Scientific Writer Post Vacant For Life Science Candidates @ Novartis
Novartis is a world leader in the research and development of products to protect and improve health and well-being. The company has core businesses in pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis employs nearly 115 000 people in over 140 countries worldwide to help save lives and improve the quality of life. The Group is present in India through Novartis India Limited, listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange and its wholly owned subsidiaries Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Sandoz Private Limited and Chiron Behring Vaccines Private Limited.
Job ID : 198962BR
Position Title : Scientific Writer II
Division : NBS
Business Unit : NBS PLS
Country : India
Work Location : Hyderabad
Functional Area : Research & Development
Job Type : Full Time
Job Description
- Prepares literature review, abstracts, posters, and slide sets working from various data sources including clinical study reports, patient profiles etc..
- Performs quality control (QC) checking / proof reading of above documents to meet customer expectation.
- Manages assigned individual projects.
- Obtains feedback from customers.
- Complies with and support group’s project management tool, standards, policies and initiatives.
- Follows Novartis specifications for documentation, specifically Novstyle, templates etc.
- Follows and track clinical trial milestones for assigned projects.
- Maintains records for all assigned projects including archiving.
- Maintains audit, SOP and training compliance.
- Performs additional tasks as assigned.
- Preparation of the above referenced documents meeting set quality standards and on time for submission to Health Authorities/ Clinical teams / Journals as appropriate. (i.e. complying with standards e.g. CONSORT regarding publication of trial results, complying with journal formatting requirements etc).
- Publications are acceptable to internal and external authors (no issues with authorship). Publications are acceptable to marketing and other internal customers.
- Completion of an adequate number of medical and scientific documents (taking into account complexity) per year.
Minimum requirements :
- Life-science degree or equivalent B.Sc./equivalent with 4 years Clinical Research (CR) experience,
- M.Sc./M. Pharm + 2 years of CR experience, Desired – Doctoral degree,
- Qualification in Med Good written and oral English skills Minimum: Life-science degree or equivalent B.Sc./equivalent with 4 years Clinical Research (CR) experience,
- M.Sc./M. Pharm + 2 years of CR experience, Desired – Doctoral degree,
- Qualification in Medical Sciences (MBBS/MD/equivalent) PhD + 1 year of CR experience,
- MBBS/equivalent + 1 year of CR experience
