Contract MSL Teams
Carefully vetted, credentialed medical science liaisons fast-tracked for impact
Share scientific knowledge + scale rapidly without adding headcount
Field Medical Teams
CUSTOMIZABLE + CONTRACT-BASED
Medical science liaison (MSL) outreach and insights-gathering are vital in brand lifecycle management. But scaling field medical teams quickly can be difficult due to the scarcity of specialized talent, complex compliance rules, and time-consuming onboarding. What’s more, each product, therapeutic area, and region has unique requirements. It’s a challenge to move quickly and efficiently
Amplity’s contract medical science liaisons are more than scientific communicators—they’re strategic intelligence gatherers embedded in the field. Every interaction is an opportunity to surface valuable insights around prescriber knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, patient needs, and market shifts. These insights don’t sit in silos—they’re analyzed and activated to shape more effective messaging, smarter engagement strategies, and data-driven next-best-actions across your medical affairs organization.
Amplity’s specialized, expert MSLs can be up and running in weeks, not months. You get insights to guide medical and commercial strategies —without the delay and costs of internal expansion.
Whether you’re a small company laying the groundwork or a large pharmaceutical company with a range of products in the pipeline, we can build a team suited to your market needs. Our experience spans the range of therapeutic areas, from oncology to rare disease, cardiology to nephrology, infectious disease and metabolic disorders, central nervous system diseases, respiratory, immunology, and neurology, and more.
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WHY MORE PHARMA COMPANIES ARE
Outsourcing MSLs
Speed-to-Market
Speed-to-Market
During the critical phase III registration and launch periods of a product’s lifecycle, speed matters. Our networks and referral partners allow us to find highly specialized field medical talent in weeks, not months. This allows us to select, present, hire, train and deploy field medical teams in a fraction of the time our clients’ internal teams usually take.
Specialized Therapeutic Expertise
Specialized Therapeutic Expertise
With the growing focus on developing drugs and treatments for specific and niche patient populations, pharma companies need MSLs with prior experience and specialized expertise. Leveraging outsourced talent offers a fast, efficient solution, bringing you expertise without the need to invest in building it internally.
Cost-Optimization
Cost-Optimization
When salary, benefits, HR, compliance, training, technology, and recruitment costs are considered holistically, contract MSLs may be less expensive than in-house hires. While Amplity pays outsourced MSLs at market rates, our recruiting fees are included in the overall contract cost, making outsourcing highly cost-effective.
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When To Outsource MSLs
Scale quickly without adding headcount
Let us help you add capability without adding full-time staff.
You need to effectively build infrastructure
We can help you develop the talent acquisition, KPIs, and reporting structure to support field medical excellence.
You want to pilot new initiatives and geographies
A contract medical field team can help you lay groundwork in new geographies, therapeutic indications, or for emerging therapies.
You need to expand globally and want in-country expertise
Our recruiters and project managers can help you overcome recruiting, compliance and language or /
culture issues of supporting trials and scientific exchange in non-US countries.
How We Recruit, Onboard & Deploy Contract MSLs
Targeted Talent Acquisition
We use our wide network of top-tier talent to create built-for-purpose teams with deep scientific background + polished communication skills.
Deep Therapeutic Area Training
Our tailored onboarding and training programs align contract MSLs with your goals, messaging, and compliance requirements.
Communication Skill-Building
Onboarding includes scientific knowledge, communication, and relationship-building skills. We train on compliance with industry regulations, such as privacy and legal guidelines.
Actionable Insights
Our unique approach enables us to glean actionable insights through scientific dialogue. Our AskX tool allows us to quickly gather and analyze those, for strategic impact.
Measurable Impact + KPIs
Your outsourced MSL team is deployed with clear goals, such as stakeholder engagement, patient enrollment in trials, or medical education initiatives.
Ongoing Project Management
We track the MSL activities + impact to demonstrate value and ensure alignment with client objectives. As goals change, so can our field teams’ objectives.
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MSL OUTSOURCING IN ACTION
Contract MSLs Augment Client’s In-House Team & Change Provider Behavior
A large US pharma company needed to prepare the market for a new indication of a mature product. The company’s medical affairs leader brought in an outsourced MSL team to support new market entry and upskill their internal team with clinical knowledge + best practices.
