Clinical Trial Project Management is one of the most important functions within a Clinical Operations team. It is equally important for both Pharma-biotech companies conducting their own clinical trials as well as Contract Research Organizations that conduct clinical trials for sponsor companies. Good Project Management results in savings of costs and resources and leads to a high […]
It is essential for you as a medical writer to learn and polish your proofreading and editing skills, even though a senior writer or an editor is available and will edit and proofread your work before it is submitted to the client. A systematic approach for editing and proofreading: – Helps you to find and […]
Writing educational reading material for patients and public at large can be an interesting break from the technical and scientific writing, written specifically for an audience with varied medical backgrounds. So what makes writing patient education brochures interesting? Well, a couple of things: Different Source Content Writing a patient education brochure is very different from […]
In the earlier post we discussed that medical writers may be involved in creating post-event CD-ROM’s. Let us look at some simple steps that you should follow when working with CD-ROM’s: A good post-event CD-ROM contains the following, so try to incorporate most of these in your CD: • Introduction of the product or company, […]
The increasing use of technologies such as multimedia devices and the internet has opened up new opportunities for the pharmaceutical and communications companies to achieve multiple objectives such as product marketing, creating company training programs, communicating with potential and existing consumers, conducting CME (continuing medical education) programs for physicians etc. Some electronic projects (non-print publications) […]
Different types of editorial and non-editorial services are offered by medical and healthcare communications companies to their clients. Most of these clients are involved with the marketing of their products such as medicines, medical devices, health supplements, growth formulas etc. All materials are developed as per the client requirements, and are mainly used as promotional […]
Medical writers are an integral part of the pharmaceutical industry. Successful medical writers possess various key competencies such as flawless English language skills, flair for writing, ability to present medical data accurately, audience identification, commitment to quality, team skills, ability to meet deadlines etc. Work Profiles: Pharmaceutical industry, Contract Research Organisations (CRO’s) and communications agencies […]
Freelance medical writers often find themselves contracted by sponsors for writing clinical trial reports (CTR) also known as clinical study reports (CSR) even before all the required documentation is ready at the sponsors end. This causes delays in the completion of the clinical study report. In addition, delayed CTR completion can extend the actual submission […]
We have discussed about about medical writers being put through a written test during medical writing interviews in many earlier posts. Here is a sample medical writing interview written test that you may be asked to do. Do not prepare this question only, rather look at it as a guide and practice many similar tests. […]
We live in an ever changing world that is fast-paced, technologically advanced, interconnected with almost no communication barriers. A wealth of information is thrown at us everyday by newspapers, magazines, websites, emails, sms, phone calls, social networking and what not, but all of us know that it is impossible to remember and act on all […]