Medical Writing for Pharmacy Students – A Career Beyond the Lab

Hey MedBound family!
If you love writing more than weighing powders, consider a career in Medical Writing — a growing field combining science and communication.

What Do Medical Writers Do?
•Prepare clinical trial documents, regulatory dossiers, drug monographs.
•Write patient education material, blogs, and scientific articles.
•Work for pharma companies, CROs, journals, or freelance.

Eligibility & Skills Needed:
•B.Pharm/M.Pharm/Pharm.D or life sciences degree.
•Strong command over English.
•Knowledge of drug development, ICH-GCP, and referencing styles (Vancouver, APA).

Job Titles to Look For:
•Scientific Writer
•Regulatory Medical Writer
•Clinical Research Writer
•Freelance Medical Writer

Where to Start:
•Internships with CROs or med comm agencies
•Platforms like MedBound Times, Cactus Communications, BioMed Central
•Build a portfolio (articles, blogs, case summaries)

Are you working in medical writing or trying to break in? Drop tips, platforms, or personal stories here to help fellow pharmacy folks!

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Thanks for sharing! I have been curious about medical writing but never really explored it seriously. This gives me a clearer idea and a will to shoot at it!

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Thanks for sharing this.
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Great information. Thanks for sharing this

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Regulatory medical writing field are looking for experienced candidates so it’s difficult to get there as a fresher. Whereas medical writing in health care blogs and websites are bit easier to get in.

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Informative!
Trying to get an entry-level role in medical writing industry.

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thankyou for this information.

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Thankyou for this post. This will help many of the students out. :heart:

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thanks for sharing

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Thank you for this information. Should a candidate accept unpaid content writing internship if it’s only for few months? Like most of us look for paid internship offer at remote level.

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Thanks for sharing! very insightful!

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Insightful.

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The best career option i can say for which I’m interested after knowing it’s importance and I’m interest over it

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This really clears out the exact path for medical writing

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Thank you for your input and help us all regarding the medical writing

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Yes i have heard this
And remote options are also available

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Thanks for sharing! There are many platforms where students like me can learn through online courses. Few of them are Medical writing by Evans on Udemy , Medical writing by learntoupgrade (free: ongoing), youtube platform few channels
such as https://youtube.com/@healthwritingforhcps?si=tjIJLICd8tWFu_bd
https://youtube.com/@networkpharmatv?si=QQegzAyhxjnDJw_S
https://youtube.com/@writeclinic?si=BzNF5la3NsRgQwUN

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Thank you for sharing

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Thanks for sharing it’s very helpful.

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Medical writer is one of the best career option for the B. pharmacy students and this medical writer job mostly provides the remote job opportunities. and this job will be very helpful for the women because every women can balance both the work life and personal life by working from home.

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