Medicomarketing Writing: A Career for Health Science Students

Medical writing is part of drug development process. Medicomarketing writing is a type of medical writing where scientific information is presented as promotional literatures. Medicomarketing communication or healthcare communication has evolved as a profession over a decade. More and more pharmaceutical industries are outsourcing their work to medicomarketing communication or healthcare communication companies and freelance medical writers.

The skills required for medicomarketing writing are different from the skills required for any other profession. With more than 15 years of experience in medicomarketing communication segment, we have identified the skills required for medicomarketing writing and the lack of skill among the pharmacists, doctors and life science graduates, who have the ability to excel in medical writing. This is the first book, which gives practical insights into medicomarketing writing.

This book is ideal for graduates and postgraduates in Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry and Life science

This book is also useful for

Newbie medicomarketing writers

Product managers and medical advisors working in pharmaceutical companies

Senior medical writers working in publishing companies

Team leaders and project managers working in medical communication and medical advertising agencies

Freelance medical writers

About the Author:

Viswanatha, a postgraduate in pharmacy and he has experience in Quality Assurance and R&D departments in the pharmaceutical Industry and as a lecturer. His understanding of healthcare communication and the pharmaceutical industry requirements in India gave him an edge to lead team of medical writers for 15 years. He is involved in recruitment, training and assessment of newbie writers

Anusuya D is a postgraduate in pharmacy. She started her career as a research assistant but soon moved to Biogard, the publisher of CIMS as an editor. She worked as medical writer, group head with various medical communications companies. Together with Viswanatha, she conducts a course on medicomarketing writing at ‘Tulip Medcom’.