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.…

O, safety, quo vadis? - Volume 21, Issue

It is widely acknowledged that resolutions of difficulties tend to engender new problems. Increasingly, complex systems perpetuate increasing complexity. This discursive essay suggests that the most promising of discoveries, innovations, and…

The role of health literacy in the healthcare decision-making process - Volume 31, Issue

Health literacy is defined as “the knowledge, motivation, and competence to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make decisions in terms of healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion” according to Quaglio et al.5 Poor…

Preparing anonymisation reports in general and for an orphan drug in particular - Volume 27, Issue

In 2015, the EMA Policy 0070 came intoeffect as part of EMA’s commitment toincreased data transparency. In short, clinicalreports included in regulatory applications forexample, marketing authorisations are pub -lished on the EMA web page and…

Preparing clinical study reports for external sharing - Volume 27, Issue

As the EMA refines its requirements for the external publishing of clinical study reports, the workload of medical writing teams is increasing to include robust processes for clinical study report anonymisation. Until now, life sciences firms have…

Enhancing accessibility of study data: The development of a graphical abstract for lay summaries of clinical trial results - Volume 29, Issue

We describe the development of a graphical abstract for lay summaries of clinical trial results. The new graphical summary serves the same purpose for a lay summary as an abstract does for a scientific publication. Lay summaries are intended to…

Unlocking the potential of patient data through responsible sharing – has anyone seen my keys? - Volume 29, Issue

The sharing of individual participant-level clinical data is now an almost routine extension of the clinical study life-cycle, and increasingly a vital element of leveraging real-word data. Responsible clinical study data sharing of appropriately…

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications - Volume 31, Issue

Greeting from the croft! During my non-linear career path, there has been one recurring theme that always rang true: “Context matters”. As a physical therapist working in a rehabilitation centre, understanding my clients’ social roles, home…

In this issue of Medical Writing - Volume 23, Issue

Some of you might remember the old days when writing was done with a typewriter, spreadsheets were big pieces of paper, and slides were printed on film. Thanks to computers, these are old memories, and we can all be much more productive. Software…

Regulatory Matters - Volume 30, Issue

Calling all medical writers:

Focus your writing with lean authoring

In today’s medical writing environment, authors are routinely faced with expedited timelines to write documents about highly complex studies with overwhelming amounts of data. Revi…