job title:medical writer(havas)

Job Description Summary :

Responsible for producing sales training materials, press releases for industry, fact sheets or Web site materials for government organizations; also may write about research discoveries for medical journals, web sites, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and any other medium that includes coverage of health and medical issues.

Job Description :

- Demonstrates a sound knowledge of assigned products/brands as well as pharmaceutical marketing restrictions/requirements.

- Builds a scientific story that best supports a brand strategy. 

- Identify in a sea of information, facts that support the brand strategy and/or provide other marketing opportunities.

- Identify important data points and weaves these into a story that is consistent with product positioning and can command physician interest and increase on-label product utilization. 

- Provides guidance for development of compelling graphics, figures, and other visual elements based on original data and/or review articles. 

- Shares the writing responsibilities with the Copywriter, focusing primarily on the development of content for clinical tactics.

- Checks all promotional materials for medical accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations.


- Consults with the client/brand managers to help them interpret clinical data.

- Participates in client strategic meetings, war games, market research, and work plan development.

- Demonstrates mastery of manuscript submission process, including referencing and regulatory details of assigned products. (May vary from account to account.)

- Continuously mines medical resources and data for information that might be a threat or become an opportunity for assigned products.