Overall Purpose of the Job
The Medical Writer is responsible for developing high-quality scientific and medical content for marketing, and clinical purposes. This includes creating submission-ready documents, ensuring compliance with medical, legal, and regulatory standards, and serving as the subject matter expert for scientific writing within the team.
Key Responsibilities
Content Development:
- Create accurate, clear, and compliant medical communications for various channels (e.g., Veeva-approved emails, CLMs, websites, videos).
- Draft and review promotional and educational materials for medical affairs.
- Review content/creative files developed from master assets and provide feedback based on client requirements
Regulatory & Compliance:
- Ensure adherence to Medical Legal Regulatory (MLR) approval processes.
- Manage referencing and annotation in Veeva Vault PromoMats.
- Perform reference and annotation of the promotional assets of Veeva Vault Promomat for further processing.
Scientific Expertise:
- Interpret and document clinical data accurately.
- Conduct literature searches and analyze client assets for evidence-based content.
Collaboration:
- Communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to meet timelines.
- Provide intellectual input across multiple therapy areas (oncology, respiratory, cardiology, dermatology, vaccines, infectious diseases, nephrology, rare diseases).
Qualifications
- Education: PhD/MD, or M.Pharm.
Experience:
- 510 years in medical writing or related roles in pharma/life sciences.
- Prior experience in medical communications.
Skills:
- Strong understanding of therapy areas and regulatory guidelines.
- Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with Veeva Vault Promomat and MLR processes (mandatory)
- Knowledge of promotional asset development and review (mandatory)
- Knowledge of referencing and tagging of claims (mandatory)
Preferred Attributes
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
- Strategic thinking and creativity in content development.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
