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By Nicholas George, Patrina Pellett, & Sarah Snyder
You’ve heard the whispers: “MSLs make bank.”
But how much? And more importantly, who’s actually paying top dollar? Thanks to salary transparency laws and fresh analysis from PharmaPayWatch, we finally have the data. Nicholas George, PhD, revi...
Becoming a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) can change your life.
You’ll get to use your scientific expertise, build meaningful relationships with healthcare providers, and make a direct impact on patient care. For many, it’s the most rewarding career in the life sciences.
But her...
By Patrina Pellett & Sarah Snyder
(Updated annually to keep you ahead in the field)
You’ve probably heard the title before: Medical Science Liaison.
Sometimes it’s whispered like it’s a secret club in pharma. Other times, it’s confused with sales. And if you’ve tried explaining the role to
...
By Patrina Pellett & Sarah Snyder
In our KOL Access program, we talk about access a lot (obviously). But one theme comes up over and over again:
No one knows more about what’s going on in a territory than the sales rep.
We’ve lost count of how many MSLs have told us:
“She knows everything in ...
By Patrina Pellett & Sarah Snyder
We're Obsessed With NotebookLM and You Should Be Too
NotebookLM comes up a lot in our world. We talk about NotebookLM all the time. Like all the time. It’s just so powerful and fun.
We love it. Not just as AI nerds (guilty), but as longtime Medical Affairs profess...
By Sarah Snyder & Patrina Pellett
“What is an MSL salary?” It was 2:17 a.m. when Tina finally typed that exact question into Google.
She’d been a clinical pharmacist for 8 years, working holidays, taking extra shifts and watching colleagues leap into pharmaceutical roles while she stayed in the...
Visibility is the secret sauce to presenting better and most people are avoiding it. Here are 3 ways to see what you can’t unsee about your communication skills.
Tom Caravela didn’t always sound like a confident presenter. Back when he launched MSL Talk, listening to hi...
On a recent training alignment call, we were trying to figure out exactly why a Medical Affairs team wanted help with presentation skills.
What was the real issue?
When Sarah and I know the specific challenge, we become snipers and can build exactly the training a team ...
By Sarah Snyder
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries—but for many Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), this change brings uncertainty and concern.
- Will AI replace my role?
- Will technology reduce the need for human interaction with KOLs?
- Will my e...
We've all experienced this person in trainings:
→ Combative from the first moment
→ Shooting down every exercise
→ Challenging every suggestion
→ Insisting, “We did this better at my last company.”
I bring a lot of energy to every training I deliver, but even I start to feel ...
By Sarah Snyder
You’re not being interviewed by a person anymore for that first Medical Affairs interview. Let that sink in.
It’s happening.
You prepared for a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) interview: notes in hand, ready to talk science, strategy, and stakeholder relationships. But instead of a...
By Sarah Snyder & Patrina Pellett
It all started the way most great ideas do:
- A late-night text.
- A few "this might sound crazy" voice notes.
- And a deep, stubborn belief that there had to be a better way.
"What if we could make finding MSL training and career answers faster (like 24/7 fas...
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