Job Description
For over thirty years, Cytel has enabled the world's biotech and pharmaceutical companies to make confident, evidence-based decisions to ensure successful outcomes. As industry leaders in delivering advanced data analytics solutions, we continually invest in deepening our expertise. In 2020, we joined forces with specialist consultancies, Ingress Health and Purple Squirrel Economics, to create a global team of experts providing industry-leading capabilities in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and real-world evidence (RWE). Powered by the unique experience and expertise of our researchers and consultants around the world, we conceptualize and execute HEOR and RWE studies, using advanced quantitative techniques to prepare sponsors for regulatory submission and to support their product's clinical and economic value proposition. Our mission is to help you unlock the full promise of your data. Our teams conduct evidence synthesis, economic analyses, and comparative effectiveness studies to generate the evidence to support the overall value of your product, and our experts translate evidence into concise value propositions.
* Comparative effectiveness and economic analyses
* Evidence synthesis, value communications, and market access strategy
* RWE projects and studies
Through our advanced analytics, Cytel provides the richer, deeper insights necessary for making confident development decisions. We generate evidence that complements traditional randomized clinical trials, accelerates submissions, expands indications, and supports health-economic decision-making. At Cytel, we're designed for results.
* Overview: Research Associate *
This position is a great opportunity to start your career in a growing company that provides value-driven services to support our clients in pharma and biotech and, ultimately, improve patient access. The Research Associate is a key role in Value Communications with excellent opportunities for growth for the right candidate. This is a team-based role in which you will have the opportunity to collaborate with writers, consultants, health economists, statisticians, and evidence generation specialists working on health economics outcomes research (HEOR) and market access (MA) projects for a variety of therapeutic areas.
* Typical duties include: *
* Creating PowerPoint presentations based on scientific evidence
* Under the direction of a project lead, writing fully-referenced content for deliverables such as Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) dossiers, global value dossiers, and scientific manuscripts based on published clinical, scientific, and pharmacoeconomic evidence
* Developing simple visuals and graphics in PowerPoint or Excel
* Basic editing, formatting, and quality assurance
* Creating reference libraries, highlighting pdf references, and performing some data crosschecking
* Daily communication and teamwork with Value Communications teammates and other teams such as Evidence Curation and Health Economics
* Conducting internet searches, including focused literature reviews using PubMed (not SLRs), journal and conference websites, etc
* Helping with manuscript submissions as needed
* Developing posters for conferences based on approved content
The successful candidate is an enthusiastic, driven, and detail-oriented individual who works well independently and as part of a team. Adaptability and excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
* Education, Professional Skills & Experience: *
Advanced degree in life sciences, health economics, or a clinical discipline is preferred, e.g., MS, MPH
* Experience with scientific or medical writing
* Ability to understand and clearly communicate clinical, economic, and commercial information,
* Research skills (ie, able to run focused searches in PubMed)
* Proficiency Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
* Experience with referencing software (EndNote and/or Zotero preferred)
* Outstanding attention to detail
* Enthusiasm to learn more about MA and HEOR
Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.
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