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From EMWA's new President Carola Kraus - Volume 30, Issue

A year of EMWA firsts has passed and while we are still not in a post-pandemic phase, one can see that our profession has regained its momentum. In the past, you might have experienced the need to explain to family members and friends what “medical…

The ABCs of paediatric plain language summaries - Volume 30, Issue

Plain language summaries need to be written at a proficiency level of 2 to 3, which roughly corresponds to a 6th grade to 8th grade reading level. Writing these for paediatric audiences brings even greater challenges. For communication to be…

How to write for health websites - Volume 30, Issue

Medical writing for the internet is unique because of the way people find and consume online content. Unlike with a medical brochure handed to someone by their doctor or a hard copy of the latest health book that they’ve purchased, individuals are…

Wait! What? There’s stuff missing from the scholarly record? - Volume 31, Issue

The scholarly record is an ever-evolving network – or graph – of truth assertions on which each discipline bases its discussions, and against which each discipline measures its progress. But what if the scholarly record is missing a significant…

To bias or not to bias in oncology clinical trials: Perspectives on design, endpoint selection, and reporting - Volume 32, Issue

Developing drugs for cancer is a process as complex as the disease itself. At the planning stage of a clinical trial for an oncology drug, thorough and careful consideration must be given to choosing the right study design and endpoints/estimands,…

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…

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications - Volume 32, Issue

Sustainable supply As medical writers/ communicators who provide services to pharmaceutical companies, we are part of a pharmaceutical company’s supply chain. In this issue, we follow-up on EMWA’s November 2022 Expert Series Seminar (ESS) on…

EMA Foreword - Volume 32, Issue

The EU Clinical Trials Regulation and its much-anticipated benefits: Foreword from the European Medicines Agency The year 2022 signalled the beginning of a new way of handling clinical trials in Europe, with the implementation of the EU Clinical…

Carbon footprint of EMWA activities: A first estimate - Volume 32, Issue

The Sustainability Special Interest Group (SUS-SIG) of EMWA was established in 2020 to support the United Nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development from the perspective of a not-for-profit professional organisation for medical writers and…

Lingua Franca and Beyond - Volume 32, Issue

Plagiarism, lack of acknowledgement, and image fraud Plagiarism is the use of text written by other people but without indicating where the text comes from. This worries journals because they want to be sure of the link between the text of the…

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