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Regulatory medical writing in Switzerland - Volume 22, Issue

Switzerland is practically unknown in the drug/medical device regulatory landscape despite being home to some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical firms. This article briefly describes the regulations governing clinical trials in Switzerland and…

Speaking your patients’ language – Is it really worth it? The impact of translation on multilingual patient education materials - Volume 33, Issue

This article discusses the role of translation and its impact on the success of patient education materials, particularly in the context of patient recruitment and retention for clinical trials. We examine how translation and localisation help…

Recent and upcoming regulatory changes in the European Region: Opportunitiess for medical writers - Volume 29, Issue

The European regulatory landscape for clinical trials and medical devices is in the midst of major transformation. Older policies are giving way to new regulations that emphasise more harmonised and streamlined processes for document submittal,…

Reporting non-interventional post-authorisation safety studies (NI-PASS) - Volume 26, Issue

Post-authorisation safety studies (PASS), whether interventional or, more commonly, non-interventional (NI), can be used by entities such as the European Medicine Agency´s Pharmacovigilance and Risk Assess ment Committee to oblige drug companies to…

Transparency and the healthcare industry: The Sun is shining - Volume 22, Issue

The demand for greater transparency in financial relationships between the healthcare industry and healthcare professionals is increasing globally, and has led to establishing government regulations and professional guidelines for detailed reporting…

An overview of the Common Technical Document (CTD) regulatory dossier - Volume 23, Issue

The Common Technical Document (CTD) was designed to provide a common format between Europe, USA, and Japan for the technical documentation included in an application for the registration of a human pharmaceutical product. The CTD dossier is divided…

Journal Watch - Volume 21, Issue

Readability of informed consent forms, sponsor participation in industry trials, and conflict of interest disclosure. Informed consent is a crucial feature of clinical research trials. Guidelines on developing an informed consent form urge writers…

RCTs: Can the treatment work? Patient registries: Does the treatment work? - Volume 26, Issue

The first part of this article compares the main features of studies based on patient registry data with those of randomised clinical trials, providing a basis for better understanding the differences between the two. The second part details how to…

GPP3 – what is it, why is it necessary and what is new? - Volume 25, Issue

The good publication practice for pharmaceutical companies (GPP) guidelines were first published in 2003, then revised in 2009 (GPP2) and most recently in 2015 (GPP3). The latest version reflects the changes that have occurred in legislation…

Statistical principles in biosimilar development - Volume 28, Issue

Unlike new drug development where superiority over an active comparator or placebo often has to be proven, biosimilar development focuses on showing similarity of the proposed biosimilar to an already approved reference product. This affects…

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