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55th EMWA Conference - Volume 32, Issue

The 55th EMWA Conference took place on May 9–13, 2023, in Prague. With more than 400 participants from across Europe and the world, it was a rousing success. Topics of workshops and presentations ranged from the latest in regulatory writing and…

In the Bookstores - Volume 27, Issue

In an ideal world, the deluge of information that comes our way from the tax office, insurance com pa nies, lawyers, computer software compa - nies, and suchlike would be written in plain English. Sadly, the reader is often left with the impression…

Abstracts from 44th EMWA conference Poster session - Volume 26, Issue

At this year’s Spring Conference in Birmingham, UK, EMWA held its second annual poster session. Six poster presentations were selected from abstracts submitted to the Educational Committee. Abstracts could be on any subject related to medical…

Unlocking new efficiencies: How structured content authoring is streamlining the production of clinical documents for the pharmaceutical industry - Volume 32, Issue

Current practice requires clinical and regulatory documents to be created and updated manually by medical writers throughout a product’s development. Conventionally, document content is unstructured, with freeform text, figures, and tables that the…

Social Media: A tool that can benefit public health? - Volume 29, Issue

The global use of social media has changed access to health information, and the internet has become its primary source for the general public. However, judging health information on social networks remains difficult for nonmedical readers since…

The role of translators: Adaptation of mental health tests beyond clinical research - Volume 33, Issue

This article explores the role of translation and translators within the process of test adaptation. With similarities to the linguistic validation process in clinical research, test adaptation is a complex multistep and iterative process in which…

President’s Message - Volume 33, Issue

See you in Valencia… Time is flying. We just left the autumn conference and now are approaching our main EMWA event – the spring conference, to take place May 7– 11, 2024. This time we go to Valencia, and I am sure that no one needs to be…

Out On Our Own - Volume 25, Issue

Editorial Welcome to the OOOO section of Medical Writing. Whilst members who attended the free lancers’ networking meetings in The Hague (November 2015) or Munich (May 2016) may have noticed the recent changing of the guard at the Freelance…

Snapshots from EMWA's 57th Conference - Valencia - Volume 33, Issue

The European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) 57th Conference May 7 –11, in Valencia, Spain, was an illustrious gathering that brought together medical writers, editors, researchers, and professionals from across Europe and beyond. The conference…

Troublesome words - Volume 26, Issue

Medical writing tends to contain longer, less common, words than English fiction, and they are here termed troublesome words. Troublesome words are an indicator of poor style, and often point to grammatical errors. An easy way to start improving…

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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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