Digital Communication - Open science in the digital age - Volume 31, Issue

Open science in the digital age  Medical Writing. 2022;31(4)70-72. https://doi.org/10.56012/vzav2581 Section Editor & Author: Nicole Bezuidenhout

Out On Our Own - Volume 24, Issue

Editorial

All of us are aware by now that we can't live without technology and not only at work. With advice, aids, appliances and apps in abundance, we are at the point where we can't see the wood for the trees. Thank goodness we have advice from M…

Never say never! Returning to full-time employment after freelancing - Volume 25, Issue

Alison McIntosh successfully operated as a freelance medical writer for 14 years and gave up the ‘flexible lifestyle’ of a selfemployed freelance medical writer to become a full time employee. She has joined a growing band of ‘decentralised’ office…

Essential principles towards improving clinical risk assessment tools: A conversation with Uri Kartoun, PhD - Volume 32, Issue

Uri Kartoun (PhD in robotics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) is a Staff Research Scientist and an IBM Master Inventor, co-developer of technologies such as MELD-Plus, EMRBots, Memory-memory (M2) Authentication, and Subpopulation-based…

The Webscout - Volume 23, Issue

I approached the theme of this issue by simply entering the term ‘health writing’ into a Google search. I expected to receive a bundle of pages dealing with writing for health magazines, wellness, and sports. And indeed, I got some of those,…

Out on Our Own - Volume 29, Issue

I began freelance medical writing in 2017 after 5 years of medical writing at several agencies. During this time, I realised that I wanted to be a freelancer when I was constantly needing and searching for freelance support during what seemed like…

In the Bookstores - Volume 32, Issue

Medical writing books on a budget Allison McIntosh has collected several shelves of books on medical writing. In this article, she provides a selected list of books that can be purchased for less than £10 (approximately €10). Contributors: Alison…

President's Message - Volume 32, Issue

A look forward – and back! - at AI in Medical Writing This issue of Medical Writing is devoted to automation and artificial intelligence (AI), the hot topic that interests all of us and that is likely to change our lives dramatically, at least our…

India as a hub for ethical and evidence-based medical communications - Volume 22, Issue

Ethical and evidence-based medical communications are gaining increasing importance in emerging pharmaceutical markets, outside of North America and Western Europe. In large pharmaceutical companies resources are limited, and small and mid-sized…

Psychotropics: A scientific, regulatory, and public view on the medicinal uses of cannabinoids and psilocybin - Volume 32, Issue

Research on psychotropics is gaining more popularity worldwide and support from drug regulatory agencies, which recognise the unmet medical needs of certain patient communities, such as patients with mental disorders and patients with cancer who…