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Plain language and readability - Volume 24, Issue

Plain language is writing in clear, concise language that is easy to read and understand. Whenever I hear the term plain language I am reminded of a lay summary I was once asked to edit. The stream of technical language (‘self-source bias’, ‘effect m…

What medical writers need to know about regulatory approval of mobile health and digital healthcare devices - Volume 28, Issue

The rapid growth of mobile health (mHealth) led to the development of internationally harmonised guidance for software as a medical device (SaMD) by the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF), covering definitions, risk…

Writing narrative style literature reviews - Volume 24, Issue

Reviews provide a synthesis of published literature on a topic and describe its current state-of-art. Reviews in clinical research are thus useful when designing studies or developing practice guidelines. The two standard types of reviews are (a)…

Best friends forever: A pattern of collaboration between medical writers and biostatisticians within the Russian CRO - Volume 25, Issue

The Russian clinical trial industry and Russia’s local regulatory requirements are developing rapidly. Within Russian contract research organisations, medical writers must take on non-traditional roles and, in particular, must collaborate closely…

From researcher in Europe to medical writer in India - Volume 21, Issue

This is an article about my returning back to India from Europe and transition from research career to a profession of medical writing. I was introduced to medical writing through European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) while I was in Europe.…

The balancing act: Leading creative teams for clear, accurate science communication - Volume 33, Issue

Leading a team is inherently complex, requiring managers to juggle diverse organisational goals, meet superiors’ expectations, and cater to individual team member needs. The challenge intensifies when leading creative teams in a scientific environmen…

The Light Stuff - Volume 22, Issue

A call to abandon the useless anachronism of the ‘define at first use’ rule for abbreviations Definitions CTD – Common Technical Document (dossier submitted for marketing authorization) eCTD – Electronic Common Technical Document QC – Quality…

English Grammar and Style - Volume 24, Issue

In this issue • We continue Michael Schneir's fascinating series on distractions in medical and scientific writing, this time concentrating on non-pronoun-induced backtracking with adverbs, verbs, and nouns. This sounds a little…

The UK pharmaceutical industry braces for Brexit, be it mild, severe, or doomsday - Volume 27, Issue

Pharma-Brexit is on its way. The announcement of the European Medicine Agency’s move to Amsterdam, various UK government white papers, and comments made by key stakeholders in the UK pharmaceutical industry have led to a wide range of predictions…

HIV research fraudster handed stiff prison sentence - Volume 24, Issue

In the December 2014 issue of Medical Writing, I reported that disgraced Iowa State University researcher Dong-Pyou Han was facing fraud charges for faking experiments on a new HIV vaccine.1 In spite of a guilty plea, on 1 July 2015 Dr Han was…

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Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of medical writing. We welcome articles providing practical advice to medical writers; guidelines and reviews/summaries/updates of guidelines published elsewhere; original research; opinion pieces; interviews; and review articles.

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