Kelvin Lim
Healthcare Writer

Kelvin Lim

Member of the American Medical Writers Association.
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About

Kelvin Lim is a member of the American Medical Writers Association with over a decade of medical communications experience in the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and nutrition. He has expertise in developing customized content that engages both healthcare professionals and patients. At AMICULUM, he works as a scientific lead for selected accounts within Actelion, Amgen, Baxter, Takeda, and ViiV Healthcare, and a key scientific reviewer of deliverables in both English and Chinese languages from the AMICULUM Asia offices. Kelvin was also a senior medical writer at MIMS (medical education division), leading digital projects and awarded the best performance bonus in the editorial team for consecutive years.

Employment

4 roles
Feb 2016 - Present 10 years 2 months
Principal Medical Writer
AMICULUM (Singapore) Pte Ltd

AMICULUM is an independent global healthcare communications and consulting business, based in New Zealand, China, Singapore, UAE, Switzerland, UK, and USA/

  • Functioned as the scientific lead for selected accounts within Actelion, Amgen, Baxter, Takeda, and ViiV Healthcare, and a key scientific reviewer of deliverables in both English and Chinese languages from the AMICULUM Asia offices.
  • Crafted comprehensive strategies based on scientific literature, market research and insights from key opinion leaders to fill the communication gaps identified by internal or external stakeholders.
  • Facilitated the evolution of a regional cardiovascular educational initiative led by a steering committee of distinguished medical leaders that resulted in the publication of a patient case compendium and patient educational materials, in collaboration with European Society of Cardiology and organization of annual workshop conferences in Asia Pacific.
  • Pivoted and converted face-to-face training workshops to interactive virtual meetings in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Created multi-day training toolkits for an internal education renal program which were rolled out across regional offices in Asia Pacific.
  • Delivered a range of customized projects including but not limited to systematic literature reviews, manuscripts, conference exhibitions, sales messaging toolkits, infographics, and expert interview videos.
Sep 2012 - Jan 2016 3 years 4 months
Senior Medical Writer
MIMS Pte Ltd, Medical Education Division
  • Led digital projects (e.g. mobile event apps, interactive media platforms, and electronic direct mailers) and awarded the best performance bonus in the editorial team for consecutive years.
  • Oversaw the complete life cycle of deliverables, from business proposal to project management and content development.
  • Developed a diverse spectrum of customized projects spanning from manuscripts to expert reviews, conference highlights to meeting reports, slide resources to details aids, covering a broad range of therapeutic areas.
  • Conceptualized, produced, and managed pharmaceutical product launches in Singapore, in collaboration with external design agencies and event app developers.
  • Provided pre-event, onsite, and post-event faculty management services for meetings and symposia internationally.
  • Regularly partnered with business managers on business development planning and sales pitches.
Jul 2010 - Sep 2012 2 years 2 months
Medical Writer
DDB Group Singapore, DDB Remedy
  • Worked as the sole medical writer in DDB providing scientific and medical content for all physician-directed deliverables while partnering with health copywriters for consumer-facing materials.
  • Developed digital and print collaterals such as detail aids, medical abstracts, journal advertisements, and consumer brochures for regional markets.
  • Interviewed physicians and patients in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand to produce a series of testimonial videos on imaging systems and home respiratory devices for Philips Healthcare.
  • Conceptualized and launched integrated marketing campaigns with the creative team and planners for Johnson & Johnson, Cetaphil, Omron Healthcare, and Alcon.
Sep 2009 - Jul 2010 10 months
Executive (External Relations & Communications)
National University Health System (NUHS)
  • Served as a communications resource to foster research collaboration with external bodies.
  • Managed editorial requirements for NUHS annual research publication and website.

Education

Sep 2005 - Jun 2009 3 years 9 months
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), BioEngineering
National University of Singapore
Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 11 months
Student Exchange Program, -
University of Auckland