Mgr Scientific Writing
Date:
Nov 12, 2025
Location:
Bangalore, India, 560064
Company:
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id:
64972
Who we are
Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.
The opportunity
The Scientific Writer is responsible for providing high-quality writing support and project management of scientific communication projects in compliance with good publication practices. This includes abstracts, congress presentations, and manuscript for peer reviewed medical journals. The role requires strong scientific knowledge, excellent writing skills, and the ability to translate complex clinical data into clear, accessible content tailored to healthcare professionals (HCPs), patients, and other stakeholders both external and internal.
How you’ll spend your day
Scientific Knowledge
- Possess the ability to understand a therapeutic area and product strategy to ensure scientific communication objectives are met.
- Learns quickly to understand a new therapeutic area and the ability to adapt work across multiple therapeutic areas.
- Translate complex scientific information and clinical trial data into content that meets the needs of various audiences, including HCPs and patients.
Medical Writing and Publication Management
- An ability to write key scientific communication deliverables such as abstracts, posters/presentations, and manuscripts.
- Collaborate with Scientific Communication Leads and Therapeutic Area Leads to ensure global content is relevant, up-to-date, and aligned with evolving data.
- Maintain robust version control and document tracking to ensure transparency, audit-readiness, and traceability in Teva’s publication tracking tool.
- Ability to adapt writing style for varied audiences such as specialist healthcare professionals, patients, nurses, patients, caregivers, and other stakeholders.
- Monitor scientific literature and new publications for impact on existing content and update accordingly.
Collaboration & Review
- Ability to establish relationships with authors, external experts, and clinical trial investigators to ensure efficient development of high-quality publications.
- Work cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Safety, and other teams (internally and externally) to gain input and approval of scientific communication deliverables.
- Support localization or adaptation of global content to meet regional or market-specific regulatory and cultural needs.
Quality & Compliance
- Understand and apply knowledge of Good Publication Practices such as ICMJE Guidelines related to the development of scientific communication deliverables.
- Follow internal SOPs, style guides, and established workflows to ensure consistency and compliance.
- Conduct peer reviews of content developed by other writers to uphold high quality standards.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Participate in initiatives to enhance the content development process, including use of AI tools, structured content libraries, and digital asset management systems.
- Support the development of derivative content assets such as field medical affairs materials, congress preparation content, and other digital assets.
Your experience and qualifications
- Education: Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, or Master’s in Life Sciences or related field) required.
- Language: English (Professional level competency)
- Experience:
- 10-12 years of experience in medical writing, medical information, or scientific communications within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industry.
- Experience with medical publication writing, scientific literature analysis, and congress content preparation.
- Knowledge of Good Publication Practices and ICMJE Guidelines
- Familiarity with publication management systems (e.g., Datavision, Pubstrat, Komodo) and publication workflows.
Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment
Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.
