OVERVIEW The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) plays an important role throughout the lifecycle of a pharmaceutical product. Their most vital function is to cultivate peer-peer relationships with subject matter experts [known as Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs)] at academic health centers and clinics. It’s a great entry role into pharma for a physician with no industry experience. The responsibilities, requirements, and
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Sometimes physicians are so happy when they’re offered a non-clinical job, they don’t negotiate salary! Or they believe compensation is “standard and non-negotiable.” The best time to negotiate is while you’re still a candidate for the job, before you’ve signed a formal offer letter or contract. Here are my DO’s and DON’Ts of salary negotiation. DO Be prepared to answer
You will read a lot of advice on how to navigate your career transition. The recent article, Why career transition is so hard, published in the Harvard Business Review is well worth your time. The author of the article has researched career transitions and her observations also apply to physicians. In this post, I summarize and adapt the most pertinent
