Discrepancies in the ways in which the documentation for clinical drug development is structured and presented have hampered understanding and progress for decades. Medical writing consultant Sam Hamilton and Trilogy...
For any service, the end user wants a way to measure the performance of the service provider to understand if they are getting good value for money. While medical writing...
Back to the future... or the amazing lack of progress in effective document review
In 1999, as a still relatively inexperienced medical writer, I was introduced to some software that was going to revolutionise document preparation: Documentum, a collaborative reviewing tool for regulatory documents....
Nowadays it appears that scientists are working under the misguided assumption that data presentation must showcase the complexities experienced during research. Perhaps it is time to move away from this...
A large proportion of medical writing activities are now outsourced. This means the need for medical writing service providers is growing, and with increased demand there comes an increased supply...
Using social media as the patient's voice in the benefit-risk assessment of drugs: Are we ready?
There is no doubt that the public interest in healthcare-related issues is growing. This, coupled with the surge in the use of social media, leaves the pharmaceutical industry with a...
