PharmStatus

Forrest Blocker, Ph.D., founder of PharmStatus, is a former academic with 20 years of experience in drug discovery and structural biology. In academia, she wrote extensively on structural determination of macromolecules using NMR and theory. She frequently consults and collaborates with scientists from various fields related to drug discovery. As a freelance consultant, she has been the point person to complete jobs requiring multiple types of expertise. She has experience in experimental physics and engineering, computer software and programming, statistical and data analysis, and editing and publishing. She has managed teams of medical writers, hardware technicians, and students. Forrest is currently the President of the Northern California chapter of the American Medical Writer's Association.

• CNS
• Oncology
• Autoimmune Disease
• Pain

• Medical Writing Project Manager for EU and FDA submission of adverse event narratives.
• Understanding of federal regulations and international standards (e.g. ICH).
• Supporting a diverse number of therapeutic areas.
• Supporting multinational studies.
• Participates in long-range planning; develop and manage project plans, assess resource needs, and develop and implement processes and standards.
• Participates in business plan and budget development, overall strategy for medical writing discipline, and capacity planning.
• Development and maintenance of processes, templates and SOPs.