26 March 2010                 Published weekly by Biotech Ink, LLC Vol 3 No 9

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Open Jobs and Gigs for Medical Writers
 
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 caldwell@biotechink.com. We'd be delighted to publish such positions in the next issue of the Insider.

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Pharmacovigilance Aggregate Report Writer
Pennsylvania
Onsite, PA
No remote work possible
  
Main Focus:

Manage the production of aggregate reports for assigned products (small to medium complexity reports) including planning, conducting meetings, writing, coordination of production and modification, assembly in documentum and addressing questions. Perform quality reviews for PVAR peer reports. In this position, one would author regulatory documents including PSURs. Experience writing PSURs is required. Knowledge in drug safety, pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs, within the pharmaceutical industry is necessary to be most successful. 
 
Principal Responsibilities:

Ensure timely, quality aggregate reports for assigned products.

Liaison with colleagues as appropriate to guide report content in planning.

Data quality review/correction.

Quality review of team members' work.

Attend team meetings, departmental meetings, required training, and related activities.
 
Decision Making and Problem Solving: 

Describe the types of decisions which are made, reviewed or referred. Describe the types of problems solved or referred.

Indicate the degree to which decisions made and problems solved are circumscribed by procedure, policies, standards, or regulations.

Evaluate comments from reviewers of draft reports for appropriateness and respond accordingly.

Constantly (re)prioritize work to manage projects often requiring multitasking skills.

Data cleaning/QC skills.
 
Reporting Relationships:

This position reports to Manager, Aggregate Reports and Analysis, Integrated Operations.
 
Responsibility for Others:

Describe the nature of supervision exercised over others by this position. Please ensure that it shows the incumbent's name and position titles of peers, staff and supervisor.
Include regular/casual full-time and part-time employees, temporaries, co-ops, consultants, etc.
 
Education and Experience Requirements:

Required: Bachelor's degree in health or biomedical science (+2 years industry experience)
 
Preferred:
Graduate degree in health or biomedical science (PharmD, PhD, MPH, or MD; +0-2 years industry experience)

Awareness of Global Culture and Drug Safety

Drug Safety Experience (case management, spontaneous, solicited and clinical, familiarity with safety database)

Writing experience and competence (samples and extemporaneous)

Project management experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills (formal, e-mail and teleconference); ability to communicate in a global environment

Microsoft Word competence (tables, basic formatting)

Documentum systems familiarity preferred

Global Safety-Regulatory Knowledge; familiarity with regulatory resources (i.e., location, interpretation and application of global regulations and guidelines relating to pharmacovigilance) preferred

Windows OS familiarity/maneuverability

MS Excel skills

Web-based program/Internet competence
 
Contact:

Jessica Leveille
Manager, Biomedical Delivery Services at Orbis Clinical
Direct line (781) 496-3133
Direct fax (866) 855-5872
Email JLeveille@orbisclinical.com
www.orbisclinical.com
100 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
Senior Scientific Medical Writer
Northern NJ
Length of Assignment: 12-month contract to permanent role
Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Northern NJ; onsite only, no possibility of remote
 
Client:

Our client is a multi-billion-dollar company and a worldwide leader in the field of pharmaceutical and medical products. They are a research-based company whose purpose is to bring diagnostic and therapeutic innovations to the healthcare community with a commitment to advance patient care and to shape the future of medicine. Their focus lies in the areas of Women's Healthcare, Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurology markets.
 
Position:

The Senior Scientific Writer is the medical writing expert responsible for the research, writing and editing of regulatory documents. This person will provide full lifecycle support from clinical study protocols through regulatory dossier preparation and submission. 
 
Responsibilities:

Participate in the development of the strategy of the submission and the label and carry those key messages into regulatory documents
 
Assure quality and timely preparation of clinical documents across all therapeutic areas, including clinical study reports, clinical study protocols, investigator's brochures, and clinical summaries and overviews
 
Required Skills:

BS or equivalent with 6 years experience in a scientific discipline and a minimum of 6 years in medical writing OR
 
MS, PhD, or equivalent with a minimum of 5 years previous industry experience and 3 years of medical writing experience AND
 
Excellent written and oral communication (English)
 
Demonstrated working knowledge of scientific principles
 
Familiarity with all phases of medical research and ability to learn new medical concepts quickly
 
Familiarity with statistics and experimental design -Ability to summarize complex data and identify relationships
 
Contact:

Jessica Leveille
Manager, Biomedical Delivery Services at Orbis Clinical
Direct line (781) 496-3133
Direct fax (866) 855-5872
Email JLeveille@orbisclinical.com
www.orbisclinical.com
100 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
Scientific Medical Writer
Northern NJ
Length of Assignment: 12-month contract to permanent role
Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Northern NJ; onsite only, no possibility of remote
 
Client:

Our client is a multi-billion-dollar company and a worldwide leader in the field of pharmaceutical and medical products. They are a research-based company whose purpose is to bring diagnostic and therapeutic innovations to the healthcare community with a commitment to advance patient care and to shape the future of medicine. Their focus lies in the areas of Women's Healthcare, Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurology markets.
 
Position:

The Scientific Writer is the medical writing expert responsible for the research, writing and editing of regulatory documents. This person will provide full lifecycle support from clinical study protocols through regulatory dossier preparation and submission.

Responsibilities:

Assuring quality and timely preparation of clinical documents across all therapeutic areas, including clinical study reports, clinical study protocols, investigator's brochures, and clinical summaries and overviews.

Required Skills:

BS or equivalent with 6 years experience in a scientific discipline and a minimum of 4 years in Medical writing, OR

MS, PhD, or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years previous industry writing experience, AND

Excellent written and oral communication (English)

Demonstrated working knowledge of scientific principles

Familiarity with all phases of medical research and ability to learn new medical concepts quickly

Familiarity with statistics and experimental design

Ability to summarize complex data and identify relationships

Contact:

Jessica Leveille
Manager, Biomedical Delivery Services at Orbis Clinical
Direct line (781) 496-3133
Direct fax (866) 855-5872
Email JLeveille@orbisclinical.com
www.orbisclinical.com
100 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
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