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Curriculum Vitae
Stefan Bisgaard Christensen
Contact Information
Stefan Bisgaard Christensen RN, MHsC, PhD fellow
Medical Science Liaison, cardiology. Novartis Healthcare.
PhD fellow at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Professional Private
Novartis Healthcare
Edvard thomsens vej 14.3rd
floor
2300 Cph S.
Falkevej 26
2600 Glostrup
Denmark
E-mail: noctet@gmail.com Mobile (+45) 51560890
Personal information
 Age: 39 years
 Date and place of birth: 19. January 1977, Odense, Denmark.
 Nationality: Danish
 Married to Stine Friis; Physiotherapist / Children; Hjalte (son) 9 years and Tilde
(daughter) 6 years old
 Leisure time activity; Basketball, mountain biking,beer brewing and giving beer
lectures.
Educations
 2011 - PhD fellow, Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen University.
 2007-2009: Master in Health Science (Cand. Scient.San) Copenhagen University.
Thesis;”Effect of aerobic exercise in heart transplant patient, and quantitative
measures of anxiety and depression – A randomized controlled trial”.
 2000-2003: BA In Nursing. CVSU Fyn

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Employments
2013 (sep) MSL Novartis Healthcare, Denmark.
2011- PhD fellow, Gentofte University Hospital, Cardiovascular research dept.
2010-2011 Research assistant, Dep. of social medicine, CSS, Copenhagen University.
2010-2011 Research Nurse, Dep. of cardiology, Gentofte University hospital.
2009-2010 Academic Worker, Dep. Of Cardiology, Copenhagen University hospital, Rigshospitalet.
2003-2009 Research Nurse, Dep. Of Heart and Lung transplant, Copenhagen University hospital, Rigshospitalet.
Language skills;
 Danish – Speak, read and write fluently (native language).
 English – Speak, read and write fluently.
 German – Speak, read - limited working proficiency.
 Swedish - Speak, read - limited working proficiency.
 Norwegian – Speak, read –limited working proficiency.
Major accountabilities in current MSL function
o Currently working in hybrid function as both medical advisor and MSL.
o Country-co lead in franchise with commercial head
o Country medical and scientific responsibilities for all cardio and metabolic products in late prelaunch
and post launch
o Contribute to market authorisation by providing medical and scientific input to different dossier in
prelaunch activities
o Contributes to mapping / profiling of KOL / decision makers in line with segmentation
o Develops professional relationships, builds advocacy and gains contributions of KOL / decision
makers
o Collects, analyzes and reports insights that may impact development plans / trial designs
o Liaises and provides up-to-date medical support to relevant external groups to facilitate listing of
products in medical guidelines, formularies to impact pricing and health economic discussions
o Provides scientific information and speaker training to healthcare professionals to support the best
use of new therapies
o Contributes to the identification of appropriate clinical investigators with research proposals that are
consistent with Novartis product development strategies, and facilitates the Investigator-Initiated
Research Protocol (IIRP) process
o Supports the investigational sites, as needed, as part of a cross-functional team with International
Clinical Research Organization (ICRO) Collaborates with colleagues to actively support medical and
scientific meetings by collecting and interpreting insights / presentations / results
o Evaluates the impact of competitive information to share internally and externally as post-meeting
deliverables
o Provides medical support and is franchise lead on internal scientific/medical training (i.e. disease
state and product) to colleagues (e.g. sales reps, CRAs, etc)
o Screens business opportunities
o Serves as a resource for IIT research projects.
Sincerely
Stefan Bisgaard Christensen