Overview

Cactus Life Sciences partners with global biopharma to drive innovation and improve patient outcomes through agile, science-driven medical communications - transforming complex data into actionable insights.

Please note: We are a remote-first organization, and we embrace an accelerate from anywhere culture. You may be required to travel to our Mumbai office based on business requirements or for company/team events.

Responsibilities

- Use scientific expertise to develop (write, proofread, and data-check) high-quality, client-ready scientific, medical, and educational materials like slides, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, congress and meetings materials, and literature searches and reviews according to client needs with excellent attention to detail under the guidance of the scientific leads.

- Actively involve in reviewing materials developed by scientific writers to ensure strategic alignment and scientific accuracy as needed and provide clear constructive feedback, support, and supervision to writers. Mentor and train scientific writers by sharing best practices and client preferences, thereby contributing to skill development within the team.

- Perform as a document specialist, provide intellectual input across document types, and contribute to making cutting-edge research accessible to specific audiences as appropriate, by maintaining current awareness of developments across therapeutic areas or disciplines.

- Liaise and build trusting and professional relationships with international pharmaceutical clients, healthcare professionals, internal and external stakeholders, including authors, reviewers, and key opinion leaders across therapeutic areas - learning to anticipate their needs.

- Effectively and proactively communicate with team members, authors/faculty, clients, and vendors.

- Attend workshops/seminars/trainings to hone your skills and contribute to organizational objectives.

- Attend client and other external meetings and support senior team members as needed.





- Apply your scientific and creative knowledge and work closely with client directors in developing ideas and executing effective medical communications initiatives in the digital space, including publication extenders, creation of infographics, interactive assets, website content, patient narratives, and medical information engagement plans.

- Ensure all materials follow/comply with client requirements/SOPs, style guides, client templates, client preferences (as applicable), and CACTUS internal SOPs. Any updates to either of these items should be made consistently and documents should remain up to date.

- Share best practices and client preferences, thereby contributing to skill development within the medical communications team.

Qualifications and Prerequisites

- 4 years of experience in publications within a pharma company or medical communications agency.

- PhD/MD (Pharmacology) OR PhD (Life Sciences) OR PharmD with a good understanding of clinical research and medical communication.

- Clear, concise, scientific style of writing, with a high level of attention to detail.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Ability to adapt writing style to suit different materials and target audiences.

- Literature reviewing and evaluation capabilities.

- Very positive working knowledge of MS Office and basic knowledge of biostatistics.

- Shows an eagerness to learn and apply AI tools and technologies.

Disclaimer: This job posting and Location has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

Role: Medical Writer,

Industry Type: Printing & Publishing,

Department: Research & Development,

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Medical-MS/MD in Psychology

Key Skills agileaiai toolsartificial intelligenceautomationblendingbusiness requirementsclinical researchcommunication skillsembeddedfacultyhealthcareinfographicslegallife sciencesliteraturemedical affairs

📌 Sr Medical Writer- Publications (Mumbai)
🏢 Cactus Communications
📍 Mumbai