MedicalAffairs.co.uk is in development as a specialist niche careers portal for job seekers in the medical affairs sector in the UK. MedicalAffairs.co.uk is a specialist division of Life Science Recruitment Ltd. and will cater exclusively in the recruitment of medical affairs professionals across the UK. The medical affairs sector is a sub-sector of the pharmaceutical industry which deals with areas such as medical information, medical liaison, pharmacovigilance, quality assurance, clinical research and trials, health economics and regulatory affairs. The medical information department deals with internal and externals requests for medical information relating to the companys marketed drugs, while the medical liaison department educates and promotes current and pipleline products to key opinion leaders (KOL's) in the field including hospital consultants. The pharmacovigilance department is concerned with drug safety and maps any adverse reactions or events, most notably Serious Adverse Events (SAE's) from the field reported by clinicians. The regulatory affairs department is tasked with the granting of licenses from the regulatory bodies (FDA, EMA etc.) for new drugs coming to markets and also the maintenance of existing licenses. In general the medical affairs sector has a wealth of opportunities for life scientists and medics with the UK.

Life Science Recruitment is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a specific focus on the resourcing of candidates for the pharmaceutical, medical device, clinical research, allied healthcare, diagnostics and biotechnology sectors across the UK, Ireland and the EU.