information robust disease expertise and product information
  • Communicate clinical insights on new data to Apellis Medical Affairs and to inform medical strategy for the therapeutic area
  • Train internal stakeholders on key scientific and medical topics in relevant therapeutic area
  • Develop an understanding of the regional landscape including specialties involved in care of patients
  • Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements
  • Generate tactical regional plans to provide needs based valueadded support of the medical and scientific community inline with company goals
  • Uses systems to strategically map identify profile and prioritize thought leaders in line with the medical plan and goals
  • Maintain accurate reporting and documentation of MSL activities


Education Registration & Certification:

  • Bachelors degree in chemistry biology pharmacy or other medical related discipline.
  • Advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

  • At least 5 years of experience in Medical Affairs or Medical Science role
  • Robust and current clinical development experience supporting to treat rare diseases; prior ophthalmology experience preferred
  • Candidates must have wellestablished networks and active relationships with KOLs in the ophthalmology community
  • Candidate must have an understanding of compliance considerations and demonstrate ability to work compliantly in a fieldbased role within the medical organization as well as across the commercial organization

Skills Knowledge & Abilities:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Energetically embraces responsibilities demonstrates ability to achieve goals
  • Has strong initiative and functions well as part of a crossfunctional team
  • Exhibits excellent time management
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in a startup environment preferred
  • Must be proactive team player flexible and ability to work in ambiguous situations

Other:

  • Office is home based
  • Travel within region up to 75.
  • Required travel to medical meetings team meetings and other group meetings (will require some weekends)

Benefits and Perks:

Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 401(k) plan with company match inclusive family building benefits flexible time off summer and winter shutdowns paid family leave disability and life insurance and more! Visit to learn more.

Company Background:

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company that combines courageous science and compassion to develop lifechanging therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two approved medicines targeting C3. These include the first and only therapy for geographic atrophy a leading cause of blindness around the world. With nearly a dozen clinical and preclinical programs underway we believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.

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EEO Statement:

Apellis is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal state and local fair employment practices laws. Apellis strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees applicants or any other covered persons because of race color religion creed national origin or ancestry ethnicity sex (including pregnancy) gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual) age physical or mental disability citizenship past current or prospective service in the uniformed services genetic information marital status AIDS/HIV status smoker/nonsmoker and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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