Dear all,
Mark your calendars (Thursday, Aug 10th, 1:15pm at L5 seminar room) for this exciting career talk by Merrell Lim on how to land a job as a medical science liaison in Singapore.
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a specific role within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, CRO and other health-care industries. MSLs have advanced scientific training and academic credentials generally consisting of a doctorate degree (Ph.D., PharmD., M.D.) in the life sciences. They concentrate on a specific Therapeutic Area (i.e. Oncology, Cardiology, CNS, Pulmonary, Hematology, Surgery, Women’s Health Care, etc) and disease state.
On the Speaker
Merrell is an Asia Pacific Medical Science Liaison Manager who currently works with The Binding Site to build a market for the company’s immunoassays in the Asia Pacific region. After practicing in the clinical setting in hospitals in the US and Singapore over the past decade, Merrell decided to pursue his passion of improving patient care through a different route– the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
Merrell firmly believes that the role as a medical science liaison or medical advisor is an ideal opportunity for scientifically trained individuals who also have a strong interest in the business side of healthcare. In addition, he strongly believes in giving back to society by sharing his knowledge and insights about the medical affairs field within the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, especially for those interested in making a career switch from the laboratory or clinical settings to the more business-oriented pharmaceutical or medical device industry, without giving up the passion in science.
Through his work as a medical science liaison manager, Merrell has the opportunity to work with many leading hospital physicians from multiple disciplines, bright business-minded marketers and sales executives, as well as other scientists around the Asia Pacific region.
Merrell is trained as a clinical pharmacist and is a certified clinical research professional. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University and a Graduate Certificate in Health-Systems Management from the Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.
Organized by MBI Career Committee and MBI Women in Science
