Biopharmaceutical services provider Parexel introduces a new offering that will see a team deliver an end-to-end offering that provides a wide variety of communication services throughout the drug development and commercialisation process. The medical writing solutions team is to be made up of more than 800 employees globally and will develop ‘high-quality’ documents, such as
London based healthcare communications agency Emotive has strengthened its medical writing team with the addition of two new hires. Dr Silvana Bardelli joins as a Senior Medical Writer following a five-year career at the Italian Medicines Agency serving as its young European Assessor. She had previously worked at the Swiss Institute for Regenerative Medicine as
MedComms Professionals are proud that our innovative scheme to support new talent and growth in the medcomms sector, is now in its 4th successful year. We have placed over 60 BSc/MSc/PhDs into their first to industry role to date. Having identified a talent shortage particularly at the 1-3 year level in the medcomms industry, and
Three international medical writing associations have created a new global standard with the aim to drive global best practice. The statement featuring the global standard was published by the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). It outlined the role of medical writing
Medication errors are a familiar patient safety issue within the United States, approximately 1.5 million adverse drug events are reported annually and often occur in a home or other outpatient setting. Past research has indicated that inadequate or confusing labelling on packages of over-the-counter (OTC) medications is a likely culprit to many unintentional overdoses, particularly
Many of you will undoubtedly have noticed that the biggest trend in content for the past 10 years is that absolutely everything’s going digital. Nowadays people are more likely to flock to the internet for their news, hobbies or interests. Whilst some believe print may be dying, it has certainly experienced something of a waning
Sometimes you put your best foot forward with the most saintly of intentions and get… absolutely nowhere. This results in going back to the drawing board in a frenzy of brainstorms and brightly coloured pens. Which in turn, gets you no results and no response. Zilch. But why does this keep happening? Perhaps this is
Writers from all walks of life naturally depend on their words and creativity for a living. Although medical writers are a special breed who crank out anything and everything healthcare related (depending on their speciality) including monographs, proposals, white papers, brochures, reports, patient education materials, promotional resources, sales aids and far more. Occasionally even the
You slaved over your CV, ironed out all the wrinkles in your work history, clutched at ways to sum up your brilliance in a succinct yet impressive way and managed to catch every single last spelling mistake. Then after topping it off with a respectful and specifically tailored cover letter, you wait nervously for feedback.
It really doesn’t matter anymore if you don’t know every like and dislike of the people in your life. Thanks to the internet, there are now Christmas lists for all and sundry, which fortunately means there is no need to scratch your head and stress over what to get for your friends and relatives. The
