Regulatory Matters - Volume 34, Issue

Section Editors: Clare Chang, Zuo Yen Lee  Briefing documents: Facilitating health authority interactions Author: Clare Chang  Briefing documents, essential for facilitating interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health authorities…

Medical affairs writing: A key role to relay medical information to everyone - Volume 25, Issue

Medical Affairs is a link between the scientific and marketing units of a pharmaceutical company. Medical writers in this field are responsible for writing varied document types from regulatory reports to scientific publications, and marketing…

Now more than ever, scientists must speak up for science - Volume 28, Issue

In this post-truth era we live in, the validity of facts from climate change and evolution to the shape of the earth and even vaccine safety is challenged by misinformation. As scientists,we should make greater efforts to engage with the public and…

Regulatory Writing: Authorship issues in regulatory documents - Volume 25, Issue

When medical writers discuss authors and authorship – the theme of this issue of medical writing – they are usually referring to documents in the public domain such as journal articles or maybe congress abstracts. The primary purpose of such…

Medical writing in paediatrics: Children and the future - Volume 21, Issue

‘Children are one-third of our population and all of our future.’ Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981 With the falling birth rate I wonder if they still are a third of the population, but there is no doubt that they are our…

Providing value for medicines in older people - Volume 22, Issue

The global population is ageing, but inequalities remain in older people's access to treatment, especially people 75 years of age and older. These people receive less frequent interventions and lower quality medical treatment than their younger…

President’s Message - Volume 33, Issue

Navigating the new era of clinical trial transparency This issue of Medical Writing comes at a time when the summer holidays are behind us. Here’s hoping it has been a relaxing and rejuvenating time for all. As we get back to our day-to-day work,…

EMWA social media team - Volume 23, Issue

The Investigator's Brochure: A multidisciplinary document - Volume 23, Issue

The Investigator's Brochure (IB) is a multidisciplinary document that summarises the main elements of an entire development programme to date. Although the IB also serves other purposes, it is primarily written to enable investigators conducting…

Using social media as the patient's voice in the benefit-risk assessment of drugs: Are we ready? - Volume 24, Issue

There is no doubt that the public interest in healthcare-related issues is growing. This, coupled with the surge in the use of social media, leaves the pharmaceutical industry with a set of unique opportunities and challenges. The screening and…