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Regulatory Matters - Volume 29, Issue

Ever since the EMA mandate for plain-language summaries of clinical trials was codified in Clinical Trial Regulation EU No. 536/2014, medical writers have grappled with the task of making these documents accessible to the public, including to…

Gained in Translation - Volume 24, Issue

Editorial Welcome to the Translation Section editorial! What we call ‘lay-friendliness’ is a key characteristic of Patient Information Sheets (PIS), which are tightly regulated on a European level to guarantee a comprehensible document that…

Editorial - Volume 33, Issue

Medical writing transcends borders, uniting professionals across geographies, demographics, languages, and cultures. This inherent global perspective has inspired the theme for this issue. While previous editions have explored medical writing in…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 31, Issue

The indefinite article a functions as a determiner before a singular count noun, either tangible (a human) or abstract (a trait). This determiner indicates that the noun is either being mentioned for the first time or is general (indefinite) in meani…

From the Editor - Volume 33, Issue

On multilingualism and medical writing I arrived in Europe in September 1991 and was completely unprepared for the multilingualism of this continent. My first European home was the bilingual city of Brussels in the trilingual country of Belgium.…

Entering medical communications as a non-native English speaker - Volume 27, Issue

The third EMWA Internship Forum will be held on May 3, 2018 at the forthcoming spring conference in Barcelona. As the language of international medical communications is almost exclusively English, have you ever wondered what it takes for a…

Transparency and public disclosure: What climate research can learn from clinical research – and vice versa - Volume 31, Issue

The healthcare industry is spearheading initiatives for public disclosure, open access, and plain language summaries in biomedical research. These initiatives are being mirrored in other fields of research as well, including climate research. Below…

Abstracts from the 57th EMWA Conference Poster Session - Volume 33, Issue

EMWA’s spring conference in Valencia featured 18 posters on a wide variety of topics of interest to medical writers. Clinical trial regulations, plain language summaries, graphical abstracts, and document quality control are just a few of the…

Comics aren't just for kids: Using cartoons in medical communications - Volume 30, Issue

Comics aren’t just for kids. They’re a provo - cative, entertaining, and storytelling medium powerful enough to captivate people of all ages, all languages, and all cultures – no small feat in today’s era of instant gratification. To engage our…

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…

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