Overview of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is dedicated to bringing high-quality scientific and clinical expertise to drug development, addressing global health challenges.Job Description for the Medical Writer Position
The Medical Writer at Thermo Fisher Scientific is responsible for producing high-quality medical and scientific documents, collaborating with clients, ensuring compliance, and assisting in project management.
Job Description
- Serves as primary author who writes and provides input on routine documents such as clinical study reports and study protocols and summarizes data from clinical studies.
- May assist with more complex clinical and scientific and program level documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs.
- Ensures compliance with quality processes and requirements for assigned documents. May assist in determining best practices, methods, and techniques for achieving optimal results.
- May assist in program management activities. Duties could include assisting with developing timelines, budgets, forecasts for assigned deliverables.
- Represents the department at project launch meetings, review meetings, and project team meetings.
Skills and Qualifications Required
Candidates should have a strong background in medical or scientific writing, excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a remote environment. Education and Experience:- Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).
- Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred.
- Experience in scientific writing advantageous.
- Experience in the therapeutic areas of Immunology, Oncology or Vaccines advantageous.
- Solid medical writing skills, including grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills.
- Ability to interpret and present complex data accurately and concisely.
- Effective administrative, organizational, and planning skills; attention to detail and quality
- Ability to work on own initiative and effectively within a team.
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Good knowledge of regulatory documentation and drug development process
- Great judgment and decision-making skills
- Good computer skills and skilled with client templates; Good knowledge of document management systems and other relevant applications (e.g. Excel, Outlook)