Contract Medical Writer- 12 month contract-Ireland

Contract Medical Writer- 12 month contract-Ireland

For the past 20 years, ProPharma has improved the health and wellness of patients by providing advice and expertise that empowers biotech, med device, and pharmaceutical organizations of all sizes to confidently advance scientific breakthroughs and introduce new therapies. ProPharma partners with its clients through an advise-build-operate model across the complete product lifecycle.

ProPharma are looking for an experienced freelancer or temporary Medical Writer to join the team for 12 months to support a team member on maternity leave. This is a fully remote role across Ireland. The Medical Writer position is responsible for authoring regulatory writing deliverables that focus on quality, accuracy, and efficiency and for providing regulatory writing support to ProPharma clients.

Essential Functions:

• Author (write / edit) high-quality regulatory writing deliverables (i.e., clinical, safety, regulatory, device, diagnostics, or disclosures documents) including but not limited to protocols, protocol amendments, study reports, patient narratives, IBs, ICFs, CEPs / CERs, DSURs, and plain language summaries. May participate in authoring more complex documents (e.g., PBRER, IND, NDA, BLA, MAA, eCTD submission-level documents) under the supervision of senior personnel.
• Adhere to established regulatory standards / guidelines including but not limited to: ICH E3 / E6(R2), EU MDR / IVDR, Company standard operating procedures, client standards, and Company- and/or client-approved templates.
• Strive to complete writing deliverables on time and within budget.
• Interact and communicate directly with clients, lead team meetings (e.g., project kickoff, comment review), and manage the deliverable timelines, with support from senior personnel (as needed).
• Interact and collaborate as needed with subject matter experts in clinical operations, data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, etc., as needed, to produce writing deliverables.
• Coordinate QC reviews of documents and maintain audit trails of changes as applicable.
• Review statistical analysis plans and table/figure/listing shells (as applicable) for appropriate content, grammar, format, and consistency.
• If requested by supervisor, perform QC review (e.g., reviews in-text tables against statistical output).
• Assist with project-related administrative tasks (e.g., creating and maintaining timelines, updating deliverable trackers, and hosting internal/client meetings) with support from senior personnel (as needed).
• Maintain familiarity with current industry practices, regulatory requirements, and guidelines related to regulatory writing.
• Understand budget specifications for assigned deliverables, work within the budgeted hours, and communicate out-of-scope tasks to regulatory writing leadership.

Ideal skills and requirements:

• Knowledge of clinical research principles and the ability to interpret and present clinical data and other complex information.
• Understanding of global regulatory bodies and applicable regulations and guidelines.
• Understanding of regulatory submission requirements and processes.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience writing clinical and regulatory documents for drugs, biologics, medical devices/diagnostics for a CRO, pharmaceutical company, or biotechnology company.
• Experience writing & editing scientific documents or experience in reviewing scientific data preferred.
• Experience in phase I and II & pre clinical study experience is vital for this role.