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Alex Lowe

Freelance Medical Writer
Cardiff

Summary

As a PhD-qualified freelance medical writer, I have experience in producing a diverse range of medical communication materials across varied therapeutic areas, delivering high-quality materials to brief specification, deadlines and budget in a team or independently.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Medical Writer

Caeruleum Communications Ltd
05.2018 - Current
  • Supported the delivery to brief specification, deadlines and budget of a diverse range of different medical communication materials across an array of therapy areas
  • Key Achievements:
  • Independently worked to deliver high-quality publications and congress materials in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, in addition to both internal and external medical education materials
  • Actively engaged as a client and external expert team member to produce a range of aesthetically pleasing, engaging and scientifically informative medical education materials and digital projects
  • Developed an array of educational material program proposals to support both enhanced understanding of disease burden, product launch and post-launch activities.

Editorial Project Leader Fishawack Indicia

01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Lead on both publication and commercial accounts, in addition to continued senior support on a major publications account
  • Key Achievements:
  • Progressed to account lead on a commercially-orientated account providing support for a range of client projects including advisory boards, meet the expert sessions and digital educational videos
  • Forged successful working relationships with clients across several accounts
  • Led several small teams of writers, providing guidance on scientific content and project management including in the rare diseases area.

Senior Medical Writer Fishawack Indicia, Senior support and project leader

02.2017 - 12.2017
  • On several publication accounts
  • Key Achievements:
  • Refined writing and reviewing skills on a major publication account
  • Mentored several new writers, facilitating their development into valuable team members
  • Developed a full client account from a single project for a drug nearing regulatory approval
  • Strengthened client and key opinion leader relationships through a range of on-site experiences including congress attendance and advisory boards.

Medical Writer

Fishawack Indicia
02.2015 - 01.2017
  • Publications support in a range of different therapy areas
  • Key Achievements:
  • Demonstrated high-quality and accurate writing skills on projects including manuscripts, congress abstracts and posters, slide decks, and online education tools across a range of therapeutic areas including respiratory, dermatology, neurology, infectious disease and maternal health
  • Excellent project management skills evidenced by rapid turnaround of high priority publications from initiation to submission under tight timelines to client satisfaction
  • Honed client facing skills while working closely with publication managers and key opinion leaders.

Career

The World
05.2014 - 01.2015
  • Further developed myself as a well-rounded and flexible person travelling to the USA, China and Japan.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Cardiff University
04.2013 - 04.2014
  • An investment venture and university collaboration developing in vivo and in vitro assays of influenza A infection and novel anti-viral drugs
  • Key Achievements:
  • Presented work at the American Thoracic Society conference, 2014
  • Supervised an ERASMUS student to completion of a research project awarded a 1st
  • Nurtured a research collaboration generating a high-impact paper in Science Translation Medicine.

10.2009 - 04.2013
  • PhD with industrial placement Cardiff University
  • The role of parainfluenza-3 and LPS in asthma exacerbations and corticosteroid insensitivity
  • Key Achievements:
  • Conducted a 3-month placement at GlaxoSmithKline, gaining valuable industry experience
  • Generated 3 first author publications.

MSc Drug Discovery with, Kings College
09.2008 - 09.2009
  • Graduated with an MSc with distinction
  • Key Achievements:
  • Contributed to an industrial research project at GlaxoSmithKline for 6 months
  • Modules: pharmaceutical procedures and practices, drug discovery case histories and core skills.

BSc Physiology and Pharmacology Kings College
10.2005 - 06.2008
  • Graduated with a 2:1 BSc (joint Hons)
  • Areas covered include systems, cellular and molecular biology and pharmacology
  • Final year laboratory project on the role of microglia in neuropathic pain performed.

Skills

Publication Development

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Timeline

Medical Writer

Caeruleum Communications Ltd
05.2018 - Current

Editorial Project Leader Fishawack Indicia

01.2018 - 04.2018

Senior Medical Writer Fishawack Indicia, Senior support and project leader

02.2017 - 12.2017

Medical Writer

Fishawack Indicia
02.2015 - 01.2017

Career

The World
05.2014 - 01.2015

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Cardiff University
04.2013 - 04.2014

10.2009 - 04.2013

MSc Drug Discovery with, Kings College
09.2008 - 09.2009

BSc Physiology and Pharmacology Kings College
10.2005 - 06.2008
Alex LoweFreelance Medical Writer