Medical Devices - Volume 29, Issue

The Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745) has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now take effect on May 26, 2021.1 Some manufacturers may regard this as a slight breather, but there are still enough obstacles to overcome.…

Medical Devices - Volume 30, Issue

Editorial ISO 14155 is an asset for every professional working in the medical device industry. With the new update to this standard, we see improved harmonisation and a clearer guidance to medical device manufacturers who are amidst transition to…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

Calling all medical writers:

Focus your writing with lean authoring

In today’s medical writing environment, authors are routinely faced with expedited timelines to write documents about highly complex studies with overwhelming amounts of data. Revi…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

The complexity of modern-day clinical trials has propelled trial design from being a consideration to now becoming what some experts believe is a science in and of itself. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sees immense potential…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

One key point in 2012 to the Good Pharma - covigilance Practices (GVP) guidelines was mandatory consultation of all stakeholders before the first publication of GVP and after its implementation. Execution of these guidelines was influenced by public…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 32, Issue

Systems biology and real-world data as drivers of change in drug research and development In recent years, systems biology is not only being applied in fundamental science but also in drug development and healthcare. The application of real-world…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 32, Issue

Current clinical trial disclosure landscape in China Author and Section Editor: Zuo Yen Lee Section Editor: Clare Chang In China, before the launch of the current national clinical trial registry in 2013, i.e., ChinaDrugTrials.org.cn…

Translation: A transcultural activity - Volume 29, Issue

Effective communication is the goal of any professional medical and communication writer. Transferring the correct messages from one language to another is a task that is increasingly covered by software, but translation machines cannot confer the…

Predatory publishing – what medical communicators need to know - Volume 28, Issue

The rise of ”predatory journals”, also known as pseudo-scientific journals, poses a risk to the integrity of science and therefore medical communicators need to know about their practices. Upon receipt of a publication fee, predatory journals…

The ethics of medical translation - Volume 33, Issue

Much has been written about the ethics of medical interpreting, but not so much about purely written translation. What moral principles apply (or should apply) when I translate a document for a client? Do I need to invent these principles myself, or…