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Editorial - Volume 31, Issue

Medical devices are at the core of healthcare forming a large share of the global healthcare market. With consistent advances in technology, MedTech is enhancing our lives more so now than a few decades ago owing to accelerated digitisation and…

The role of translators: Adaptation of mental health tests beyond clinical research - Volume 33, Issue

This article explores the role of translation and translators within the process of test adaptation. With similarities to the linguistic validation process in clinical research, test adaptation is a complex multistep and iterative process in which…

Translating “medicalese”: The case of informed consent forms - Volume 33, Issue

Informed consent forms (ICFs) are documents used in clinical research to inform prospective participants about – and obtain their consent for – partaking in a clinical trial. Evidence suggests that ICFs may not be fit for purpose because their…

A survey on current use of software tools for systematic literature reviews - Volume 32, Issue

Adoption of the EU Medical Devices Regulations and In Vitro Diagnostics Regulations has led to increased demand for systematic literature reviews. This article reports on a survey investigating the current use of software platforms and tools by…

Race and ethnicity in biomedical literature: A narrative review - Volume 31, Issue

Race and ethnicity are not clearly defined in biomedical literature and misaligned with genomics and epigenomic findings; the guidelines for consistent reporting in publications and regulations from health authorities are lacking. Minority…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 32, Issue

Abstract Training: Lessons in self-leadership Kathryn E. White (author), Zuo Yen Lee (section editor), Clre Chang (section editor) More often than not, freelancing means juggling between running a business and writing. Training may not be at the…

Lay summaries for Phase 1 trials in healthy volunteers - Volume 29, Issue

Lay summaries of Phase I trials in healthy volunteers pose a challenge because their endpoints are complex, the targeted indication may not be known when they are conducted, their results are often reported years after the trial ended, and the…

Presenting secondary endpoints in plain language clinical trial result summaries: Considerations for emerging practice - Volume 30, Issue

Background: The European Union Clinical Trials Regulation 536/2014 (EU CTR) requires sponsors to submit summaries of clinical trial results in plain/lay language (Plain Language Trial Summaries [PLTS]). A multidisciplinary working group developed…

Digital tools for the clinical evaluation of medical devices: A guide to empower regulatory writers - Volume 32, Issue

The implementation of the European Medical Device Regulation (EUMDR) has driven innovation in the digitalisation and the development of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automations for regulatory writing. This article explores a selection of…

Vaccines and immunotherapies - Volume 27, Issue

The use of vaccines and immunotherapies in medicine dates back to the end of the 18th century and the work of Edward Jenner, the father of immunology. Jenner, building on the observations of John Fewster in 1768, showed that inoculation with the…

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