Anita Dhanorkar
Scientific Writer
Thane,MH
Summary
Senior Medical Writer with 10+ years of experience in medical communications, scientific editing, and pharmacovigilance. Skilled in editing, proofreading, and fact-checking clinical, regulatory, and promotional materials for healthcare professionals and patients. Adept at ensuring style, grammar, and regulatory compliance and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver error-free, impactful content.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Principle Medinscribe
Bioquest
12.2025 - Current
- Development of slide decks, articles, LBL, and various promotional and non-promotional material.
- Operating Veeva PromoMat for various clients' asset uploads and annotations.
- Conducting systematic literature searches.
- Client interactions.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to streamline the writing process, improving accuracy and efficiency.
- Mentored junior writers, fostering professional growth and ensuring adherence to quality guidelines.
Sr. Manager – Medical Communication
RK Swamy (Hansa Medcell)
10.2024 - 07.2025
- Editorial review, fact-checking, and quality assurance for manuscripts, newsletters, PLS, and clinical communication projects and Veeva submissions for certain clients.
- Managed end-to-end project workflows, ensuring on-time delivery of error-free client-facing content.
- Supervised editorial processes for pharma clients (Sun Pharma, Cipla, JB Pharma, Ipca).
- Conducted systematic literature searches and ensured referencing accuracy (PubMed, Embase).
- Provided feedback to writers and enforced brand-specific style and regulatory guidelines.
Senior Associate – Scientific Writer
Indegene
02.2023 - 07.2024
- Edited and developed manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide decks, and clinical narratives.
- Conducted fact-checking and ensured compliance with ICMJE, CONSORT, and ICH-GCP guidelines.
- Operated as Veeva Vault Lead or manager for Takeda Project which involves following activities:
- Worked as Key SPOC for Veeva Vault project for client and team. Actively participated in meetings, calls and provided regular updates and inputs to US client for Veeva submissions.
- Co-ordinated with project manager for SLA, budget and project report finalisation.
- Edited, reviewed annotated anchoring content by junior associates on Veeva Vault and Promat Veeva ensuring SOP, SLA adherence.
- Intensely thoroughly guided and mentored associates for the timely Veeva submissions. Guided team for the alternative references. Technical issues, alternatives and requirements of SLAs.
- Co-operated and collaborated with writers, project managers, and medical experts to resolve referencing/content discrepancies before Veeva submissions.
Operations Lead (Pharmacovigilance)
Quincesa (Bioclinica)
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Worked as project lead for 2 vaccine projects. Managed safety projects, ensuring documentation compliance with SOPs and SLAs.
- Supervised and trained new hires, resolving project issues, and tracking quality metrics.
- Coordinated directly with clients (AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Leo) on project timelines and deliverables.
Medical Writer
WebMD
04.2018 - 05.2021
- Edited and authored HCP-focused news, guidelines, newsletters, and educational content (Univadis, MedicineNet, RxList).
- Conducted literature searches and fact-checking to ensure medical accuracy and readability.
- Managed editorial workflow from manuscript initiation through publication.
Earlier Roles
Cognizant Technology Solutions, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)
01.2009 - 01.2015
- Executed regulatory submissions, ICSR, PSUR, safety narrative writing, quality checks, and pharmacovigilance documentation to support product safety and compliance.
- Maintained compliance with global regulatory guidelines (MHRA, FDA, EMA) to ensure adherence and mitigate risk.
- Guided junior team members in documentation and QC processes, enhancing team capabilities across projects (Astrazeneca, Novartis).
Education
BHMS -
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Miraj01-2006
Clinical Research PG Diploma - CRCDM
Pune University
01-2008
Medical Writing Certification - undefined
InfocusRx
Hyderabad01-2016
American Medical Writer Association - Regulatory Writing Certificate Core Knowledge
AMWA
01-2025
Skills
Scientific/Medical Writing
Reference verification
Editorial review
Fact-checking
Quality assurance
Regulatory compliance knowledge
Timeline
Principle Medinscribe
Bioquest
12.2025 - Current
Sr. Manager – Medical Communication
RK Swamy (Hansa Medcell)
10.2024 - 07.2025
Senior Associate – Scientific Writer
Indegene
02.2023 - 07.2024
Operations Lead (Pharmacovigilance)
Quincesa (Bioclinica)
05.2021 - 08.2022
Medical Writer
WebMD
04.2018 - 05.2021
Earlier Roles
Cognizant Technology Solutions, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)
01.2009 - 01.2015
American Medical Writer Association - Regulatory Writing Certificate Core Knowledge
AMWA
Medical Writing Certification - undefined
InfocusRx
Clinical Research PG Diploma - CRCDM
Pune University
BHMS -
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences