medical writer

Medical Writing (Life Sciences) work includes:
• Writing and editing manuscripts on clinical studies and/or scientificreports including special summaries from raw data for submission toregulatory agencies or for in-company use, monographs, comprehensivereviews, scientific exhibits, and other projects requiring skill inmedical communication
• Compiling, analyzing, and summarizing additional data from othersources as needed
• Preparing literature for new products and revising existing literature
• Writing and maintaining files on informative journal abstractsaccording to current or estimated future needs
• Composing medical papers from outlines provided by doctors for presentations

In some organizations may prepare responses regarding company products,drugs, or diseases and refers in-depth technical inquiries to medicalpersonnel. Requires knowledge of product areas, current developments,and keeping abreast of current literature.