Freelance or agency

Once you have decided to outsource a Medical Writing project, naturally the question arises which to choose freelance or agency. If your company has no policy and you have no personal preference, there is no clear-cut answer.

Factors such as budget restrictions, timelines and the volume or diversity of a project may make you tend towards one of the options. You will probably be looking for a maximum alignment of your requirements with the putative capabilities of available service providers.

Certain requirements such as staff for backup and independent quality control may favour using agencies. However, freelancers outweigh this by their higher flexibility. Also, selection criteria may change, depending on your choice to acquire expertise or capacity.

However, regardless of specific factors, the success of outsourcing is always linked to the personal commitment of your service provider. This will be strongly based on your readiness to see him/her as a partner.