Medical writing is a highly skilled discipline requiring scientific expertise, regulatory knowledge, and strong written communication. Barrington James places medical and scientific writers across regulatory, clinical, and publication writing disciplines, working with pharma, biotech, CROs, and medical communications agencies.

Roles include Regulatory Medical Writers, Clinical Medical Writers, Publication Writers, Senior Medical Writers, Principals, and Medical Writing Managers. Barrington James places across all of these levels, from early-career writers to medical writing leadership.

Regulatory writing — particularly for CTD, IND, NDA, or MAA submissions; requires specific experience that not all medical writers possess. Barrington James's consultants identify regulatory writing specialists with the precise document type experience your submission team requires.

Contract and freelance medical writing is extremely common, especially around submission deadlines or publication campaigns. Barrington James provides both permanent and contract medical writing recruitment, giving clients access to flexible writing resource at short notice.

Senior medical writers — particularly those with regulatory submission experience — are in high demand and can be difficult to recruit through passive advertising alone. Barrington James uses a proactive search approach to access candidates who may not be actively looking, significantly reducing time-to-hire for experienced writing roles.