Medical journalism in a new era - Volume 30, Issue

We are living at a time when the general public is increasingly interested in scientific and medical advances. Medical journalism is therefore becoming more important to medical writers, although it is a subject that few of us are familiar with. To…

EMWA News - Volume 32, Issue

A round-up of news in EMWA: career guide for medical writers, a national network of medical writers in Italy, Local EMWA Groups, EMWA Ambassador Programme news, EMWA Professional Development Committee update. Medical Writing. 2023;32(3):10–11.…

Landscaping the terminology of accessible language document types - Volume 31, Issue

There are three main types of accessible language documents that medical writers and medical publications professionals may work on. These are regulatory lay summaries, publication-associated plain language summaries (PLS), and standalone plain…

EMWA News - Volume 28, Issue

Last month, EMWA members had the pleasure of attending another successful spring conference, this time in the picturesque city of Vienna. We had 442 attendees from 34 countries, with 167 people attending their first EMWA conference.

EMWA social media team - Volume 23, Issue

EMWA's position on ghostwriting - Volume 22, Issue

The European Medical Writers Association would like to make it clear that, contrary to what you may have read in a recently published popular science book, it is not a ‘ghostwriters' association’. EMWA is an association for professional medical…

EMWA News - Volume 30, Issue

Virtual conference planned for May 2021

As previously announced by EMWA President Beatrix Doerr, we will not hold a face-to-face meeting in May 2021, but instead a virtual conference. Here you will find everything you need to know to attend: https:/…

EMWA News - Volume 31, Issue

Ambassadors Programme News The EMWA Ambassadors Programme is continuing its efforts to reach out to new audiences to promote medical writing and EMWA. Marie Kołtowska-Häggström gave a talk (in Polish) on medical writing as a profession at the…

EMWA News - Volume 26, Issue

Time to say goodbye.As I will step down from my role as EMWA’s Public Relations Officer in May 2017, I will no longer be on top of the EMWA news and will, therefore, step down from my role as section editor. It is with great pleasure though that I…

Medical devices in the disclosure era and the role of medical writers - Volume 26, Issue

AbstractIncreased transparency is one of the provisions of the Clinical Trial and Medical Device Regulations. This article discusses the impact of transparency and disclosure on medical devices. Many modern-day medical devices are software-driven.…