Medical Writer

Summary

Join PrecisionAQ, a medical agency where passion for cutting-edge work meets a collaborative ethos. As a Medical Writer, you'll create core claims from scientific documents, conduct literature searches, and collaborate with copywriters. You'll need an advanced science degree and a strong understanding of clinical trials, regulations, and statistics. Prior medical writing experience is preferred, but not required. The role offers a competitive salary, bonus potential, comprehensive health benefits, retirement savings, life and disability insurance, parental leave, and paid time off.

Requirements

• Know what a core claims document is and its purpose
• Know the rationale for competitive intelligence
• Know what a clinical download is and its purpose
• Know what copy writers are trying to do when crafting promotional messages
• Have a firm command of regulations governing communications by pharmaceutical companies (21 CFR §202.1, 21 CFR §312.7, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) and how they affect, or not, promotional claims
• Know the criteria that make a clinical study strong or weak
• Have a working knowledge of basic statistics
• Have a basic understanding of the major departments at our clients and what their mission is: Commercial, Market Access, Medical, Legal, Regulatory
• Have a firm command of the client’s label and those of their competitors
• Advanced science degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or comparable degree)
• May require travel domestically and/or internationally including overnight stays

Responsibilities

• Create core claims from clinical and scientific documents
• Fact check documents
• Conduct literature searches
• Create figures and tables
• Educate your teammates on aspects of science and medicine that relate to the brands they work on
• Collaborate with copy writers to help verify and source claims
• Perform basic insight mining tasks, like writing competitive intelligence summaries and comparing product labels
• Write core claims, under the direction of a more senior Medical staff member
• Maintain a current core claims/messaging document based on client comments
• Write competitive intelligence summaries
• Create and deliver clinical downloads with minimal supervision
• Collaborate with copy writers to ensure messaging is supported
• Identify gaps in team knowledge and proactively create mini-clinical downloads
• Conduct basic insight mining by comparing product labels

Preferred Qualifications

At least 1 year of experience as a Medical Writer or some comparable experience (e.g., internships in other agencies)

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Health insurance
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Paid time off for sick leave and vacation