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What health/pharma agencies are in SF?
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Any info on the agency Heartbeat in NY?
Thoughts on Klick??? Very intrigued
I've heard pharma pays well. Is it true?
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Doesn’t have to match “Hey Whipple” (or similar sources) in quality—just in the aim. :)
Maybe I should write a “Pharma Writing for Dummies” book. Seriously, though, just read was SCW 1 wrote. That’s all you need to know.
Learn how to annotate correctly, read the PI. Your team will value you as the person that knows everything. Always try and push boundaries but know the limitations. You’ll be the go-to problem solver
Medicine Avenue - cool book on the history on medical advertising
Get your MD
SC1 is right. Parts of the PI to pay attention to are sections 1,2,3,14 (the best stuff is in 14). Maybe 11, 12. Also note, many recent PIs have a Medication Guide for patients at the end. If you are writing for patients, then this is important.
Make friends with your medical person.
And most importantly: pharma writing has jargon, but the grammar rules, syntax and vocabulary are the same as plain English. Trust me.
Good luck!
Oh, look up the AP style for reference order: star dagger double dagger, ext. Learn how to annotate by getting the list of references and annotated version or have someone show you.