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Establishing a patient publication steering committee: A case study with insights for medical writers - Volume 29, Issue

Development of a patient publication steering committee (PPSC) is an innovation in industry publication practices. In this brief article, we summarise how UCB Pharma, a global biopharmaceutical company, plans to partner with patients to establish a…

How can we maximise patient engagement with Plain Language Summary of Publication articles (PLSPs)? A publisher’s perspective - Volume 33, Issue

Plain Language Summary of Publication articles (PLSPs) are aimed at non-specialist audiences, using non-technical/jargon-free and easy to understand language to provide summaries of publications. The introduction of PLSPs has added to the growing…

Harmonising linguistic validation with AI: Precision, efficiency, and the human touch in patient-reported outcome translation - Volume 33, Issue

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) prompts a reassessment of linguistic validation methods for patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. The robust linguistic process, designed to adapt PRO measures for different cultures and languages, is…

Presenting secondary endpoints in plain language clinical trial result summaries: Considerations for emerging practice - Volume 30, Issue

Background: The European Union Clinical Trials Regulation 536/2014 (EU CTR) requires sponsors to submit summaries of clinical trial results in plain/lay language (Plain Language Trial Summaries [PLTS]). A multidisciplinary working group developed…

When less is more: Medical writers as guardians of curated content - Volume 28, Issue

In this data-driven era, the type and format of publicly available medical and scientific information is significantly changing. Medical writers can serve as guardians of the information entering the public domain by ensuring accuracy and…

The role of health literacy in the healthcare decision-making process - Volume 31, Issue

Health literacy is defined as “the knowledge, motivation, and competence to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make decisions in terms of healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion” according to Quaglio et al.5 Poor…

How FAIR are pharma publication data? - Volume 31, Issue

Sharing research data increases reusability, reduces waste, supports reproducibility and promotes innovation. In medical research, sharing data also promotes transparency and access to information relevant to patient care. While important…

News from the EMA - Volume 32, Issue

This roundup of news from the EMA includes information on vaccines to protect against dengue, therapy to treat transplant patients with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, the withdrawal of marketing authorisations for amfepramone…

The periodic safety update report and post market surveillance report under the new EU Medical Device Regulation - Volume 31, Issue

The new EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR) requires companies to provide a periodic safety update report (PSUR) and a post market surveillance report (PMSR). Creating these reports will strengthen the post market surveillance and vigilance…

Model-informed drug development in rare diseases - Volume 34, Issue

Model-informed drug development (MIDD) approaches maximise and connect information obtained on a drug during development, allowing better characterisation of its risk: benefit profile. MIDD is especially useful for rare diseases with few patients to…

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