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GlobalData, Healthcare Reporter

Employer
GlobalData PLC
Location
Blackfriars, City of London
Salary
£DoE
Closing date
May 7, 2021

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Job Details

Please send your CV and cover letter explaining your interest in the position and suitability for the role to Jennifer Smith.

Does the ever-evolving COVID-19 vaccine and drug development landscape have you hooked? Are you keen on breaking stories on the pharmaceutical world no one else is writing? Are you passionate about analyzing the latest medical developments from a scientific and a business/ financial perspective? Then we have the job for you.

GlobalData has a London-based, full-time position open in its Insights investigative news team. The candidate will join a team of healthcare reporters and analysts that focusses on breaking exclusive new stories and publishing deep-dive analysis on the most high-impact issues in the global healthcare market for a highly knowledgeable business subscriber base. The candidate must have a journalism background, preferably in the B2B space, and at least general knowledge on the biopharmaceutical industry and drug development. Financial exposure is ideal. 

This exciting and challenging position will include investigating and writing about key situations in the drug development space, in a range of therapeutic areas, including the dynamic COVID-19 pandemic. Reporter responsibilities include keeping on top of the latest medical evidence in a wide range of disease areas,  writing investigative articles diving into the science of drugs in development and statistics of trial results, interviewing and building a comprehensive source book of key opinion leaders, physicians and industry experts to break scoops on the drug industry. The reporter also covers virtual medical conferences and other industry events and interview company executives on drug pipelines and business development.      

This is a highly demanding but extremely rewarding job for journalists who are driven to dig into the science and unveil the truth.​

What you will bring to the table

  • Journalism background required with science background and/or degree highly preferred
  • A demonstrable basic understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and R&D landscape
  • Excellent communication, networking, writing and interviewing skills required; an extra language would be a bonus
  • Ability to work in an interactive, time-sensitive and deadline-driven environment (often accommodating different global time zones) a must
  • Adaptable to working independently as well as with a team-oriented reporting approach key
  • Previous experience on a daily or weekly healthcare-related publication preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, preferred


WHAT WE OFFER


Benefits include 20 days annual leave, plus an extra day for every year of service up to 25 days; exclusive discounts to more than 30,000 brands; Employee Assistance Program; and Cycle to Work scheme.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

GlobalData’s investigative journalist team provides exclusive and hard-hitting reporting on pipeline drugs as well as intelligence for contract research organizations.

The focus is on uncovering business-critical information that has not been publically divulged and providing nuanced, forward-looking analyses on market-moving healthcare topics. Reporting is based on talking to Key Opinion Leaders and others with first-hand expertise as well as C-level executives.

GlobalData is a leading global provider of business intelligence in the Healthcare industry. It provides its clients with up-to-date information and analysis on the latest developments in drug research, disease analysis, and clinical research and development.

Our integrated business intelligence solutions include a range of interactive online databases, analytical tools, reports and forecasts. GlobalData has offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, London, India, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.

 

 

Company

4,000 of the world’s largest companies make better and more timely decisions thanks to our unique data, expert analysis and innovative solutions delivered through a single platform.

At GlobalData, our mission is to help our clients decode the future to be more successful and innovative.

Through our acquisitions, we have now become one of the largest data and insights solution providers in the world.

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