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Role Summary
- Responsibilities: You will work on projects that involve the detailed analysis and presentation of data from clinical trials which are instrumental to the successful uptake of novel therapies
- Salary: 39000 per annum
- Benefits: Discretionary profit share bonuses hybrid working options that allow you to work from home up to 50 of your time after passing probation generous holiday allowance flexible working hours employer pension contributions comprehensive travel insurance private medical insurance critical illness cover income protection full funding for external training interestfree travel loan scheme discounted gym memberships and more
- Role Type: Fulltime permanent
- Start Date: We are recruiting for start dates from July 2025 onwards and you will be asked to state your availability on your application form. Whilst every effort will be made to consider your preferred start date this may be subject to business need
- Location: This role is available in our Global Headquarters in Cambridge as well as our London Manchester and Bristol offices
About the Role
Analysts and Medical Writers work on projects involving the detailed analysis of data from clinical trials and the assimilation and creative presentation of this analysis in different formats. These deliverables include posters slide sets value dossiers reports and peerreviewed publications and they are used directly by our clients in communication with a range of external stakeholders making them instrumental to the successful uptake of novel therapies. The work is structured on a projectbyproject basis and you will usually be working on several projects in different disease areas at any one time.
You will work in project teams alongside experienced colleagues who provide onetoone training in the technical aspects of the role including project management and effective client communication. Delivering project work requires close collaboration with clients and following a successful induction period you will increasingly participate in teleconferences and facetoface meetings with external stakeholders.
- Market Access. Within the healthcare sector the Market Access process is essential to ensuring that medicines are reimbursed and rapidly made available to patients who need them. Our Market Access team supports a wide range of clients in developing the communication strategy essential to demonstrating the clinical and economic value of some of the newest most innovative therapies in development. Our work is multidisciplinary often beginning with evidence generation in the form of literature reviews advisory boards with clinicians and payers or economic modelling to inform the development of global materials that present an evidencebased account of the products value in a compelling and accessible manner. These materials are used by our clients for the creation of further regional materials ensuring that the product communication strategy is consistent across local markets pricing and reimbursement submissions. As a result our work has a direct impact on patient access to medicines worldwide. We also create local materials from reports to help our clients understand the marketplace that their products will be entering through to leavepieces to educate payers about the budget and resource implications of new highimpact medicines coming to market. A role in the Market Access team suits those who are passionate about patient access to healthcare and are fastlearners with a strategic problem solving mindset coupled with exceptional writing skills
- HTA. By joining the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) team you will work on the successful delivery of projects to demonstrate the clinical and health economic value of some of the newest and most innovative therapies in development. In countries where HTA represents the final hurdle before a new therapy can achieve patient access your work will have a direct impact on the successful reimbursement of these therapies. You will work closely with your clients to develop the HTA strategy for each project from the outset and will use your excellent written communication skills and scientific understanding to create clear evidencebased and strategic narratives to help demonstrate the costeffectiveness of new therapies to the healthcare system. To date the HTA team at Costello Medical have worked on over 100 submissions to national reimbursement agencies including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK the European HTA agency EUnetHTA and Singapores Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE). No prior experience or knowledge of economics is required (though there is considerable opportunity to develop knowledge of health economics in the role) but good numerical skills the ability to critically appraise clinical evidence and strategic thinking are key to the role
- Medical Affairs. Medical Affairs provides the scientific bridge between clinical development and commercial functions in pharmaceutical and device companies. Most activities have a strong patient and/or healthcare professional (HCP) focus and act to educate and inform clinical decision making and patient care or to gather insights that inform a products clinical development. As a member of the Medical Affairs team you will work closely with our clients to present the science behind the product through a wide range of projects including medical education events advisory boards and medical information materials. You will collaborate with and support expert advisors and event speakers and the requirement for onsite support at certain events provides opportunities for international travel. You will develop a complementary set of strong scientific creative and writing skills as well as the opportunity to become extremely knowledgeable about the therapy areas in which you work. The ability to creatively present scientific information to a wide range of audiences would be valuable in this role
- Literature Reviews and Synthesis. Literature Reviews and Synthesis projects involve the identification of clinical economic and realworld evidence to support the value of a pharmaceutical product or medical device. Our work includes rigorous systematic literature reviews that can be used to inform metaanalyses and network metaanalyses as well as more creative and pragmatic evidence reviews to inform clients strategic decisions with regard to clinical development or market access. You will gain a thorough understanding of how to conduct various kinds of evidence review from searching to interpretation of results ensuring that the reviews conform to industry guidelines where applicable. You will also be involved in writing up the methods and results of the reviews into engaging reports and slide sets. Furthermore as original research in their own right we publish many of our reviews as conference presentations or journal publications. This role suits those who are passionate about the concept of evidencebased medicine have excellent attentiontodetail and organisational skills and a talent for communication.
