Expert Writer, Medical Content Development

Sky Mavis; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Drips.com is seeking a qualified professional for a medical writing role focused on content development for clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. Candidates should have a PharmD, PhD, or MD alongside extensive experience in medical writing.

The position requires strong project management skills and the ability to produce high-quality, scientifically accurate content. The role involves collaborating with various teams and overseeing the document development process.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in life sciences or pharmaceutical industry.
• Direct experience in Medical Information or Medical Communications.
• Familiarity with AMA Style guide and clinical research principles.

Responsibilities

• Support content development for commercialization deals.
• Write medical and scientific content for various clients.
• Drive document development process and facilitate reviews.

Skills

Medical writing

Scientific communication

Exceptional communication skills

Project management

Editing skills

Education

PharmD or M. Pharm or M.S. Pharm, PhD, or MD

Tools

Microsoft Office

Reference management software

PubMed, Ovid, Embase

Job description

Job Description

At EVERSANA, our integrated life sciences compliance team is taking a leading role in helping some of the most scientifically advanced Biopharma and research companies around the world to innovate novel therapies for rare, ultra‑rare and a range of critical therapeutic areas including Oncology, Neurology, Immuno‑oncology, Immunology, etc. This role is within the EVERSANA Compliance team, reporting directly to the Manager, Medical Content Development. This person will also collaborate very closely with other team members within the EVERSANA Compliance Business Unit (Medical Information, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory and Quality).

The position will support various types of clients including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, digital therapeutics, and over‑the‑counter companies, especially small and emerging companies. Position is responsible for content development‑related client engagements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Play an essential role supporting Manager, Medical Content Development on content development‑related engagements for integrated and complete commercialization deals as well as for clients who require medical information or medical affairs consulting services outside of EVERSANA’s complete commercialization partnerships.
• Write and create medical and scientific content related to Medical Affairs, Medical Information and Medical Communications including, but not limited to, Scientific Response Documents (SRD), Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) documents, Slide Sets, Abstracts, Posters, Education and Training materials, and others for potential clients.
• Drive the client document development process from gathering materials and developing scientifically rigorous content to facilitating document review and discussions at medical, legal, regulatory (MLR) review meetings.
• Work with EVERSANA and/or client‑provided document management technology platforms (i.e., Veeva PromoMats / MedComms, etc.) as content owner when appropriate, uploading documents, providing reference anchoring and annotations as required.
• May be called up to perform scientific data fact checking for documents in support of medical reviewers participating in MLR teams.
• Collaborate with Manager, Medical Content Development and contribute to discussions on strategy, tactical execution and communication approaches for assigned projects.
• Participate in key client meetings as assigned.
• Support preparation of thought leadership articles, newsletter, publications, congress presentations, slides, and blogs related to the medical content services and practices.
• Support creating/updating the SOPs, checklists, templates, style guides, and guidance documents as necessary.
• Mentor and coach team members. Support hiring and onboarding as necessary.
• Stay knowledgeable of industry best practices and support leadership team in evaluating and implementing new technologies and procedures to improve operational efficiency and quality of materials developed.
• Work collaboratively with other medical writers and creative teams across EVERSANA.
• All other duties as assigned.

Expectations of the Job

• Responsible to deliver client delight.
• Responsible to identify, deploy, oversee, mentor direct reports and consultants supporting various clients.
• Responsible to work collaboratively with EVERSANA medical information and medical affairs team and take direction and feedback from management and clients.
• Responsible to ensure management and compliance with industry standards and codes of practice.
• Able to work independently to develop high‑quality, scientifically accurate, strategically aligned, ethical, and compliant medical content.
• Responsible to proactively flag and manage any quality issues, and ensure timely corrective and preventive actions.
• Travel – Up to 10% (only post COVID).
• Hours – Average 40+ hours/week.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• PharmD (or M. Pharm. or M.S. Pharm), PhD, or MD with medical writing and content development experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience within the life science and/or pharmaceutical industry with extensive medical writing and content development experience.
• Direct Medical Information / Medical Communications / Scientific Communications experience.
• Exceptional communication skills including written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills including the ability to independently interpret and summarize complex results.
• Ability to effectively interface with all levels of management and staff and to succeed in a matrix team setting while meeting or exceeding timelines.
• Familiarity with AMA Style guide as well as an understanding of clinical research principles and applied statistics. Familiarity with International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), Good Publication Practices (GPP), and other medical publishing guidelines (e.g., Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE), Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), etc.).
• Proficient editing skills along with expertise in Microsoft Office, Acrobat and other applications.
• Experience conducting literature searches and working with tools such as PubMed, Ovid, Embase, etc.
• Experience working with reference management and citation software (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley, Citavi, etc.).
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and best practices in relationship to Medical Information, Medical Affairs and promotional and non‑promotional materials review.
• Excellent project management skills and proven track record of being results driven; ability to manage.
• Ability to conceptualize, design and deliver best in class solutions.
• Highly Principled – Proves to be a professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility and character who demonstrates high moral and ethical behavior.
• Collaboration – Ability to work cross functionality across EVERSANA business units and with various clients, including leadership and various departments and functions of our clients.
• Agile learning – Ability to support and learn about multiple disease states and therapeutic areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing medical content, especially Medical Information materials, for new product launch.
• Experience publishing abstracts, posters, manuscripts.
• Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Experience working with Veeva Vault MedComms / Promomats.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.