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…

Five “translation” strategies to adapt technical content for lay audiences - Volume 33, Issue

Writing for lay audiences requires language that is understandable by readers without expertise in the subject matter at hand. This means carefully selecting, organising, wording, and supporting content, focusing on conveying relevant points in a…

Science communication: A guide to creating online scientific content that engages - Volume 30, Issue

Science communication plays an important role in educating the public about scientific knowledge. Until recently, publishing in research journals and presenting at science conferences were the only options available to scientists for sharing their…

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…

Clinical trial disclosure: Perspective from a medical writer for a contract research organisation - Volume 28, Issue

In this article, I summarise how, as a medical writer with over 20 years of experience in regulatory writing, all with a contract research organisation, I transitioned into the world of disclosure and how I now have my feet firmly in both camps:…

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How to write for health websites - Volume 30, Issue

Medical writing for the internet is unique because of the way people find and consume online content. Unlike with a medical brochure handed to someone by their doctor or a hard copy of the latest health book that they’ve purchased, individuals are…

Medical Communications and Writing for Patients - Volume 28, Issue

The more eagle eyed among you will have noticed that we are changing the title of this section to “Medical Communications and Writing for Patients”. Not the shortest of titles, I know, but hopefully it is a more accurate reflection of the content…

Patient education accessibility - Volume 24, Issue

Patient education that overcomes literacy barriers supports quality care. This article provides an overview of health literacy, describes the concepts of readability and accessibility, and discusses how to empathise with the patient's experience and…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

Calling all medical writers:

Focus your writing with lean authoring

In today’s medical writing environment, authors are routinely faced with expedited timelines to write documents about highly complex studies with overwhelming amounts of data. Revi…