Senior Medical Information Writer

Main responsibilities:

Responsible for research and authoring of scientific response documents under the direction of the Global Medical Information (GMI) team in support of global and local medical information activities. Responsible for the execution of activities as required in alignment with GMI colleagues. Achieved through a combination of product knowledge, along with editing, writing, and document management proficiency.

Essential Job duties and responsibilities: 1)Conducts literature searches and reviews, and extracts/summarizes complex data from the scientific literature. 2) Generates evidence-based, accurate, current, and fair-balanced summaries of data for the creation/maintenance of scientific response documents for products in designated therapeutic area(s). 3) Adapts global scientific response documents for assigned countries. 4) Develops responses to escalated inquiries for assigned countries. 5) Develops contributions to US NDA Annual Reports. 6) Contributes to US compendia reviews. 7) Develops and maintains Therapeutic Area expertise. 8) Reviews the content created by peer writers. 9) Collaborates effectively with Global Medical Information teams to execute content plans

• People: 1) Maintain effective relationships with the end stakeholders (Medical scientific community) within the allocated Global business unit and product – with an end objective to develop medical information content as per requirement. 2) Interact effectively with stakeholders in medical and pharmacovigilance departments. 3) Constantly assist other medical information writers in developing knowledge and sharing expertise.
• Performance: Provide deliverables (scientific response documents, US NDA Annual Reports, US compendia reviews) as per agreed timelines and quality
• Process: 1) Act as an expert in the field of medical information writing and maintain on the regulatory requirement for countries supported. 2) Assist the assigned medical information team in conducting a comprehensive medical writing needs analysis. 3) Implement relevant elements of content plans and associated activities for the year identified for the assigned countries. 4) Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per the defined process. 5) Design an overall plan of action basis end-customers feedback & improve course content and delivery.
• Stakeholders: 1) Work closely with medical teams in regions/areas to identify medical writing needs and assist in developing assigned deliverables. 2) Liaise with the Medical department to prepare relevant & customized deliverables.

About you

• Experience: >5 years of experience in medical writing for the pharmaceuticals/ healthcare industry or equivalent experience in a clinical setting; At least 2-3 years of direct medical information experience in a pharmaceutical company
• Soft skills: Stakeholder management; communication skills; and ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Technical skills: As applicable (Including but not limited toMedical operational excellence, time, and risk management skills, Excellent technical (medical) editing and writing skills, Knowledge about literature evaluation and multilevel response development)
• Education: Advanced degree in life sciences/ pharmacy/ similar discipline, or medical degree or doctorate degree (PharmD, Ph.D, Master in science, MBA or equivalent)
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of the English language (spoken and written)