Medical Writing Sustainable communications
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Volume 31, Issue 1 - Sustainable communications

March 2022

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Editorial

Stepping up: Sustainability and medical writing
Authors: Elisa Sala, Surayya Taranum

From the Editor - A call to action
Author: Raquel Billiones

President's Message

The past - the present - the future
Author: Carola Krause

EMWA News

EMWA News
Author: Somsuvro Basu

Suggested Reading

Feature infographic - EMWA's commitment to sustainability
Author: Carola Krause

Feature Articles

Carbon footprint of clinical trials: a high-level literature review
Author: Raquel Billiones

Preventing biomedical research waste
Authors: Kimi Uegaki, Raquel Billiones

Ins and outs of environmental risk assessments (ERA) of medicinal products for human use
Authors: Archana Nagarajan, Kimi Uegaki

Veterinary sustainability
Author: Louisa Marcombes

Infographic: Your sustainable lifestyle journey
Authors: Kate Silverthorne, Louisa Marcombes

Lifelong learning opportunitites are available for all
Author: Jennifer Bell

The role of health literacy in the healthcare decision-making process
Authors: Erika Ornago, Elisa Sala, Massimo Zaninelli

Fake news and vaccination: How the Science Anti-Fake News team in Argentina is fighting the infodemic
Authors: M. Ayelén Milillo, Soledad Gori, M. Victoria Ennis, Pablo M. Méndez

Race and ethnicity in biomedical literature: A narrative review
Author: Rossella Ferrari

Update of the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards: CHEERS 2022
Authors: Michael Drummond, Chris Carswell, Don Husereau

Interview: A career journey in sustainability: Three questions for Alex Schuman, Head of Corporate Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Schrödinger
Author: Raquel Billiones

A medical writing primer for oncology dossiers
Author: Julia Forjanic Klapproth

Transparency and public disclosure: What climate research can learn from clinical research – and vice versa
Author: Raquel Billiones

Regular Sections

News from the EMA
Author: Anuradha Alahari

Medical Communications and Writing for Patients
Authors: Simon Linacre, Sampoorna Rappaz, Lisa Chamberlain James

Getting Your Foot in the Door
Authors: Stijn Staples, Jean-Régis Humbert, Elodie Pauwels, Peter Morgan, Ivana Turek

Veterinary Medical Writing
Authors: Deborah Thomson, Louisa Marcombes, Jennifer Bell

Lingua Franca and Beyond
Authors: Sylwia Ufnalska, Maria Kołtowska-Häggström

My First Medical Writing
Authors: Hanna Kurlanda-Witek, Evguenia Alechine

In the Bookstores
Authors: Laura C. Collada Ali, Alison McIntosh, Stephen Gilliver

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

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications
Author: Kimi Uegaki

Biotechnology
Authors: Vanessa Zaiatz Bittencourt, Sheng-Chih Chang, Jennifer Bell

Pharmacovigilance
Authors: Stefanie Rechtsteiner, Tiziana von Bruchhausen

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Scope

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