Organising the review process in Microsoft Word® - Volume 23, Issue

Regulatory documents are prepared in a highly collaborative process within tight timelines. The time and the resources required for collecting input, organising document review, and processing the reviewers’ responses often dwarf those invested in…

Connecting the dots across the writing continuum - Volume 32, Issue

A medical writer has a unique opportunity to be involved with documents across the various stages of a product’s lifecycle. At the start of their careers, writers typically specialise in documents that are created in a particular phase of drug…

Sunshine spreading across the Atlantic and over Europe - Volume 22, Issue

The quest for transparency in the relationships between life sciences companies and healthcare professionals is quickly becoming a global movement. Reporting requirements for financial interactions have been prevalent in the United States for many…

Raquel Marcos Esteban

EMWA News - Volume 30, Issue

Spanish translation of the Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review We are proud to announce the posting of our first translation of the Joint Position Statement into Spanish by Almudena Pardo Mateos and reviewed…

Foreword: Writing for Patients, Foreword from the EMA - Volume 29, Issue

In recent years, regulators across the globe have improved the way they communicate to patients and the general public about their activities and how medicines are regulated.

Educating the medical writer: A 5-year update - Volume 28, Issue

This article is a 5-year follow-up to a 2013 publication: On Educating the Medical Writer. The current study was performed to examine the evolution of degree programme titles, certificate programmes, and the current trend toward so-called…

Medical Journalism - Volume 22, Issue

Medical journalism - a dream job? My name is Erich Lederer. I am a medical journalist. Is it the kind of work I always wanted to do? No, definitely not. I actually never dreamt of juggling with words and sentences and in school I always had very…

55th EMWA Conference - Volume 32, Issue

The 55th EMWA Conference took place on May 9–13, 2023, in Prague. With more than 400 participants from across Europe and the world, it was a rousing success. Topics of workshops and presentations ranged from the latest in regulatory writing and…

Out On Our Own - Volume 23, Issue