Medical Communications and Writing for Patients - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editor: Lisa Chamberlain James

Involving patients in company-sponsored medical publications: Learning from collaboration with a patient advocacy group to engage patient authors

Authors: Aki Yoshikawa, Atsuko Iwata, Miho Hatano, Yuko Koji…

News from the EMA - Volume 24, Issue

The articles included in this section are a selection from the EMA's news and press release archive for June–August 2015. More information on the work of the EMA can be found on its website: www.ema.europa.eu

News from the EMA - Volume 27, Issue

The articles included in this section are a selection from the European Medicines Agency’s News and Press Release archive from October 2017 to December 2017. More information can be found on the Agency’s website: http://www.ema.europa.eu/

News from the EMA - Volume 28, Issue

The articles included in this section are a selection from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s News and Press Releases archive from April 2019 to June 2019. More information can be found on the Agency’s website: www.ema.europa.eu

News from the EMA - Volume 31, Issue

The articles included in this section are a selection from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s News and Press Releases archive. More information can be found on the Agency’s website: www.ema.europa.eu. Anuradha Alahari (editor)

In the Bookstores - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Alison McIntosh, Pablo Izquierdo   Guide to the De-Identification of Personal Health Information Book reviewed by Alison McIntosh Medical Writing. 2024;33(3):102–103. https://doi.org/10.56012/hbvt6966

News from the EMA - Volume 30, Issue

First CAR-T cell medicine for mantle cell lymphoma October  16, 2020 – The EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the EU for Tecartus (autologous anti-CD19-transduced CD3+ cells) for the treatment of adult patients…

News from the EMA - Volume 30, Issue

February 26, 2021 – EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for the first treatment that can be given orally to patients with certain types of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and often fatal genetic…

HIV vaccine clinical trials: An overview - Volume 27, Issue

More than 30 years after the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus as the agent that causes AIDS, an effective vaccine against this deadly disease has yet to be developed. The pathway to the development of a vaccine has been riddled with…

A stroll through the medical blogosphere - Volume 24, Issue

Medical blogs are a very popular way of communicating health-related information. They can be written by medical professionals or laypeople, and topics include diseases, procedures, health policies, and personal topics such as everyday experiences.…