Professional standards in medical writing – new endorsements

A core goal of AMWA is to promote professional integrity in the field of medical writing. To help medical writers maintain high professional standards, AMWA now endorses:

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) Journalist Code of Ethics

View the Code of Ethics here: meaa.org/meaa-media/code-of-ethics

The Joint Position Statement of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), the American Medical Writers Association, and the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) on the Role of Professional Medical Writers in the development of medical and scientific publications.

View the Joint Position Statement here^*: AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement on the Role of Professional Medical Writers_January 2017

Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research: GPP3

View GPP3 here: http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2424869/good-publication-practice-communicating-company-sponsored-medical-research-gpp3

*Translations of the Statement are available in French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian: www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers

Brisbane Networking Event

AMWA past president, Justin Coleman, is looking forward to hosting our next networking event in Brisbane. We encourage all local members to come along to Felons Brewing Co. and meet fellow medical writers ahead of the September conference.