Medical Fact Checker

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, Illinois, North Chicago
Mar 15, 2025
Job Title: Medical Fact Checker Location: Mettawa, IL - Hybrid schedule, 3 days in office with flexibility Duration: 1 year with 3-month evaluation of performance Description This role focuses primarily on fact-checking rather than content creation. Candidates will be responsible for reviewing and verifying medical claims within promotional materials. The fact-checking process involves cross-referencing claims against peer-reviewed sources such as medical journals and professional healthcare organization websites. Accuracy is critical to ensure that data is interpreted and presented correctly, preventing misleading or incorrect medical claims. Fact-checking experience is a must-have for this role. The primary responsibility is to verify claims in promotional materials against credible medical sources. A strong understanding of medical terminology and study protocols is necessary to interpret data correctly. Understanding statistical analysis is important for accurately assessing medical claims. Experience working with statistical data, research articles, and clinical studies is highly valuable. The focus is on interpreting data correctly rather than regulatory compliance. Familiarity with AMA style guidelines would be beneficial. The Fact Checker (Medical Writer III) works closely with Medical Writers to confirm that supplied references adequately support claims being made in pharmaceutical advertising materials for US and global audiences. The Fact Checker verifies medical and other data and creates annotated reference documents that show where claims are in published sources to facilitate Veeva PromoMats project submission and Medical/Regulatory/Legal review. The fact-checking team is part of a larger editorial and creative department that functions like an external agency Includes designers, editors, fact-checkers, and account teams. Works together to develop high-quality marketing materials used by sales representatives, doctors, pharmacists, and healthcare decision-makers. Qualifications fact-checking is a must-have for this role. The primary responsibility is to verify claims in promotional materials against credible medical sources. Fact-checking experience in the medical or pharmaceutical industry is highly desirable. Strong research and analytical skills-must be able to interpret medical data, clinical studies, and statistical information. Experience with reviewing promotional materials for accuracy and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro and Microsoft Word is a must-have (not expert level but required for day-to-day tasks). Comfortable working in Adobe Acrobat Pro (annotating PDFs, cross-referencing documents) for PDF annotation and cross-referencing documents. Bachelor's degree or higher (in a medical-related field a plus [eg, biology or chemistry]) or equivalent experience within the pharmaceutical or related industry. An assessment will include a short fact-checking exercise based on a sample marketing piece. Candidates will be provided with source documents and asked to verify medical claims within a few hours. The goal is to evaluate how well they identify and cite supporting sources. Key Job Responsibilities Checks claims in advertising and promotional documents against published sources before projects are submitted for Medical/Regulatory/Legal review. Ensures that suitable references are used to support all product and promotional claims in text, graphs, charts, tables, and statistical analyses. Creates annotated documents to be used for submitting/linking projects in Veeva PromoMats. Works with writers, editors, account managers, and Veeva submission specialist to ensure project submissions are accurate, current, and compliant. May be asked to research promotional claims and perform data mining, working with Clinical Study Reports (CSRs) and resources from the Client's Library. Organizes and manages approved references on the A3 server. Links claims to published sources in Veeva PromoMats, as needed. Ideal: 3+ years of medical fact checking experience. Proven ability to research, understand, and interpret medical and scientific data. Working knowledge of regulations and standards related to promotion of pharmaceutical products and AMA style. Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro and MS Word; familiarity with the Veeva PromoMats platform.