Medical Science Liaison
Seeking a Medical Science Liaison? SOS is the preeminent provider of outsourced domestic and international medical affairs services, and our contract Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) are widely viewed as the best in the business.
About Our Medical Science Liaison Services
We provide clients with strategic, flexible, turnkey Medical Science Liaison program support that leverages and accelerates each client’s respective commercialization strategies. SOS allows clients to tailor Medical Science Liaison programs to their specific corporate needs, from fully independent and traditionally outsourced programs to programs that are integrated with existing internal Medical Science Liaison infrastructures.
SOS prides itself on identifying and hiring the right kind of MSL candidate: a healthcare professional that possesses both clinical and business acumen and who seamlessly integrates into a company’s culture.
Medical Science Liaison Management
The SOS management team’s extensive experience across myriad therapeutic areas, coupled with our industry-wide network of professionals, enables us to deploy a group of trained, specialty MSLs within extremely aggressive timelines. Our clients are provided with the opportunity to internalize all members of their MSL team at the conclusion of the agreed upon contract period.
SOS is the premiere provider of turnkey MSL solutions. From recruitment and training of personnel to the direct or indirect management of the program, SOS helps you optimize your company’s resources across all lifecycles of your product’s development.
About SOS
SOS is a full-service commercial-side medical affairs group established in 1997 as the pharmaceutical industry’s first Contract Medical Organization (CMO). SOS’ only focus is delivering comprehensive outsourcing of medical affairs activities, including domestic and international Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), medical communications services, and drug safety support to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. We integrate these contracted medical affairs activities with our clients’ core commercial objectives.
Since 1997, SOS has initiated more than 50 Medical Science Liaison (MSL) programs for its clients, including five of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. SOS has hired, trained and deployed hundreds of domestic and international MSLs, the vast majority of whom have been internalized by SOS clients. To date, SOS has supported 21 products during pre-launch and launch phases.
The mission of SOS is to provide high-quality medical and professional affairs interaction to the medical community on behalf of our clients. We utilize the scientific knowledge and clinical experience of physicians, clinical pharmacists, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide solutions for our clients.
SOS has also provided numerous companies with medical communications and pharmacovigilance support, including call center, medical writing, adverse event and product complaint reporting, medical meeting support, and field-based support, such as training.
Still under the leadership of its founder and President/Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Evan Demestihas, SOS is recognized as the long-standing leader in the industry. The SOS staff is made up of trained healthcare and medical affairs professionals, many of whom have been with the company almost since its inception. The executive management team alone boasts nearly 200 combined years of industry knowledge and experience.
SOS is a member of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), the preeminent healthcare communications company in the world, specializing in healthcare activities with international brands Medicus, Discovery, and Saatchi & Saatchi Healthcare. PHCG has a unique range of international capabilities including Advertising and Medical Education, Sales and Marketing Services, Medical and Scientific Affairs, and Healthcare Consulting.
PHCG is a member of Publicis Groupe S.A., the world's fourth largest communications group, as well as world leader in media counsel and buying. Its activities span 109 countries on six continents.
