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

AMWA Early Career Award Winner 2025!

Congratulations to Halimat Atanda, winner of the 2025 AMWA Early Career Award.

The judging panel was impressed by the quality of her submission, 'Methylation Simplified'. One judge commented, “This was a thoroughly enjoyable and highly engaging read. The writer made excellent use of literary devices to explain complex concepts. The flow was good and it was written at an appropriate level for the intended audience.”