India as a hub for ethical and evidence-based medical communications - Volume 22, Issue

Ethical and evidence-based medical communications are gaining increasing importance in emerging pharmaceutical markets, outside of North America and Western Europe. In large pharmaceutical companies resources are limited, and small and mid-sized…

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Louisa Ludwig-Begall, Sarah Kabani Saving the planet, one EMWA conference at a time Author: Adam Jacobs I had been a frequent business traveller for some years until not so long ago. Most of my trips were by plane. I would…

Obtaining meaningful insights from publication metrics - Volume 31, Issue

Altmetrics and other article-level metrics offer new opportunities to understand the impact of medical publications and, indeed, clinical trial programmes. For example, we can learn whether the publication has been viewed, shared, engaged with, or…

The Webscout - Volume 21, Issue

Diabetes and Psychology   You all may know that diabetes is a metabolic disease leading to secondary micro- and macrovascular complications, like nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular diseases. You may also know that these microvascular…

The clinical study protocol and medical writing: A good fit? - Volume 23, Issue

The characteristics of the clinical study protocol (CSP) are discussed with regard to (i) its structure and (ii) its development process. The benefits of medical-writing involvement into both aspects are highlighted. In particular, medical writers…

President's Message - Volume 29, Issue

As I write this, 2020 is drawing to a close. Although it has been an enormously challenging year, I want to take a moment to recognise a high point – the successful completion of EMWA’s first virtual conference. What a milestone and major…

Feature infographic - EMWA's commitment to sustainability - Volume 31, Issue

In May 2019 EMWA established a Sustainability Special Intrest Group (SUS SIG). The SUS SID aims to bring sustainability goals into EMWA as an organisation and helps disseminate information for medical writers and medical communicators on being more…

EMWA News - Volume 27, Issue

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus has been credited with the idea that there is nothing perma - nent except change. This certainly pertains to EMWA as we celebrate our 25th year. The first EMWA meeting in 1992 had 32 participants with no workshops.…

Social Media - Volume 30, Issue

Social media

“For many people, the internet can feel like a lonely place. It can feel like… a big, endless, expansive void where you can constantly call out to it but no one’s ever listening. But… I found, in sharing my feelings with the void, event…

Changes to working practices in medical communications during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from two surveys - Volume 31, Issue

Successive waves of COVID-19 have altered opinions and working practices. We conducted a survey in early 2020 among 759 members of the medical communications community, recruited via our network, seeking their experiences, opinions, and insights.…