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Lay titles for clinical trials: Is industry achieving the balance? - Volume 32, Issue

Titles of clinical trials may directly influence whether patients, caretakers, or healthcare professionals will want to obtain more information about the trial. Major clinical trial registries require lay titles (referred to as “brief” or “public”…

The need for community: The importance of networking as a freelance medical writer - Volume 32, Issue

Community and networking activity can really help when you are a freelancer. Who do you turn to when it all gets too much? Can someone, anyone, who understands your challenges, offer a sympathetic ear and help to work out a solution? Where do…

An interview with Cathal Gallagher of EMA’s Technical Anonymisation Group - Volume 29, Issue

In our daily work in a company or freelance setting, we interact with other relevant functions, typically biostatistical, medical, programming, and data management colleagues, so that we can deliver wellrounded deliverables that take account of…

Sluggish downloads, lagging video calls: Tips for the remote worker to tame technology - Volume 31, Issue

What are the various broadband options to consider when working from home and how can you ensure you’re getting the best from yours? Broadband failures can mean a headache for your clients and you risk looking unprofessional, so having a backup…

Forgive me for repeating myself: Self-plagiarism in the medical literature - Volume 21, Issue

While plagiarism of others’ work is universally condemned, authors’ reuse of their own words and data (so-called ‘self-plagiarism’) is a far more contentious issue. The recycling of one's own text, in particular, polarizes opinion: some consider it…

Lingua Franca and Beyond - Volume 31, Issue

How to make our life easier? It was my pleasure to invite my colleagues from the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) to share their editorial experience with us medical writers. By doing this, we can improve our writing, which will…

How FAIR are pharma publication data? - Volume 31, Issue

Sharing research data increases reusability, reduces waste, supports reproducibility and promotes innovation. In medical research, sharing data also promotes transparency and access to information relevant to patient care. While important…

In the Bookstores - Volume 21, Issue

A personal view incorporating the insights of a UK-based book group Henrietta Lacks was a 31-year-old African American who died in 1951 from cervical cancer. Her biopsied cancer cells were taken without her permission, propagated seemingly forever…

Medical education in a medcomms agency - Volume 25, Issue

Medcomms agencies provide services and counselling to pharmaceutical clients in many ways. Medcomms are currently strengthening medical education as a form of indirect communication strategy, which focuses on educating health professionals on…

Science communication: A guide to creating online scientific content that engages - Volume 30, Issue

Science communication plays an important role in educating the public about scientific knowledge. Until recently, publishing in research journals and presenting at science conferences were the only options available to scientists for sharing their…

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