Medical Writing Non-Clinical Health Writing REACH chemical dossiers? Yes, please!

Volume 23, Issue 3 - Non-Clinical Health Writing

REACH chemical dossiers? Yes, please!

Abstract

Medical writing knowledge and skills can be applied relatively easily to other areas of technical regulatory writing, with a bit of home study. One such area is in the compilation and write-up of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and restriction of Chemicals) chemical dossiers. A concise overview of the legislation, requirements, and dossier content is provided, with links to guidance documents available online for further study.

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