ISMPP Publications Primer

ISMPP is excited and pleased to present the ISMPP Publications Primer: A comprehensive single-source overview of medical publications.

The ISMPP Publication Primer was developed based upon a core need identified within the greater medical publications industry — a comprehensive overview of medical publications and publication planning accessible in a single location. The Primer has been designed to provide ISMPP’s membership with an enduring asset that is essentially a baseline representation of the current state of medical publications.

We hope this resource will be beneficial to a diverse audience, but mostly to those new to and/or unfamiliar with the world of medical publications. This group would include, but is not limited to: academics, industry staff/management, agency staff/management, medical students and post grads, medical writers/editors.

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ISMPP would like to thank the members of the ISMPP Publications Primer Working Group, for their considerable efforts to bring this resource to the membership. Please note that this resource is presented for the use of ISMPP members in good standing only. 

License Notice & Agreement

All contents © 2016 International Society for Medical Publication Professionals, Inc. (ISMPP).

ISMPP will grant limited permission to use the ISMPP Publications Primer (Primer) and its individual modules for personal, noncommercial use by ISMPP members in good standing. Such use is permitted only if you accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license agreement. Please read this license carefully before entering this portion of the website and before using the Presentations in any manner.

By using the Primer, you hereby accept and agree that: use of the Primer, and its content, shall be for individual, personal, and noncommercial reference and use only; and the Primer shall be used only pursuant to the terms of this license agreement. The Primer and its contents are proprietary information of ISMPP. The contents of the Primer may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, copied, disseminated, or otherwise utilized, in any form or manner or by any means, except for individual, personal, and noncommercial reference and use.

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