Medical Writer

Job Title: Medical Writer

Total Experience - 3+years in corporate sector

Department: Medical Affairs / Scientific Communications

Education: MBBS / BDS /MDS

Role Objective / Purpose

• To develop high-quality scientific content and documentation across therapeutic areas by conducting in-depth literature reviews, synthesizing data, and delivering clear, accurate, and audience-appropriate materials.
• The role involves contributing to both short- and long-term projects in the consumer healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, including medical, safety, pre-clinical, clinical, regulatory, educational, and promotional content.
• Additional responsibilities include editing, proofreading, reviewing, referencing, and verifying content to ensure adherence to high medical writing standards.
• The role ensures timely delivery of project milestones while maintaining quality, compliance, and business value.

Key Responsibilities

Literature Reviews and Evidence Mapping

• Conduct comprehensive secondary research/literature reviews and prepare overarching summaries using effective search strategies across scientific databases (e.g., PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library) and open-source platforms.
• Analyze and interpret clinical and scientific data to extract actionable insights.
• Stay current with trends, treatment guidelines, and regulatory updates in both OTC and Rx domains.

Medical and Scientific Content Development

• Leverage scientific expertise to create high-quality communication materials in the OTC and Rx space.
• Research, write, edit, organize, interpret, curate, and quality-check various types of scientific content across multiple formats and channels.
• Prepare, review, and edit a range of scientific documents, including:
• Literature reviews
• Manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals
• Abstracts, posters, and slide decks for scientific conferences
• Treatment guideline summaries
• Publication summaries and white papers
• Ensure scientific accuracy, clarity, and compliance with applicable guidelines (e.g., ICMJE, CONSORT).

Content Review and Quality Assurance

• Review medical, promotional, and scientific materials in accordance with internal SOPs and external guidelines.
• Verify references and ensure content is plagiarism-free.
• Ensure clear, factual, and effective presentation of data and discussions.
• Maintain and apply templates, formats, and styles to ensure compliance with industry and client standards.

Project Execution

• Understand and define client requirements during project initiation, including objectives and timelines.
• Develop scientifically accurate and medically relevant content across therapeutic areas, adhering to branding and regulatory guidelines.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring quality and client satisfaction.
• Respond to and deliver ad-hoc client requests within agreed timelines.
• Collaborate with medical writing colleagues, the graphics team, and clients as needed.

Other Responsibilities

• Mentorship: Actively mentor team members to support effective task execution and goal achievement.
• Values and Behaviors: Consistently demonstrate WNS values and foster positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Personal Development: Identify learning and development needs in collaboration with the line manager and pursue relevant training opportunities.

Key Performance Indicators

Process-Related

• Domain Expertise: Quickly build subject matter expertise in assigned therapeutic areas.
• Efficiency: Develop effective search strategies, organize data for analysis, and prepare medical and scientific content.
• Accuracy: Validate sources, identify data gaps, and ensure scientific rigor.
• Quality: Deliver well-structured, grammatically sound, and visually engaging documents using appropriate templates and tone.

People-Related

• Demonstrate strong teamwork, collaboration, and professionalism.
• Actively participate in team meetings, knowledge-sharing sessions, and training initiatives.

Required Competencies & Skills

Must Have

• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical, OTC, and consumer healthcare landscape.
• Clear grasp of medical, scientific, and statistical terminology and concepts.
• Robust knowledge of various types of clinical studies, the structure, and formats of different manuscript types (e.g., SLR, TLR, Meta-analysis), along with their relevance and application in evidence synthesis and utilization.
• Proven experience in scientific writing and literature analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and online research tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail, critical thinking abilities, and the capacity to work independently.
• Demonstrated accountability, adaptability, and effective time management.

Good to Have

• Familiarity with regulatory documentation and compliance in US/EU markets.
• Exposure to text mining, data visualization tools, and scientific storytelling.
• Experience with reference management (e.g., EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) and statistical (e.g., RevMan, SPSS, GraphPad Prism, R, SAS) tools.
• Knowledge of proprietary tools such as DataVision, PubPro, and Veeva Vault.