President's Message - Volume 25, Issue

Dear EMWA Members, Since my last message your committee have been busy on several initiatives. In November we held a very successful conference in Brussels with over 200 delegates. This provided 18 foundation and 10 advanced level workshops and an…

Social Media: A tool that can benefit public health? - Volume 29, Issue

The global use of social media has changed access to health information, and the internet has become its primary source for the general public. However, judging health information on social networks remains difficult for nonmedical readers since…

Taming Microsoft Word® - Volume 23, Issue

The long, complex documents that medical writers often work with can place unusual demands on a word processing program. Microsoft Word® is a powerful program, but that does not mean using it properly is always easy or intuitive. Many problems…

President's Message - Volume 25, Issue

Dear EMWA Members, By the time you receive this copy of the journal most of you will be returning from your summer break. I hope you all enjoyed your holiday and returned refreshed and ready for another busy year...

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…

Global HTA: Past, present, and future - Volume 30, Issue

Health technology assessment (HTA) is a relatively recent innovation that has changed the way decisions are made in healthcare. It is a multidisciplinary process that requires different skill sets and collaboration among various disciplines and…

Reporting non-interventional post-authorisation safety studies (NI-PASS) - Volume 26, Issue

Post-authorisation safety studies (PASS), whether interventional or, more commonly, non-interventional (NI), can be used by entities such as the European Medicine Agency´s Pharmacovigilance and Risk Assess ment Committee to oblige drug companies to…

News from the EMA - Volume 29, Issue

September 14, 2020 – The Big Data Steering Group set up by EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) has published its workplan which sets actions to be delivered in 2020–2021. With the European Medicines Regulatory Network focused on the…

Veterinary Medical Writing - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editor: Louisa Marcombes Spotlight on www.LAS-interactive.de: Information for animal experimentation and a useful resource for veterinary medical writers Authors: Cemile Jakupoglu, Jennifer Freymann According to the EU Animal Protection…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

Calling all medical writers:

Focus your writing with lean authoring

In today’s medical writing environment, authors are routinely faced with expedited timelines to write documents about highly complex studies with overwhelming amounts of data. Revi…