16 December 2009                 Published weekly by Biotech Ink, LLC Vol 2 No 36

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The jobs listed in the Biotech Ink Insider come to us mostly by word-of-mouth and direct contact with hiring managers and recruiters. If no new jobs are communicated to us in a given week, the Insider won't be published that week. See also our disclaimer at the bottom of the newsletter.
 
Because of the tough job market in recent months, we are now publishing jobs that are closely related to medical writing, or that have a strong writing role, regardless of their titles.
 
If you're a writer or editor and are getting calls about staff or contract positions you aren't interested in, please forward the job information to Susan Caldwell at [email protected]. We'd be delighted to publish such positions in the next issue of the Insider.
Senior Medical Writer, Medical Communications
Princeton, NJ/Bucks County, PA area
 
My client, a premier medical communications company in the local PA/NJ area, is actively seeking a Senior Medical Writer.  This is a position for industry-experienced professionals who have at least 2 or more years of medical writing experience in a medical communications company.
    
 
Individuals qualifying for this position will have the following qualifications:
 
  • An advanced degree in the life sciences is required, PhD, MD or Pharm D degree
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal as you will be interacting on a regular basis with staff, clients and industry professionals
  • Strong time and project management skills
  • Knowledge of AMA writing style
  • Hands-on medical writing experience: original and review manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, executive summaries, and publication plans
  • Experience in oncology is desired, but experience in other areas will also be considered i.e. (pain management, diabetes, cardio, nutrition, immunology, and hematology, etc)
  • Experience with data assimilation: assimilating safety and efficacy data from clinical study reports
  • Experience working directly with pharmaceutical company medical personnel and key opinion leaders
  • Excellent computer skills: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other industry software
  • Experience with creation of strategy, planning and implementing of publications
 
My client provides good health benefits, paid time off, 401k, and most importantly of all, JOB STABILITY!  In today's ever changing market place this company is very busy due to both existing and new client and accounts they have in place. Very little turnover, room for career growth and advancement and strong stable management in place. This company has a very relaxed business culture in which they work hard and play hard.  They do not micromanage but do provide sufficient one-on-one training so people can succeed and advance in their career. This is a very team-oriented environment, with no internal individual competition. Employees strive to do their best work, so the company succeeds and so they can further their own career. They have an excellent reputation in the industry, with product and service offerings that set them apart from the competition. Company revenue has increased steadily each year over the last 5 years, with the goal of the company to achieve steady growth that is planned and does not jeopardize the quality of client deliverables and/or the staff.  The company has a history of always being conservative in hiring to ensure that the loss of a large account for any reason would not jeopardize staff and company stability. My client has very talented individuals on staff within its different departments who are well respected in their fields who can teach and mentor junior staff. My client offers a competitive package of pay and benefits along with staff that are fully vested in their 401K plan after only 1 year of service.
 
Please send a word copy of your resume to [email protected]  today for consideration and more details on the company.  All information is strictly confidential. 
 
Alex Showers
610-941-6300 ext 114
Biostatistician, Contract
Unspecified Location
 
Position Description
 
In-house statistical consultant will provide consulting services, analyses, and statistical reports to clinical areas. Will oversee and provide statistical consulting to RMS clinical teams in interpretation of study data. Work on complex statistical problems in which analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
 
Provide statistical analyses of large dataset for abstracts and journal publications. Write statistical reports as required. We need a professional who exercises judgment within a broadly defined practice and policy in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Statistical programming may include creation of analysis specified in statistical analysis plan and ad-hoc analysis. Coordinate the quality-control checking of deliverables (reports, summary tables and graphs). Attend project team meetings and provide expertise.

Requirements
 
  • PhD or Masters degree in biostatistics, statistics, or epidemiology, with at least 5 years of related experience
  • Journal publication background would be great to have
  • Familiarity with health economics is also desirable
  • Statistical computing in SAS is required
 
Contact
 
Sudha Parameswaran
Buxton Consulting
Phone: 925-467-0725
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