The only Indiana pharmaceutical company I know if is Eli Lilly, and I already applied for a medical writing position there... I passed their test, but they went with someone more experienced.
Does anyone know of any other pharmaceutical companies in Indiana?... or of any companies that would have similar writing positions available?
Roche Diagnostics, in Fishers, IN. I don't think there are any other pharma or biotechs large enough to employ a full-time technical writer. Maybe Boehringer-Engelheim, I think they have Indiana facilities.
Lilly is currently downsizing via attrition. It will be an uphill battle to get a job there without remarkable qualifications.
Is a medical insurance company an option? If so Humana might be an option. Though they are located in Louisville KY it is just across the river from Indiana. They are a pretty large company and I would guess would have openings.
Baxter, and Cook/Guidant are in Bloomington. Boston Scientific is in Spencer. Pfizer is in Terre Haute. I'm sure that there are more, but that's off of the top of my head.
If you are looking for just techinical writing, there are many software companies in Indy along US 31 North.
Doug E. wrote:
Baxter, and Cook/Guidant are in Bloomington. Boston Scientific is in Spencer. Pfizer is in Terre Haute. I'm sure that there are more, but that's off of the top of my head.
If you are looking for just techinical writing, there are many software companies in Indy along US 31 North.
Unless Baxter has massively restructured recently, I doubt they have any technical writers based outside north Chicago or CA. I am pretty sure their Indiana facilities are production only. I'd guess the same for Pfizer (NJ or CA)though I am unfamiliar with that particular facility
Maybe a contract research organization? I'm not familiar with specific names though.
Anthem/Wellpoint also has a massive Indianapolis presence, though I don't know if a health care company would have what you are looking for.
Indianapolis has supposedly made a significant investment in the life sciences, but which companies are here is unknown to me.
Take a look at Warsaw, IN, about 40 minutes west of Fort Wayne. DePuy (recently bought out by Johnson & Johnson I think), Biomet, and Zimmer are all either based in Warsaw or have facilities there. It's a big biotech area for some reason.
fwrun wrote:
Take a look at Warsaw, IN, about 40 minutes west of Fort Wayne. DePuy (recently bought out by Johnson & Johnson I think), Biomet, and Zimmer are all either based in Warsaw or have facilities there. It's a big biotech area for some reason.
I think that you're right, and that all three have their US headquarters there for some reason. A so-so place, at best, to live though.
Doug E. wrote:
I think that you're right, and that all three have their US headquarters there for some reason. A so-so place, at best, to live though.
Correction - all three have their WORLD headquarters there. The reason is because Warsaw, IN is where orthopaedic implants were invented. Sofamor Danek (Medtronic) also has a facility there - though I think it is only manufacturing. There are also many start-up companies and R&D facilities that may have use for a technical writer, though I am not all that sure what a technical writer does.
And Warsaw is a wonderful place to live. It is surrounded by many beautiful natual lakes and is just 45 minutes from Fort Wayne (good restaurants, fair shopping, okay sports, mediocre nightlife) and 2.5 hours to Chicago. Warsaw also has a decent trail system for a town its size... well, at least it will when it is done.
http://www.warsawcity.net/lake-city-greenway/index.cfmvery low cost of living, "small-town" feel, but very exciting work if you work in the orthopaedics field.
I was transplanted to Warsaw from the East Coast, and you couldn't pay me enough to go back. It really is a great place to live - especially if you have plans to raise a family.