Medical Writing

Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of…

The 2023 CORE Reference Utility Survey: Perceptions on a best practice tool for globally applicable clinical study reporting and provision of continuing professional development resources for the regulatory medical writing community - Volume 33, Issue

CORE Reference offers globally applicable resources for clinical study reporting, including a user manual and a mapping tool, and continuous professional development (CPD) resources. This report presents the results of the 2023 Utility Survey conduct…

Abstracts from the EMWA Spring Conference Poster Session - Volume 32, Issue

At the 2023 EMWA Spring Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, EMWA hosted a poster session. There were posters related to many aspects of medical writing or of relevance to medical writers. The poster session presented an excellent way for…

55th EMWA Conference - Volume 32, Issue

The 55th EMWA Conference took place on May 9–13, 2023, in Prague. With more than 400 participants from across Europe and the world, it was a rousing success. Topics of workshops and presentations ranged from the latest in regulatory writing and…

Biomanufacturing and One Health - Volume 32, Issue

At a time when the scope of One Health is expanding, the term “biomanufacturing” has taken on new significance as a new route to more sustainable manufacturing in the face of the current overwhelming reliance on fossil resources for fuel, energy,…

News from the EMA - Volume 31, Issue

EMA is putting in place special support to developers to replace, reduce and refine animal use for the development, manufacturing and testing of human and veterinary medicines. The Agency is promoting these three principles replace, reduce and…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 31, Issue

The present participle using and the past participle based on, both traditionally adjectivals, ostensibly misfunction without a noun to modify (a modifee). The frequency of their usage and misusage in research writing justifies a separate article…

The joys of outlining in medical writing - Volume 21, Issue

Using an outline to organize your writing project can help keep you on a straight path and avoid wandering into wastelands of irrelevance. There are various formats – the classic hierarchal model, the IMRAD system used for research reports, the…

AI/Automation - Volume 34, Issue

Section Editor: Daniela Kamir Exploring Research Rabbit: Your new favourite reference manager Author: Natasha Fallico   Medical Writing. 2025;34(1):67–69. https://doi.org/10.56012/wxzm3433

From the Editor - On social media: Once a passive observer – now an active user - Volume 30, Issue

It is with great pleasure that I write my first editorial for this amazing issue on social media. The idea of this issue came to me in 2019, inspired by two special colleagues.

I had social media accounts even before I became a medical writer. I rec…