- Publications. As a member of the Publications team you will work closely with clients and worldrenowned opinion leaders to produce publications that communicate key scientific and clinical data to a wide audience. This includes the development of abstracts and manuscripts as well as posters and oral presentations for large international congresses with the opportunity to provide onsite support at such events. In addition you may have the chance to work on regulatory documents plain language summaries and policyrelated publications. You will receive onetoone training on the technical aspects of the role including good publication practice and strategic publication planning. This role is for those looking to apply their scientific writing and creative skills to deliver highimpact publication projects to a wide range of clients
- Rare Diseases. To date over seven thousand rare diseases have been identified but only four hundred have an approved treatment; our specialised Rare Diseases team supports this sector in overcoming the unique challenges they face such as an urgent need to bring treatments to patients little clinical or health economic evidence and limited understanding of the condition across the clinical community and society as a whole. By joining this team you will develop the appropriate skills and deliver projects that require a broad range of technical expertise and knowledge across all of our service offerings including literature reviews the development of global economic models and publications and the organisation of medical education events. You will also have the opportunity to work on some of the most cuttingedge treatments such as gene therapies supporting patients in accessing potentially lifechanging treatments. This is an exciting time to join our growing Rare Diseases team and to apply your exceptional written and technical skills to the rare diseases field leading to a measurable impact on access to novel often lifeextending treatments for rare disease patients
- MedTech. Manufacturers of medical devices face different challenges to pharmaceutical companies and therefore we have a dedicated team that supports this distinct sector of the healthcare industry. Our team helps medical device manufacturers in bringing new technologies to market and communicating the value of their brand. By joining this team you will gain an understanding of the delivery of all our service offerings with a focus on conducting literature reviews compiling evidence summaries creating key value messages and developing evidencebased customerfacing materials (such as brochures apps and health economic tools). You will work in a growing team and develop strong relationships with clients being able to support them through all aspects of their work. You will also help refine newer services for the team and attract new clients. A strong interest in medical devices is essential for the role along with a flexible nature to accommodate the various needs of clients and the ability to compellingly communicate the value of a product to a wide range of audiences
- RealWorld Evidence. Realworld evidence (RWE) is becoming increasingly important for the demonstration of clinical and economic value of pharmaceuticals and medical technologies. Our RWE team contribute to the design and subsequent reporting of prospective retrospective or crosssectional realworld studies. They develop protocols and statistical analysis plans (in collaboration with our Statisticians clients and external experts) acquire and analyse data and communicate the methodologies and results in both written and oral formats. Studies include data from patient registries claims databases prospective studies or any other source of realworld data and involve a wide range of research questions on burden of disease clinical effectiveness or economic topics among others. As one of our most recently established teams this is an exciting time to join our growing RWE team; you will play a key role in shaping the future of Costello Medicals RWE service offering by delivering highquality realworld studies that can make a meaningful impact in a wide range of disease areas. The role would be wellsuited to someone with an interest in epidemiology or biostatistics although no formal background in these areas is required
- Pro Bono. Our Pro Bono team delivers projects freeofcharge to charities and notforprofit organisations within the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors with the aim of making a real difference to causes that our staff care about. We offer our full range of services on a pro bono basis working collaboratively across our teams and office locations to secure the right expertise to fulfil project briefs. By joining as an Analyst within our Pro Bono team you will develop the appropriate skills and deliver projects that require a broad range of technical expertise and knowledge across our service offerings including health economics literature reviews medical writing peerreviewed publications medical education and design materials
- Health Policy. Communications play a central role in health policy helping to inform policy change at both the local and global level. At Costello Medical our team provide endtoend support on a diverse range of health policy projects to address unmet needs promote best practice and ultimately enhance the quality of care for patients. We combine a strong scientific understanding passion for health policy ability to tailor language to different target audiences and inhouse design skills to develop impactful health policy publications
- Health Economics and Statistics. As an Analyst in our Health Economics and Statistics (HES) team you will work on projects involving the statistical analysis of data and the development of economic models as well as the communication of the relevant methods and results to clients in a variety of formats such as reports and slide decks. Health economics projects involve developing economic models that determine whether interventions are good value for money and/or provide an affordable treatment option to the healthcare system. Statistics projects involve analysing patientlevel clinical trial data observational study data realworld data and published aggregate data to answer particular questions about relevant treatments; for example whether one treatment is more effective than another in terms of a given outcome. When working as an Analyst on these projects you will support the health economists who develop these models and the statisticians who analyse the data. This could involve writing up protocols and reports searching and validating model inputs and providing input to the validity of model structures or assumptions used in statistical analysis from a clinical or scientific perspective
Hybrid Working Policy: We recognise that homeworking can improve work life balance reduce commuting times and costs and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments. At the same time we believe that having facetoface time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of is never lost.
