Medical Writing Medical Devices 2017

Volume 26, Issue 2 - Medical Devices 2017

June 2017

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Editorial

Medical Devices: An exciting industry at a crossroads
Author: Diarmuid De Faoite

President's Message

President's Message
Authors: Abe Shevack, Alison Rapley

EMWA News

EMWA News
Authors: Evguenia Alechine, Satyendra S. Shenoy, Slavka Baronikova, Sam Hamilton

Feature Articles

Writing for medical devices compared to pharmaceuticals: An introduction
Authors: Beatrix Döerr, Sophia Whitman, Steven Walker

Clinical Evaluation Reports from the medical writer’s perspective!
Author: Gillian Pritchard

New EU medical device regulations: Impact on the MedTech sector
Authors: Robert Behan, Abhay Pandit, Mark Watson

Medical Device Regulation: A necessary step towards more patient and user safety
Author: Claudia Frumento

Transparency – left to its own devices until now
Author: Fiona Dunlevy

Medical devices in the disclosure era and the role of medical writers
Author: Raquel Billiones

Does standardisation improve animal testing of medical devices?
Author: Jayna Patel

Puns, promises, and metaphors: Medical device trade names
Author: Raquel Billiones

French breast implants, the Medical Device Regulation, and a theoretical case study
Author: Claudia Frumento

Science journalism: In search of a new identity
Author: Nico Pitrelli

Can a medical writer submit a manuscript on behalf of a corresponding author?
Author: Phil Leventhal

To be or not to be – Are medical and scientific writers of non-native English origin at a disadvantage?
Author: Silvia M. Rogers

News from the EMA

News from the EMA
Author: Anuradha Alahari

Special Section

Winners of the Geoff Hall Scholarship Essay Competition
Authors: Lisa Chamberlain James, Sophia Whitman, Cirsten Verleger

Good medical writing saves lives: The perspective of a former medic
Author: Sophia Whitman

Good medical writing saves lives – and even a little comma can make a difference
Author: Cirsten Verleger

Abstracts from 44th EMWA conference Poster session
Author: Slavka Baronikova

Regular Sections

Journal Watch
Author: Hervé Maisonneuve

Gained in Translation
Authors: Laura C. Collada Ali, Laurence Auffret, Stephen Schwanbeck, Emanuela Rotunno

Getting Your Foot in the Door
Authors: Raquel Billiones, Van-Anh Dao, Zuo Yen Lee, Sara E. Rubio

In the Bookstores
Authors: Alison McIntosh, Stephen Gilliver, Nicholas Churton

Regulatory Matters
Authors: Gregory Morley, Raquel Billiones

The Webscout
Author: Karin Eichele

Good Writing Practice
Authors: Wendy Kingdom, Amy Whereat, Michael Lewis Schneir

Profile
Author: Beatrix Döerr

Out On Our Own

Out on Our Own
Authors: Satyendra S. Shenoy, Ricardo Wilches, Elisa Sala

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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.

Medical Writing is listed in the following indexes:

Editoral Board

Editor-in-Chief

Raquel Billiones

Co-Editors

Evguenia Alechine

Jonathan Pitt

Managing Editor

Victoria White

Deputy Managing Editor

Alicia Brooks Waltman

Associate Editors

Anuradha Alahari

Jennifer Bell

Nicole Bezuidenhout

Claire Chang

Barbara Grossman

Sarah Milner

John Plant

Sampoorna Rappaz

Amy Whereat

Section Editors

Daniela Kamir

AI/Automation

Jennifer Bell

Biotechnology

Nicole Bezuidenhout 

Digital Communication

Somsuvro Basu

EMWA News 

Adriana Rocha

Freelancing

Ana Sofia Correia 

Gained in Translation

Ivana Turek

Getting Your Foot in the Door

Wendy Kingdom / Amy Whereat

Good Writing Practice

Pablo Izquierdo / Alison McIntosh 

In the Bookstores

Maria Kołtowska-Häggström

Lingua Franca and Beyond

Maddy Dyer

Publications

Lisa Chamberlain-James

Medical Communications/Writing for Patients

Payal Bhatia

Medical Devices

Evguenia Alechine

My First Medical Writing

Anuradha Alahari

News from the EMA

Tiziana von Bruchhausen

Pharmacovigilance

Clare Chang / Zuo Yen Lee 

Regulatory Matters

Sam Hamilton

Regulatory Public Disclosure

Louisa Ludwig-Begall / Sarah Kabani

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications

Jeff Blair / Luiza Ventura

Veterinary Writing

Editors Emeritus

Elise Langdon-Neuner

Phil Leventhal

Layout Designer

Chris Monk