Advocacy

AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement on the Role of Professional Medical Writers - January 2017

AMWA, EMWA, and ISMPP released a Joint Position Statement on the Role of Professional Medical Writers on January 17, 2017, which is the first unified position on the role of professional medical writers from three leading professional organizations. The Joint Position Statement describes best practices for professional medical writers, and provides a template for appropriately disclosing medical writing support.

Note: This Joint Position Statement supersedes previous position statements and guidelines from participating organizations. Individual members are encouraged to update their own publication policies accordingly.

Translations of AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement 

Chinese* AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement - Chinese Simplified Translation
Japanese* AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement - Japanese Translation
German https://www.emwa.org/joint-position-statement/de
 Italian https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/italiano/
French   https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/Franais/
Spanish  https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/espa%C3%B1ol/
Romanian  https://www.emwa.org/joint-position-statement/ro
Hungarian  https://www.emwa.org/joint-position-statement/hun
Ukrainian  https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/ukrainian/
Russian  https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/russian/
 Farsi https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/farsi/
Portuguese  https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/português/
 Greek https://www.emwa.org/about-us/position-statements/joint-position-statement-for-professional-medical-writers/greek/

 

*ISMPP expresses its appreciation to Cactus Communications, Ronnie Lin, and Eric Yu for their work on the Chinese translation of the Joint Position Statement, and to ThinkSCIENCE and Yumiko Imani for their efforts with the Japanese translation.

Presentations and Articles on the AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement

AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement - Presentation by Yvonne Yarker at ISMPP 2017 European Meeting

The MAP, Official Newsletter of ISMPP
http://ismpp-newsletter.com/2017/01/23/new-medical-writer-joint-position-statement-released-by-amwa-emwa-and-ismpp/
http://ismpp-newsletter.com/2018/01/12/medical-writer-joint-position-statement-available-in-multiple-languages/
https://ismpp-newsletter.com/2018/11/28/medical-writer-joint-position-statement-recognized-worldwide/


AMWA Journal  
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.amwa.org/resource/resmgr/journal/Spotlight/2017v32n1_JPS.pdf

EMWA Medical Writing  
http://journal.emwa.org/writing-better/

MedComms Networking’s Brunch Club Event, April 5, 2017 
http://www.networkpharma.tv/