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Social Media: A tool that can benefit public health? - Volume 29, Issue

The global use of social media has changed access to health information, and the internet has become its primary source for the general public. However, judging health information on social networks remains difficult for nonmedical readers since…

The role of translators: Adaptation of mental health tests beyond clinical research - Volume 33, Issue

This article explores the role of translation and translators within the process of test adaptation. With similarities to the linguistic validation process in clinical research, test adaptation is a complex multistep and iterative process in which…

President’s Message - Volume 33, Issue

See you in Valencia… Time is flying. We just left the autumn conference and now are approaching our main EMWA event – the spring conference, to take place May 7– 11, 2024. This time we go to Valencia, and I am sure that no one needs to be…

Out On Our Own - Volume 25, Issue

Editorial Welcome to the OOOO section of Medical Writing. Whilst members who attended the free lancers’ networking meetings in The Hague (November 2015) or Munich (May 2016) may have noticed the recent changing of the guard at the Freelance…

Troublesome words - Volume 26, Issue

Medical writing tends to contain longer, less common, words than English fiction, and they are here termed troublesome words. Troublesome words are an indicator of poor style, and often point to grammatical errors. An easy way to start improving…

Sleepless in times of COVID-19 - Volume 30, Issue

Melvin Sanicas, MD, is a physician, scientist, and medical communicator with a very strong social media presence. On top of his day job as medical director at Takeda Vaccines (Zurich, Switzerland), he does pro bono work for many not-for-profit…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 32, Issue

Current clinical trial disclosure landscape in China Author and Section Editor: Zuo Yen Lee Section Editor: Clare Chang In China, before the launch of the current national clinical trial registry in 2013, i.e., ChinaDrugTrials.org.cn…

HTA decision-making: Do ethics matter? - Volume 30, Issue

Before reviewing the article in this issue of Medical Writing by Larry Liberti and Tina Wang, The regulatory-HTA decision-making interface: What the medical writer should know (p. 50), I put on my ethicist’s hat. Thus, I tuned my ethics antennae to…

News from the EMA - Volume 32, Issue

Anuradha Alahari (section editor) EMA recommends revocation of authorisation for sickle cell disease medicine Adakveo OPEN framework extended to a wider range of medicines Global regulators agree on way forward to adapt COVID-19 vaccines to…

Gained in Translation - Volume 21, Issue

Science at the multilingual crossroads With Medical Writing's third issue, this seems to be a good time to recall why this journal features a section on multilingual aspects – and why this section is called what it's called. Medical writing,…

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Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of medical writing. We welcome articles providing practical advice to medical writers; guidelines and reviews/summaries/updates of guidelines published elsewhere; original research; opinion pieces; interviews; and review articles.

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