Medical Writer

Associate Medical Writer
Adelphi Real World (ARW)

Randomized control trials (RCTs) are the established way of evaluating the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals. Such studies are highly controlled and typically conducted with a small and very specific population. There is a growing recognition for the need to supplement RCT data with observational/ non-interventional studies, exploring the management of specific diseases in the “real world”, i.e. the treatment of various conditions in routine clinical practice rather than controlled clinical trial environment, and the associated outcomes for patients and their caregivers.

Adelphi Real World is a global consultancy in healthcare conducting real-world studies for over 20 years. Typical studies focus on generating real-world evidence (RWE) in terms of treatment patterns, patient and caregiver reported outcomes (PROs) and unmet needs, healthcare resource use (HCRU) and comparative effectiveness, reporting both patients’ and physicians’ perspectives. The RWE generated from our research is used to inform clinical development decisions and strategic marketing, and assist in demonstrating product value for clients from the pharmaceutical industry. Increasingly, ARW and our clients communicate findings of RWE through posters and presentations at international therapy area conferences and congresses, and via manuscripts published in various scientific journals.

The role
The growth and success of ARW in providing RWE has resulted in over 1000 publications over the years. The need to formalise the publication process, and to achieve a consistency and quality across all of our outputs, resulted in establishing the internal Publications Team – to organise, co-ordinate and provide overall management of publications. Historically, publications have been handled individually by the therapy area teams and written predominantly by our externally resourced freelance medical writers. However, due to increased demands a centralised team to achieve higher standards and consistency across the business has been established, now ready to bring an in-house Associate Medical Writer on board.

The role will provide the opportunity to engage in the drafting, editing and quality assurance of abstracts, posters, presentations and manuscripts.

Initial responsibilities will include:

* High quality support to ARW Franchise teams and the Publications Team

* Development and submission of abstracts

* Creating and submitting posters and presentations for scientific conferences and congresses

* Manuscript drafting from outline to final draft

* Submission of manuscripts ensuring journal guidelines are met

* Co-ordinating response to reviewers’ comments and resubmission of manuscripts in a standard format

* Gathering any author information required for submissions such as approvals, disclosure forms, e-mail addresses, etc.

* Liaising with teams to follow and incorporate authors’ feedback (ARW and external authors)

* High level guidance on potential target scientific journals

* Literature reviews

* Liaising with statistical team in order to produce results including tables and figures

* Ensuring the publication process and all materials produced comply with current relevant guidelines

* Other Publications Team support including Publication Database updates, etc.

The person we are looking for – is it YOU?
We believe the right candidate will be someone with around 2–5 years of medical writing experience within medical communications/ education, ideally working as a member of an established team who understands all the processes involved in scientific publications. This could be the next career step, especially if interested in RWE.

* Experience in medical writing (Essential)

* Educated to a MSc level or higher (Essential)

* MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency (Essential)

* Interpersonal skills and team spirit to allow effective collaboration as a member of a wider team (Essential)

* Highly motivated with a proactive approach to work (Essential)

* Strong written and verbal communication skills (Essential)

* Good organisational and time management skills (Essential)

* A high level of numeracy, analytical and interpretive skills (Essential)

* Attention to detail (Essential)

* Reference management software user (i.e. EndNote)

* Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry

At ARW we believe in rewarding high performance and so our benefits include a competitive salary, pension, performance-related rewards, a generous holiday allowance, private health insurance and on-site gym membership together with support for further qualifications, in a friendly and informal office environment.

The position is office-based at our head office in Bollington, a stunning location just outside Manchester and on the edge of the Peak District.

Our commitment:

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you