Therefore we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues who have passed probation to work from home for up to half of the time measured across a 2week rolling period. During your probationary period (normally the first 6 months of the role) you will be able to work from home for 1 day per week.
Career Profile
We offer many opportunities for personal and professional development at Costello Medical. Please click below to read firsthand accounts from our colleagues about their time with the company:
A Day in the Life of an Analyst or Medical Writer
Our colleagues in the Analyst and Medical Writer roles have shared their experiences of their day to day lives at Costello Medical. Please click here to learn more: You In addition to the specific scientific skills and experience you need to succeed in your role we have developed a framework that details the key skills approaches and mindsets that are essential for all Analysts and Medical Writers to display in order to excel in their role with us. Embodying these will support your growth and development throughout your career at Costello Medical. Essential requirements for the role are: Costello Medical is a rapidly growing global healthcare agency specialising in medical communications market access and health economic and outcomes research. We work with a wide range of clients including the industrys most successful pharmaceutical and medical technology companies patient and public health bodies and charitable organisations. Our lasting client partnerships create a direct and measurable impact on the successful launch of novel therapies and devices across a wide range of disease areas. Our vision is to be a community of the very best people constantly challenging ourselves to make meaningful and outstanding contributions to improving healthcare. We are committed to our company values which are central to creating our fun friendly and innovative workplace in which we strive to deliver the highest standards of quality. As a result we have been listed in The Top 100 Companies to Work For list for five consecutive years. On 27th May 2022 Costello Medical received its certification as a B Corporation. We are really proud of this achievement as it demonstrates that Costello Medical is meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance. We underwent a rigorous assessment that covered the whole of our business including employee benefits charitable giving and sustainability. We believe this certification is external validation of our mission to be a force for good. Our recruitment process includes a written assessment for you to complete in your own time. If successful you will be invited to an interview which will include a short presentation you can prepare for in advance. Our standard recruitment process lasts around 1 month however this can be adapted if necessary. As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and throughout the recruitment process there are a number of reasonable adjustments we can provide. Please click here to read more about this and contact the People Team via should you require reasonable adjustments at any stage. We are recruiting for start dates from July 2025 onwards and you will be asked to state your availability on the application form. We accept applications for our Analyst/Medical Writer role on a rolling basis and therefore there are no set application deadlines. However we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible so that we can begin processing your application. This role is available in our Global Headquarters in Cambridge as well as our London Manchester and Bristol offices. You can learn more about our office locations here: We Offer Please click here to learn about our reward package and the other benefits of working for Costello Medical: to Apply You are required to submit your CV/resume and a cover letter via our online application form. In your cover letter you must explain why you think you would be suited to the role and why you would like to join Costello Medical with examples to support both. Your CV/resume should clearly state the dates of all qualifications and grades achieved where applicable. While we embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to innovate and improve processes we want to understand your unique skills and experiences throughout the recruitment process. Therefore if you use AI to assist with your application we recommend that you do not rely solely on this technology to generate your application materials. As your role may involve developing new written content from scratch and handling confidential data that cannot be uploaded to AI technology it is important for us to assess your own skills and abilities. Please contact the Talent Acquisition team at if you have any questions about the role or application process. Due to the Skilled Worker visa regulations you will only be eligible for visa sponsorship if you meet at least one of the following criteria: You will be asked to provide details of your right to work in the UK within your application which will be used to help assess your eligibility for visa sponsorship. Please check the following link to read more about the criteria on the UK government website: Please contact should you have any questions. Required Experience: IC
BenefitsAbout Costello Medical
The Recruitment Process
Visa Sponsorship
Employment Type
Full-Time
