Writing for patients: When and how? - Volume 29, Issue

The move towards patient engagement and patient involvement in healthcare decisions (“shared care”) has triggered a raft of new guidances from regulatory authorities, accompanied by new regulations mandating that pharmaceutical companies engage with…

Writing for lay audiences - Volume 24, Issue

For most of us, medical writing is highly technical. We prepare regulatory or clinical documents or write materials targeted to medical doctors. Medical writing for lay audiences is different, and it does not come naturally to most of us because…

Writing Matters - Volume 21, Issue

Writing matters to medical writers … or at least it should. But sometimes we are more consumed with the content of a document than the writing itself. And some might even argue that detailed medical or scientific information cannot be written as…

How can coaching or mentoring help you craft a sustainable freelance career - Volume 32, Issue

Crafting a sustainable freelance MedComms career can be challenging. As freelancers, we need to understand our individual requirements to design and implement a freelance business that will work from a personal and a professional perspective.…

Eleanor Steele

The worldwide landscape of freelance medical writing: Exploring challenges and opportunities - Volume 33, Issue

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life sciences industries, ultimately affecting associated professionals such as freelance medical writers. Throughout this global event and its aftermath,…

Getting Your Foot in the Door - Volume 31, Issue

“Do your homework, knowledge is power!” my teachers used to say. Yes, we learn a lot during our education, respect the rules of the system, and we rely on that knowledge. However, once that stage is over, we are overwhelmed with possibilities and sta…

Clinical evaluation reports: 6 years after the introduction of MEDDEV 2.7/1 revision 4 - Volume 31, Issue

MEDDEV 2.7/1 is the European guideline about the clinical evaluation of medical devices. The 4th revision, in 2016, updated how clinical evaluation should be conducted and reported, thus paving the way for clinical evaluation under the Medical…

Medical Devices - Volume 27, Issue

The 6th EMWA symposium day will focus on medical devices in general, the recent changes in the European legislations, and opportu - nities for medical writers. The symposium is for regulatory writers and medical communi - cators alike, and will…

Outgoing President's Message - Volume 31, Issue

Dear friends, colleagues, and EMWA members, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic and the war in the Ukraine, EMWA’s financial situation and membership numbers remained stable over my term of presidency. In fact, membership numbers slightly…