What to say when you haven’t said anything for a long time? Some say it’s best to pretend nothing happened and carry on, others say you can give an explanation. Well, I don’t have a great explanation, but here it goes: I tried to maintain the blog while also keeping...
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November highlights from the Biopharma Newsletter
Some of you might have noticed that I stopped publishing my regular newsletter on the blog—some of you might be here for the first time and don’t even know I have a newsletter. 😊 I stopped publishing here every week because I felt it was a bit of a repetition, and it...
New to medical devices? Here are 3 insights about Clinical Evaluation Reports
After completing a three-module course about how to write a Clinical Evaluation Report (CER) from the new Medical Device Regulation perspective, I realised there were many things about the topic that I thought I knew but I didn’t. I’m going to share some of them with...
Are you an aspiring medical writer? Apply for the Geoff Hall scholarship
It seems like a long time ago, but it was just last year that I was giving my first steps into medical writing. Among the many things that I did—reading, taking courses, attending EMWA conferences—one had a special way to further boost my chances to lay roots on the...
This week, less is more
First, we go local, with two announcements from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Then, an article about the micro level checks on which existing molecules can be repurposed to treat SARS-CoV-2. Lastly, a Science article reveals that excipients (drug...
How AI and gaming can improve pharma and medtech
This week we have another COVID-19-free edition, because I’m somewhat tired of the coronavirus merry-go-round of information. Also, at the time of writing this, it’s 34ºC outside, which I deem too hot to further exert my brain by trying to decide if the study that I...
Biopharma this week—(nearly) COVID-free edition
Hey, Microsoft! Read my notes Software giant Microsoft announced the release of an Azure update that will enable users to extract insights from medical data. The Text Analytics for health is available now as a preview and uses Natural Language Processing (NPL) to find...
COVID-19 long haulers, smell tests, and other updates
This week's highlights go to a relatively unknown face of COVID-19, the role of smell tests in case detection, plus new developments in the vaccines & treatments race. Enjoy the focused bits of knowledge! Another face of COVID-19: long haulers There’s a trend I’ve...
What do toilet paper and dexamethasone have in common?
This week’s roundup features dexamethasone (again), IT collaboration, telemedicine issues, and vaccine manufacturing. Enjoy! What do toilet paper and dexamethasone have in common? In addition to their (mainly) white appearance, toilet paper and dexamethasone have the...
How to write a summary of a research paper (with template)
In our daily work as medical writers, we have to read many scholarly articles and extract the main information from them. Having a process to retrieve that information and create a short summary that you can easily access will save you precious time. That’s why I...
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