Title: Senior Associate - Scientific Writing
Bangalore, KA, IN
Job Description
Must Have
Job description
• Develop and review abstracts, posters, slide-decks, reviews (narrative and systematic), and primary research articles from various data sources including clinical study reports, protocols, etc.
• Develop medical information letters/standard response documents.
• Perform literature search using tools such as PubMed and Embase for identification of relevant articles.
• Create accurate and relevant scientific content by researching, organizing, interpreting, and quality-checking scientific information.
• Understand and define client requirements at the project kick-off stage; these include defining SLAs and turnaround times.
• Conduct data quality check and/or peer review for all medical content as per client requirements.
• Deliver all required tactics within expected timelines and budget, adhering to SOPs and guidelines.
• Compliant to various pharma regulations and publication guidelines and ensuring that it is supported by authentic and up-to-date references.
• Coordinate with the medical writing lead, project lead, graphics team, and other internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with client and external authors liaison for review of drafts and approval.
• Experience in handling publication management tools (Datavision/iEnvision) will be of added advantage
Desired skills
1. Minimum 3 to 7 years of medical/scientific writing in pharmaceutical companies/medical communications agencies is preferable.
2. Strong flair and passion for writing.
3. Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills.
4. Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple projects, meeting deadlines with attention to detail.
5. Being up-to-date with the latest technical/scientific developments and relating them to various projects.
6. Skilled with use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and reference management tools (e.g. EndNote/Mendeley).
7. Basic knowledge of biostatistics.
8. M. Pharm/ Pharm. D/Ph.D./ Any life science graduate with publication/medical writing and publication coordination experience.
9. CMPP certification is preferable.
Good to have
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