Medical Writing

Capabilities and Experience:

Advanced Clinical has significant Medical Writing expertise within a few therapeutic areas such as Pain, Osteoarthritis, Diabetes, and Insomnia. However, we have worked more broadly, with our involvement in 20+ development programs across multiple therapeutic areas. Our capabilities support the end-to-end needs of a clinical trial. We provide consulting, expert advisory services and board monitoring/management/support:

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Results:

We’ve had significant results across every therapeutic area, which includes 30+ products and two “blockbusters”:

Tokyo-based $15B Pharmaceutical Company:

  • Hired, trained, and supervised 30-employee transatlantic medical writing department to prepare U.S./European regulatory documents for 30+ products
  •  Spearheaded development of templates, editorial standards, processes, and infrastructure
  •  Established EDC capability for e-Submissions
  •  Led 20-member cross-functional team to define timelines, dependencies, and responsibilities for preparation of initial client NDA in CTD format
  •  Co-led 15-member cross-functional international team that developed global templates and processes for clinical study reports, protocols, and Investigators’ Brochures
  •  Organized 6-member team (including a direct-report Manager) in London to provide in-house medical writing for European office
  • Participated in 10-member team to implement global electronic document management system, enabling electronic submissions to FDA in advance of current requirements
  • Results:
    • 100 percent compliance with FDA standards
    • 300+ timely regulatory submissions
    • 20+ successful development program launches
    • Significant supplementary approvals for blockbuster drug in U.S. and Europe

U.S.-based $50B Pharmaceutical Company:

  • Managed therapeutic area writing activities
  • Authored 100+ regulatory submission documents, including: 16 major summary documents, responses to MAA regulatory questions, white papers, Phase I-IV clinical study reports, manuscripts for publication, investigator’s brochures, and briefing documents
  • Results:
    • Six applications in the U.S., Europe and Australia/New Zealand
    • Successful sNDA for blockbuster drug

U.S.-based $31B Pharmaceutical Company:

  • Prepared original manuscripts, review articles, symposia presentations, and regulatory documents. A few key deliverables: six manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals, one IND
  • Prepared training materials for pharmaceutical sales teams
  • Results: Significant post-sNDA support for two blockbuster drugs

Deliverables:

Using our capabilities, we lead teams in creating Medical Writing deliverables from the “target” phase to “post-NDA.”

Target to Pre-IND (IND Preparation) IND to NDA (or MAA in Europe) NDA to post-NDA
  • Develops and maintains templates for IND sections
  • Prepares clinical sections ,including Investigator’s Brochure
  • Monitors / assists in preparation of nonclinical and CMC sections
  • Prepares pre-IND Briefing Document (if necessary for meeting with FDA)
  • In Europe, prepares clinical sections and assists in preparation of nonclinical and CMC sections of the Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier (IMPD)
  • Develops / Reviews Project Plans and/or Program Plans
  • Updates Investigator’s Brochure at least annually (with Nonclinical, CMC Clinical and Product Safety)
  • In Europe, updates IMPD as necessary
  • Prepares Clinical Study Report (CSR) for each completed study (with Clinical, Product Safety, Biostatistics); maintains templates for CSRs
  • Prepares Clinical Protocols and Amendments (with Clinical, Product Safety and Biostatistics)
  • Provides writing support for Product Safety (correspondence, preparation of safety reports for Regulatory Agencies)
  • Prepares Briefing Documents as necessary for all documents that are required for NDA (New Drug Application) or MAA (Marketing Authorization Application)
  • Prepares all clinical (efficacy and safety) summary documents for NDA and MAA done in Common Technical Document [CTD] format) and maintains templates for application documents
  • Supports preparation of responses to Regulatory Agency questions following initial NDA / MAA application
  • Continues to prepare Clinical Study Reports (marketing studies, safety studies, post-approval studies) for Marketed Product
  • Prepares Briefing Documents or responses to Regulatory Agency queries (with Clinical and Product Safety)
  • Prepares all clinical (efficacy and safety) summary documents for supplementary NDA or MAA (new indication, formulation, combination product) – generally not as extensive as original NDA or MAA
  • Prepares Clinical Protocols and Amendments (with Clinical, Product Safety and Biostatistics)
  • Provides writing support for Product Safety (periodic safety updates, responses to Regulatory Agency queries)
Creates publications, regulatory documentations;
prepares peer-reviewed publications (with Clinical and Medical Affairs)

 

Differentiators:

Advanced Clinical has innovated both the science and art of traditional Medical Writing. Through our innovative approach, we offer a dynamic team to match client needs; integrated, end-to-end information management; strategically aligned and best-in-class practices; and fused people, process and technology to ensure fully integrated implementation of each project.