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Medical Editor
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Mar 16, 2008 - 10:38 PM

Date posted - 29 January 2008

Pharmaceutical company near Paris-La Défense, France, offers challenging position at the crossroads of medical publishing, editing, and writing, for a confirmed:

MEDICAL EDITOR

MD, PharmD, PhD

We are: A leading dynamic and internationally expanding innovative French pharmaceutical company, with research and business activities focused on the cardiovascular, metabolic, neurosciences, and other fields. Our headquarters are located near Paris-La Défense, France.

Your role: You will join an international editorial team within a full-scale in-house medical publishing department, and work in a stimulating and convivial environment. The position involves rewriting, checking, copyediting, and proofreading pharmaceutical and medical literature in English, to the highest scientific and grammatical requirements. You will work in close cooperation with the international product managers, internal and external authors, and graphic designers and publishing project managers, to ensure timely preparation and enhance the form, presentation, and quality of a comprehensive spectrum of publication and document formats relating to our drugs, across all stages of the editorial process, in accordance with our house style and standard procedures.

Your profile: You are preferably an MD or a pharmacist, or have a PhD in life sciences. You have experience in medical editing and writing, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry and across several therapeutic areas, as well as the ability to learn quickly. Your English speaking and writing skills commensurate with those of a native English speaker. You have a keen eye for detail and a passion for the precise word and phrase, clear and effective communication, and fact checking and finding. You are well organized, computer-literate, and able work to strict timelines on several projects simultaneously. You are able to build excellent working relationships both within and without the company and function within a team. A working knowledge of French would be an advantage. Valid EU working papers are essential.

Salary: Full-time position with an attractive salary package and pension scheme.

To apply: Send a detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter stating your reasons for interest in this position and current salary package, to PUBLIVAL/2014