Profile - Volume 26, Issue

The new European medical device regulation and guidance document on clinical evaluation An Interview with Dr Bassil Akra The successor of the currently applicable Medical Device Directives (MDD 93/42/EEC and 90/385/EE) combines both directives…

Essential investments in optimising clinical research for rare disease - Volume 34, Issue

The complexities associated with clinical trials for (ultra) rare diseases include regulatory and logistical hurdles and the challenge of building trusting relationships with health authorities, patients, and clinicians. Significant obstacles…

Special section: Winners of the Geoff Hall Scholarship essay competition - Volume 24, Issue

The Geoff Hall Scholarships (GHSs) are given in honour of a former President of EMWA. Geoff was a very special person, an extremely valued member of EMWA, and a very good friend to many EMWA members. He firmly believed that the future of EMWA lies in…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 26, Issue

Syntactic Structure - Inter-sentenceIncrementalism: SentencesInter-sentence incrementalism is an expansion of information, often secondary, into a sentence rather than a reduction of the information to a clause or phrase and incorporation (sentence…

Medical communication writers: Who are they and what do they do? - Volume 25, Issue

For many EMWA members, the meaning of medical communications is a bit hazy. In this issue, we have invited various medical communications specialists to explain who they are and what they do. Their articles will illustrate a few of the varied angles…

An introduction to medical affairs for medical writers - Volume 28, Issue

The role of medical affairs in pharmaceutical and medical device companies is gaining prominence. Medical writers will increasingly find themselves supporting medical affairs activities or, indeed, transitioning to jobs within medical affairs…

How and why it works: The principles and history behind visual communication - Volume 29, Issue

"“A picture is worth a thousand words” – a familiar adage, and the reason why newspaper articles are commonly accompanied by photographs and infographics. Scientific publications are no different, so medical writers are frequently asked to…

My First Medical Writing - Volume 27, Issue

After the debut of the first edition of this section, I was honoured to be contacted by many aspiring medical writers eager to contribute and to showcase their writing skills. Among them, Matías Rey-Carrizo did anamazing job in translating a complex…

EMWA social media team - Volume 23, Issue

An interview with Chris Winchester - Volume 27, Issue

Chief Executive Officer of HealthScience communications consultancy Oxford PharmaGenesis and a leading member of Open Pharma