The internal and outsourced team worked together seamlessly, with the external experts training internal colleagues on the science behind the new indication.
Within 6 months, the joint internal–Amplity team engaged more than a thousand key opinion leaders (KOLs) and exceeded monthly healthcare provider (HCP) touchpoints by 14%.
What’s more, analysis showed a measurable change in HCP behavior. After conversations with the MSLs, HCPs talked more often about biomarkers with their patients. Approximately 87% of providers changed their clinical practice.
MSL OUTSOURCING IN ACTION
Contract MSLs Drive Patient Enrollment + Generate Critical Data for EMA Approval
A small US pharma company received a negative opinion from the EU’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), effectively blocking the company’s ability to proceed through the regulatory process to market its oncology therapy in Europe.
In response, the company sought to bolster its US and European clinical trial results with real world data (RWD) generated from a European Early Access Program (EAP). To generate sufficient breadth and volume of patients, the company asked Amplity’s medical science liaisons to find and enroll patients.
The dedicated MSL team was instrumental in driving a highly successful EAP, enrolling an impressive 493 patients over just 12 months—a remarkable achievement.
The quantity of patients enrolled and quality of data across 31 European countries played a critical role in overturning an initial negative CHMP opinion, ultimately leading to European Medicines Agency approval. This approval marks a historic achievement, being one of only four instances where an initial negative CHMP opinion has been successfully overturned.
FAQs: Medical Science Liaison Outsourcing
When should we consider hiring contract MSLs?
Outsourcing MSLs is a good choice whenever you need to free up internal resources to focus on strategic initiatives. Outsourcing is used when launching new products, adding headcount rapidly, supporting mature products, entering new markets, expanding globally, or when a leaner, more scalable model is needed. Outsourced MSLs are also a good choice when you need to find specialized deep scientific expertise in specialized areas.
Does Amplity have a team of MSLs ready to be hired?
No, every team is built for purpose. For each client, we customize the team based on culture, therapeutic fit, and skills. We don’t put MSLs in a role just because they are available, but at times, MSLs who have performed well in other programs may be part of a new team, not because they are available, but because they are right for the client and team.
How do contract MSLs integrate with internal teams?
We work very carefully to make sure contract MSLs integrate seamlessly with our client’s culture and feel like they are part of the team and aligned on core messaging and KPIs. We prioritize seamless integration through shared onboarding, governance protocols, and regular communication.
Are contract MSLs of the same quality as in-house hires?
The same medical recruiters who recruit for contract teams also recruit for direct, in-house hires. They use the same level of rigor and evaluation in selecting outsourced MSLs as they would for an in-house MSL. All our candidates undergo scrupulous vetting, training, and therapeutic screening to ensure they are scientifically aligned, motivationally fit, and field-ready.
Can Amplity provide global MSL support?
Absolutely. Amplity operates field medical teams in numerous countries across the globe, and our international recruiting team is skilled in finding, screening, managing, and deploying medical professionals or MSLs who understand local compliance, cultural norms, market access, and clinical landscapes.
How long does it take to stand up an MSL team?
We can work at the pace needed to build the team on your time frame. We ensure that 2-week background checks are cleared, and we are hiring people of the caliber who would want to give their employer a 2- or 4-week notice period. Candidates also need a moment to evaluate the offer. We always want to make sure we balance the need for speed with quality and the right fit.
How do we ensure compliance with pharma industry regulations and norms?
Compliance is baked into every stage of Amplity’s model—from hiring and onboarding to field engagement and reporting. We have a chief compliance officer and a compliance department, and we face the same rules as direct manufacturers. Our compliance team is comprised of industry veterans who have served for decades in this role, and as thought leaders, we often help clients build their own compliance programs.
What makes Amplity different from other outsourcing partners?
Amplity brings 40+ years of experience, therapeutic depth, a strong compliance infrastructure, and a focus on strategic insight gathering.
We have been told by clients that our candidates’ quality is higher than other outsourcing partners. Many of our recruiters have transitioned from clinical settings into pharmaceutical roles, and because of our recruiters’ backgrounds, they can conduct deeper conversations with candidates, building trust.
What’s more, our MSLs benefit from Amplity Learn training programs, with their proven model for training MSLs in the scientific engagement model.
