Medical writing and information

CYNTHIA S. SABATINI, RPh, MBA

*** ****** **** **** *****: 610-***-****

Media, PA 19063 Email: ***************@*****.***

SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

Healthcare professional (pharmacist) with expertise in medical writing and information, and consulting in the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in a range of therapeutic areas, including: psychiatry, neurology, dermatology, cardiology, endocrinology, hematology, anti-infective, immunology, and oncology. Excellent written and verbal communication, research, analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills.

EXPERIENCE

MED Communications Memphis, TN 2010-Present

Medical Information Company

Global and Domestic Medical Information Specialist December 2012-Present

Conducted literature searches and created standard responses that supported AstraZeneca’s marketed products’ information databases for the global and US medical information teams, with expertise in the respiratory, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal therapeutic areas

Revised and updated drug dossiers and clinical executive summaries for managed markets

Reviewed and edited peers’ writing assignments and offered suggestions for improvement

Peer reviewed and data checked slide decks

Trained and mentored junior/new colleagues

Virtual Scientific Manager, Drug Information November 2010-December 2012

Provided research-based drug information via a call center and in writing to healthcare professionals to assist with prescribing decisions, and to patients to educate them about their drug regimens

Researched and authored customized responses

Reviewed peers’ writing assignments

Identified, captured and reported adverse events related to AstraZeneca’s product line

CONSULTANT 2009-2010

Consultant to Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy Benefit Management and Long Term Care Companies

Spearheaded, managed and assumed full responsibility for various consulting assignments.

Created slide kits for pharmaceutical and other healthcare clients

Designed and conducted qualitative advisory/ market research related to clinical and commercial endeavors, in addition to synthesizing, writing and presenting findings and recommendations

Conducted clinical and financial review of diagnostic and therapeutic products

Conducted prior authorizations and recommended cost-effective drug therapies

INTERACTIVE FORUMS, Inc. (IFI), Bala Cynwyd, PA 2004-2009

Pharmaceutical Consulting Firm

Senior Director, Strategic Research

Responsible for various types of written assignments pertaining to the clinical development of investigational therapies and the positioning of marketed drugs and services in the health care marketplace generally and the managed care arena specifically.

Developed speaker training, nonpromotional, and promotional slide kits for pharmaceutical and laboratory testing clients

Participated in clients’ (pharmaceutical companies’) medico-legal review of promotional materials to substantiate content of work products

Authored, co-authored and edited white papers, reports, manuscripts and publications on a wide variety of disease states and related investigational and marketed therapies for pharmaceutical companies

Conducted systematic literature reviews

Authored reports that assessed the viability of changing the status of select drugs and drug classes from prescription to over-the-counter status

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Researched and developed disease management initiatives that added value to pharmaceutical clients’ therapies

Conducted qualitative market research, in-depth individual interviews with key opinion leaders, and assessments that helped pharmaceutical clients better understand stakeholders’ needs in order to appropriately position products. Synthesized and analyzed findings, developed reports, and presented actionable recommendations

AstraZenecaPharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, DE 2003-2004, 1999-2000

Medical Writing and Information

Assignments included:

Wrote scientific papers that supported pharmaceutical company’s investigational and marketed products’ information databases

Reviewed and edited colleagues writing assignments and offered suggestions for improvement

Provided research-based drug information via a call center and in writing to healthcare professionals to assist with prescribing decisions and to patients/consumers to educate them about their drug regimens

30 WEST ADVERTISING, A WYETH COMPANY, Radnor, PA 2002-2002

Advertising Agency

Director, Account Services

Directed, developed and participated in the account services team that had agency-of-record responsibility for Wyeth’s Managed Markets Marketing Department.

Provided consultation about optimal ways to market therapies and services to managed markets

Partnered with clients to develop high-impact, cost-effective tactics

THE GMR GROUP, Fort Washington, PA 2000-2002

Pharmaceutical Consulting Firm

Strategic Consultant/Chief Scientific Officer

Designed and developed various initiatives that allowed pharmaceutical clients to launch new products into the managed care arena and to gain formulary acceptance and preferred positioning.

Developed and wrote continuing education programs that allowed clients to build rapport with their customers and to gain exposure for new therapies

Authored drug monographs and participated in simulated Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings to help clients assess how insurance and managed care companies may evaluate new products

Edited articles for professional journals that highlighted new therapies objectively

Conducted qualitative market research, in-depth individual interviews with key opinion leaders, and assessments that helped pharmaceutical clients better understand stakeholders’ needs in order to appropriately position products. Synthesized and analyzed findings, developed reports, and presented actionable recommendations.

SDMS, A DIVISION OF ZENECA HOLDINGS, Wilmington, DE 1996-1998

Disease Management Company

Group Director, Development

Led, managed and participated in the team responsible for the development of disease management programs.

Developed, designed and authored a custom diabetes program for a managed care organization that satisfied its members’ demographic, financial and clinical needs and resulted in billings for SDMS of $500,000

Developed, designed and authored a breast cancer prevention and screening program to assist a pharmaceutical client in the launch of a drug with a new indication and resulted in billings of $450,000 for SDMS

Developed a series of enhancements for a congestive heart failure program that improved the program’s marketability

EDUCATION

Masters Degree in Business Administration

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA

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