Regulatory Matters - Volume 31, Issue

Contributors: Ri Xu (author) Zuo Yen Lee (section editor), Clare Chang (section editor) Hand and back muscle pain and how to avoid them: A regulatory writer's story Ri Xu Medical Writing. 2022;31(3)68-71. https://doi.org/10.56012/thzz1704

Regulatory Public Dislcosure - Volume 32, Issue

In this information-packed edition of Regulatory Public Discussion, Sam Hamilton provides detailed comparisons of regulatory templates and updates on processes for the Clinical Trials Information System. Contributor: Sam Hamilton (author and…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 32, Issue

Syntactic punctuation distraction This article explores the problem of omitted commas in the structure of certain  sentences. Contributors: Michael Lewis Schneir (author), Wendy Kingdom (section editor), Any Whereat (section editor) Medical…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 32, Issue

Author: Michael Lewis Schneir Section Editors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat Syntactic punctuation distraction Comma: Over-usage Part 2 Coordinated noncore sentence constituents are likely to be disrupted by unnecessary comma punctuation. Medical…

Digital Communication - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editor: Nicole Bezuidenhout

Exploring the role of Microsoft’s Copilot in visual communication: Current use and considerations through science communicators’ lens

Author: Jacqueline Bersano

Medical Writing. 2024;33(3):79–88. https://do…

In the Bookstores - Volume 27, Issue

In an ideal world, the deluge of information that comes our way from the tax office, insurance com pa nies, lawyers, computer software compa - nies, and suchlike would be written in plain English. Sadly, the reader is often left with the impression…

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…

Carbon footprint of clinical trials: a high-level literature review - Volume 31, Issue

Thousands of clinical trials are conducted globally each year. Yet, little is known about their environmental impact. This paper presents the results of a high-level literature review of the carbon footprint of clinical trials. Five papers were…

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Louisa Ludwig-Begall, Sarah Kabani How close are we to sustainability? Author: Catarina Leitão I have always loved nature. When I was a kid, I preferred watching wildlife documentaries to cartoons. Those documentaries taught me…

Remote meetings made easy: Good practices to keep in mind - Volume 31, Issue

One core medical writing skill is effectively communicating with the teams that will help us author our documents. With remote working playing an increasingly important role in our workforce, medical writers must adapt to this new reality. This…