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Pleasing the reader by pleasing the eye—Part 1 The role of format and design in readability - Volume 21, Issue

Whoever writes wants to be read. Yet, even if we succeed in creating an informative, logically structured, and adequately worded text tailored to our target audience, i.e., text we consider to have an adequate level of readability, our documents may…

The launch publication for Clarity and Openness in Reporting: E3-based (CORE) Reference

The 2 year EMWA-AMWA CORE Reference project resulted in the publication of the open-access CORE Reference at http://www.core-reference.org on 03 May 2016. The full peer-reviewed publication supporting the launch of CORE Reference: Hamilton S,…

President's Message - Volume 24, Issue

Welcome to the first issue of medical writing in 2015 on plain language, which means that this message had better be simple and easy to read. I am a huge advocate of plain writing and, as a Publication Manager, spend much of my time working with…

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…

Sustainable development, climate emergency, and journalism: The emerging role of medical writers - Volume 30, Issue

The Sustainable Development Goals, set up by the UN in 2015, provide a framework for the policy makers in government and other advocates to work towards planetary health in a more holistic way. For the general public, these goals might not always be…

Lay titles for clinical trials: Is industry achieving the balance? - Volume 32, Issue

Titles of clinical trials may directly influence whether patients, caretakers, or healthcare professionals will want to obtain more information about the trial. Major clinical trial registries require lay titles (referred to as “brief” or “public”…

Harmonising linguistic validation with AI: Precision, efficiency, and the human touch in patient-reported outcome translation - Volume 33, Issue

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) prompts a reassessment of linguistic validation methods for patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. The robust linguistic process, designed to adapt PRO measures for different cultures and languages, is…

HIV vaccine clinical trials: An overview - Volume 27, Issue

More than 30 years after the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus as the agent that causes AIDS, an effective vaccine against this deadly disease has yet to be developed. The pathway to the development of a vaccine has been riddled with…

Writing for lay audiences - Volume 24, Issue

For most of us, medical writing is highly technical. We prepare regulatory or clinical documents or write materials targeted to medical doctors. Medical writing for lay audiences is different, and it does not come naturally to most of us because…

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