How can a medical writer help you?
What do you think of when you hear the term "medical writer"?
Is it someone who helps with writing publications? Is it someone who takes minutes at meetings? Is it someone who makes your documents look and sound nice?
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Yes, medical writers are all those things - but also so much more!
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Did you know that many of us are scientists, pharmacists, nurses and pharmaceutical industry insiders? Like you, we are professionals dedicated to providing access to innovative treatments.
When you hire an experienced medical writer, they can:
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Produce clear, concise, visually appealing and scientifically sound materials
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Ensure compliance of your documents with regulatory and industry standards
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Target writing style to your audience from technical to plain language
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Maintain consistency in messaging across your documents, platforms and departments
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Liaise with other professionals, like study investigators, statisticians and CROs on your behalf
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When you hire a medical writer, you are getting so much more than just writing help!
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Let's look at some tasks an experienced medical writer can do for a CSR and a manuscript:
More Than Just Medical Writing!
"Medical writer" is a catch-all term for anyone involved in writing health-related communications.
Is it someone who helps with writing publications? Is it someone who takes minutes at meetings? Is it someone who proofreads your documents? Medical writers are all of those things — and so much more!
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Many of us are doctors, scientists, pharmacists, nurses or pharmaceutical industry insiders. Like you, we are professionals dedicated to providing timely access to innovative treatments.
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Experienced medical writers:
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Produce clear, concise and scientifically sound materials
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Ensure compliance of your documents with regulatory and industry standards
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Target the writing style to your audience, from technical to plain language
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Maintain consistency in messaging across your documents and departments
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Manage and drive the process to ensure timely completion of your project
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Liaise with other professionals, like study investigators, statisticians and CROs
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Provide strategic advice on data positioning and communication
Here are two examples of the services an experienced medical writer provides.
Clinical study report (CSR)
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Provide an ICH-compliant template
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Compile hundreds of pages of raw data into a clean, informative and thorough report
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Write a concise and clear synopsis
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Analytically and critically assess the data
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Identify any issues/outliers in the data and dig deeper to get the details
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Alert you to any issues with compliance
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Liaise with statisticians, CROs, PIs, etc., to clarify any issues
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Work with your regulatory department to ensure accurate and timely completion of the project
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Thoroughly data-check and proofread the document
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Ensure compliance with your style guide
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Ensure consistency in reporting with your previous studies
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Write patient narratives and compile the appendices
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Troubleshoot any issues along the way
Manuscript
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Provide appropriate journal suggestions
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Search for the most up-to-date literature
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Write informative, well-researched, and referenced introduction and discussion
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Translate complicated clinical data into easy-to-read and easy-to-understand documents
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Create attractive and informative figures that best feature the data
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Highlight key messages throughout the document
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Thoroughly data-check and proofread the document
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Communicate with authors to collect their comments, disclosures and acknowledgments
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Ensure compliance with the journal's author guidelines and with best practices in data reporting (GPP)
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Navigate the publisher's submission portal to submit the manuscript
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Troubleshoot any issues along the way
