Regulatory Matters - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Clare Chang, Zuo Yen Lee In regulatory submission writing, a project facilitator is the yin to a medical writer’s yang Authors: Yoko Komatsuzaki, Julia Forjanic Klapproth Authoring and reviewing complex, parallel regulatory…

EMWA social media team - Volume 23, Issue

Regulatory Matters - Volume 31, Issue

Two years into the pandemic outbreak, our lives have changed one way or another. The pandemic not only has impacted our lifestyle, it might also have impacted our career at some level. We might find ourselves needing to venture out onto new paths,…

Regulatory Writing - Volume 22, Issue

This article introduces aspects of the regulatory writing profession in China and Japan. Although regulatory medical writing is at an early stage of development in China, the ever-growing research and development activities in this country have led…

Learning and teaching clinical writing - Volume 22, Issue

Clinical writing, a specialised type of medical writing, refers to the types of writing health professionals use on a daily basis such as medical charts and forms. It requires knowledge of both formal and informal medical language and culture. An…

The unique challenges of clinical trials in rare disease: A regulatory writer’s perspective - Volume 32, Issue

Designing clinical trials in rare diseases comes with a specific set of challenges including limited knowledge around the natural history of a disease, small sample size available for trial participation, regulatory guidance that is not calibrated…

Writing for mixed-media training programmes - Volume 25, Issue

Effective learning and development tools are important in spreading and consolidating knowledge within any pharmaceutical or biotechnology company. Medical communications professionals may be involved in creating training materials for many…

Regulatory Writing - Volume 23, Issue

Regulatory documents are complex beasts, often requiring input from many different authors. Sometimes, different departments will be responsible for authoring certain sections and the role of the medical writer could perhaps be more accurately…

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…

Three strategies to help you write clearly for a lay audience - Volume 26, Issue

When writing health and medical content for a lay audience, it is important to think beyond simply writing well. Defining your ideal readers, reducing medical jargon, and producing a well-formatted piece of work  can all enhance your reader’s…