EMWA News - Volume 30, Issue

In September 2021, the editors-in-chief of over 200 biomedical and scientific journals from all geographic regions issued a call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health.1 This editorial…

Passing the torch - Volume 21, Issue

This issue is the first where I will be serving as Editor-in-Chief of Medical Writing (MEW). Elise Langdon-Neuner, Editor-in-Chief since 2004, will be stepping down. This is yet another step in the evolution of the journal.

For those of you unfamili…

Translating medical devices: A rule-driven game - Volume 33, Issue

Translation for medical devices often presents a unique set of challenges arising from the products’ complex natures and associated regulatory requirements. Beyond medical expertise, linguists – from translators and editors to bilingual quality…

Creative medical writing: An oxymoron? - Volume 27, Issue

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, creativity is “the ability to create”, and to create means “to make or bring into existence some - thing new”.1As it applies to writing, creativity is most often associated with imaginative, fictional…

Mentorship from the inside - Volume 30, Issue

In this article we interview Jose Francisco Sanchez Herrero from the Germán Trias i Pujol Institute in Badalona. He is Selma’s tutor and gives us a glimpse of what it is like to be a mentor in an academic setting. If there is one thing we learned…

Writing for Patients - Volume 29, Issue

The first thing we must say is a huge “thank you” to Dr Juan Garcia Burgos and Mr Paul Blake for taking the time in an unprecedentedly manic year for the EMA to write a foreword for this issue of Medical Writing. The fact that they have prioritised…

Lingua Franca and Beyond - Volume 24, Issue

Writing is something that I have always loved. Actually, as a teenager I would have studied literature, but I changed my mind at the last year at school. I became a paediatrician instead for a few years but then little by little, my career turned…

Getting Your Foot in the Door - Volume 27, Issue

Landing the first medical writing job is not easy. Clare Chang’s contribution describes her journey, the challenges she faced, and the different measures she took to overcome these hurdles. EMWA is very much aware of these challenges, as addressed…

Regulatory Public Disclosure - Volume 31, Issue

A great deal has happened in the world of regulatory public disclosure in Europe in 2022 with the EU Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) 536/2014 coming into force at the end of January 2022. We collectively attempt to assimilate knowledge and…

Journal Watch - Volume 25, Issue

"From the Editor-in-Chief: Journal Watch is the re-birth of a previous column edited by Nancy Milligan. We are happy to welcome Hervé Maisonneuve, MD as the new Section Editor for Journal Watch. Hervé is a contributing editor for several scientific…