From the Editor - Volume 32, Issue

As pharma companies strive for carbon neutrality, carbon accounting is now part of day-to-day business; the carbon footprint for each process, each step, and each stakeholder is closely scrutinised. Freelance medical writers and communicators as busi…

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.…

From the Editor - Volume 33, Issue

The skill of giving and receiving feedback. Medical writing requires a wide array of scientific and technical skills, the so-called hard skills of our trade. This issue spotlights another set of skills that are often underestimated – the so-called “s…

From the Editor - Volume 32, Issue

The D’s of robotics: Are we ready to delegate?  When Shiri Diskin and Daniela Kamir suggested in 2021 to have a Medical Writing issue on automation in medical writing, little did I imagine how imperative this topic would be in 2023. I sincerely…

From the Editor - A call to action - Volume 31, Issue

In September 2021, more than 200 biomedical and scientific journals simultaneously published an editorial that called for “Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health.” MEW, with the endorsement…

From the Editor - On journalism, the Nobel Peace Prize, and the paths we travel by - Volume 30, Issue

The road to a Nobel Prize is not easy and journalist Maria Ressa can attest to that. I am both awed and inspired by her journey and find it fitting to pay tribute to her achievement in this issue on medical journalism. I must admit I am biased due…

My First Medical Writing - Volume 28, Issue

In this edition of My First Medical Writing, we welcome one of the first articles written by aspiring medical writer Mayya Sundukova. A physicist by training, Mayya pursued her PhD in neuroscience in SISSA, Italy, studying ion channels, and then…

My First Medical Writing - Volume 31, Issue

In this issue, I have the pleasure to share an insightful article by Sibyl Bertrand. As a molecular biologist, Sibyl worked in numerous cancer research institutes in France before arriving in the UK where she pursued her PhD in clinical medicine at…

Medical Communications and Writing for Patients - Volume 30, Issue

Dear All,

As I write this, at least some of us are likely to still be in some form of lockdown or quarantine. I pray that you and your families are all managing to stay as sane as possible, and I sincerely hope that you all stay safe and healthy.

I…

Clinical trial transparency and disclosure from the medical writing perspective - Volume 33, Issue

It’s been more than 6 years since our last Medical Writing edition dedicated to clinical trial transparency and disclosure. Since then, we have seen the full implementation of the long-awaited EU Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR), the pause and restar…