Professional Standards In Medical Writing

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 endorses:

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^*

AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review

Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research: GPP 2022 and this paper that discusses the application of GPP3 in the Asia-Pacific region

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

*Translations of the Statement are available in French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian

Upcoming Webinar - Statistics for Medical Writers

AMWA is pleased to bring you the first webinar of 2026. Presented by Dr Richard Kay, this webinar will give you a clear, logical structure for thinking about statistical methodology in pharmaceutical R&D. You'll be introduced to methods used in different settings, which are driven by the endpoint type, with a particular focus on binary (odds ratios, relative risks) and time to event (Kaplan-Meier curves, hazard ratios) endpoints. Ideas behind p-values, confidence intervals, and powering a study to detect important levels of effect will be covered. Each concept will be illustrated with case studies.