Package leaflets for medication in the EU: The possibility of integrating patients’ perspectives in a regulated genre? - Volume 24, Issue

Package leaflets (PLs) have been legally required to accompany medicines in the EU since 1999. Despite the best intentions and efforts, however, they are generally not well-received by the public for whom they are intended. This paper picks up on…

Veterinary Medical Writing - Volume 33, Issue

What’s up, doc? Defining a use for graphic medicine in veterinary communications Author: Louisa Marcombes This article aims to make the case for graphic medicine – comics in healthcare –and attempt to define their use in the veterinary field.…

Advances in the CRISPR-Cas9 system and gene therapy - Volume 32, Issue

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 is a genome editing tool that helps scientists modify the DNA of living organisms selectively and precisely. The discovery of this system has led to changes in the approaches to…

Veterinary Medical Writing - Volume 32, Issue

Abstract Human medicine has recently seen a move away from the paternalistic patient-physician paradigm course to a collaborative one, where “shared decision-making” is a core principle. No longer a passive bystander, where their case management is…

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Regulatory Matters - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Clare Chang, Zuo Yen Lee Navigating the regulatory landscape of gene therapy Medical Writing. 2024;33(4):89–93. https://doi.org/10.56012/wjxo2860

News from the EMA - Volume 30, Issue

Zynteglo is a one-time treatment for a blood disorder known as beta thalassaemia in patients 12 years and older who require regular blood transfusions. It is a gene therapy that uses a viral vector (or modified virus) to deliver a working gene into…

Veterinary Medical Writing - Volume 30, Issue

December is traditionally a time of reflection, with an old calendar year drawing to a close, a new one just around the corner, and many of us planning to spend the festive period with friends and loved ones. On top of that, 2021 brings to a close…

Medical Writing explores the many faces of Biotechnology - Volume 32, Issue

This Medical Writing issue focuses on the crucial role of medical writing and communications in biotechnology and product development in healthcare. In the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, biotechnology uses biological systems and…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 30, Issue

Introduction In this regular feature, the misagreement in tense is extended from present and present perfect tense (discussed in the previous edition of MEW) to an analysis of the frequently used present participle (of the participial phrase) and…