Hi, I'm Rajeev Patrick Das, PhD. Medical Affairs and Medical Communications leader, and part-time pun dispenser.

I make science make sense.

For 15+ years I have turned dense data into content that doctors trust, patients understand, and compliance teams quietly approve of. I lead Medical Communications and Medical Information work across publications, MSL tools, congress content and standard response documents, based in Hyderabad, India.

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Rajeev Patrick Das, PhD. Indicated for Medical Affairs teams that need clear science, calm launches and audit-ready processes. Dosage: 15+ years, taken daily. Side effects may include clarity, curiosity, and the occasional pun.

Prescribing information

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Indications

A Medical Communications and Medical Information leader who combines scientific depth with operational rigour. I have built and scaled MedComms and MI functions for top pharmaceutical companies and delivered compliant, high-quality content for US and global launches.

Today I lead US Medical Affairs Medical Communications at Novartis in Hyderabad, as the bridge between the USMA Launch Machine and the delivery engine that powers it.

Mechanism of action

Binds selectively to complex data. Converts it into narratives that are accurate, fair-balanced and genuinely readable. Scientist by training, leader by outcome, and someone who prefers facts over sentiments.

Dosage and administration

  • Publications, congress content and MSL tools
  • Standard response documents and MI governance
  • Process excellence, SOPs and audit readiness
  • AI enablement and team capability building

Contraindications

Not recommended for unreferenced claims, 80-slide decks with no story, or the sentence "let's just eyeball the data".

Storage

Store in Hyderabad, India. Best kept near strong coffee and a good forest plot. Travels well to scientific congresses.

My clinical development program

My career in Medical Affairs, told as trial phases. Tap a phase to open it.

Phase IV Group Lead, USMA Medical Communications
Novartis Healthcare, Hyderabad 2026 to now

Post-marketing surveillance, aka real-world impact at scale.

  • Single point of contact between the US Medical Affairs Launch Machine and the delivery engine, coordinating publications, MSL tools, congress content and medical education for US launches.
  • Lead and mentor Associate Directors across immunology, oncology and radioligand therapy, CRM, and neuroscience and payer.
  • Own quality and compliance against GPP, Sunshine Act and internal publication standards, reporting to leadership.
  • Shape SOPs, reduce publication cycle time, and lead AI enablement through a team literacy roadmap.
Phase III Deputy Manager, then Group Manager
WNS Global Services, Gurgaon 2016 to 2026

The pivotal trial. Large population, global sites, lots of endpoints met.

  • Headed a large team of medical writers across MedComms and Medical Information, with full people responsibility and hands-on scientific oversight.
  • Directed global medical affairs delivery for pharma clients across the US, UK and EU, and acted as a thought partner to client medical leadership.
  • Led end-to-end manuscripts, abstracts, posters and congress content in line with GPP, plus launch assets and disease education platforms.
  • Governed global MI delivery: SRDs, off-label and escalated enquiries, Veeva case handling, PV integration under ICH E2A, E2B and E2D.
  • Started as Deputy Manager authoring SRDs, MSL decks and US NDA annual report content, and grew into the Group Manager role.
Phase II Clinical Research Consultant and Senior Scientific Writer
NIIT Limited and Springer Nature 2014 to 2016

Dose finding: discovering the right mix of science and storytelling.

  • Built drug development and clinical trial profiles for AdisInsight, plus congress summaries and research updates.
  • Led a technical insight team for a global CRO client, creating scenario-based e-learning across oncology, cardiovascular, immunology and rare diseases.
Phase I Senior Research Scientist, Medical Affairs
Apac Biotech, Gurgaon 2012 to 2014

First in human. First taste of Medical Affairs.

  • Led Medical Affairs for a biotech focused on dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy.
  • Built publication plans, SOPs, regulatory dossiers and patent applications, engaged KOLs, and delivered 95% on-time completion on publication projects.
Preclinical PhD, Senior Research Fellow and Post-doc
University of Delhi (DIPSAR) and National Institute of Immunology 2007 to 2012

Where it all started: in the lab, with a lot of patience.

  • PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences: transdermal drug delivery for psoriasis and its immunopathology in animal models.
  • Post-doctoral research on how Leishmania parasites survive drug-induced stress, published in the FASEB Journal.
  • Taught Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and won the ICON Best Oral Presentation Award for psoriasis research.

The periodic table of me

My Medical Affairs and MedComms skills. Highly reactive with deadlines, stable under audit.

Rp

Hover or tap any element to see how it reacts.

Therapy areas I speak fluently: OncologyImmunologyNeuroscienceCardiovascular and metabolicGastroenterologyRare diseasesDermatology

The simplify-o-meter

Same science. Four audiences. Slide to translate.

Level 1: the journal reviewer

Full jargonGrandma-proof

Lab results

Selected outcomes. All figures approximate, all effort very real.

~40%

Faster content turnaround

Redesigned content workflows around a centralised repository and agile delivery.

~25%

Shorter approval timelines

Championed Veeva Vault MedComms and iEnvision adoption, with stronger compliance traceability.

~20%

Quicker medical review cycles

New QC and approval workflows in Medical Information, with better first-time-right accuracy.

95%

On-time publication delivery

Publication plan tracking and trial registry support in a biotech Medical Affairs team.

The poster hall

My publications and scientific communication work. Walk the aisles and click a board for a closer look.

Next board goes up here. Watch this space.

The journal

Articles on making science simple, and on the latest trends in Medical Affairs.

Your immune system's false fire alarm

Autoimmune diseases explained with a smoke detector that just won't stop beeping.

4 min read

What a p-value is not

Why "statistically significant" does not always mean "this matters to you".

6 min read

Psoriasis is more than skin deep

A former psoriasis researcher on what is really going on under the surface.

5 min read

Let's talk science.

Got a thought on one of my articles, a topic you would like simplified, or just want to geek out about Medical Affairs? My inbox is open.

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