Leveraging External Insights in Publication Planning

Heidi A. Schreiber, PhD, and Todd Parker, PhD, ISMPP CMPP™; MedThink SciCom, Cary, NC, USA In today’s world, the need for pharmaceutical companies to quickly publish and disseminate their data is higher than ever. And, although fast is fine, accuracy is everything. As...

Embracing Change in Medical Publishing: The Open Pharma Project

Chris Winchester, DPhil, Oxford PharmaGenesis, Oxford, UK Do pharmaceutical companies have a role in helping advance the publication of science? This was the question posed by Richard Smith, Former Editor of The BMJ and now Chairman for the Board of Directors of...

Beware the Imposter: Predatory Conferences Lure the Unsuspecting

Ellen Baum, PhD, Janssen Research & Development, LLC Predatory conferences are “for-profit, low-quality academic meetings that exploit researchers’ need to share and publish their research” (1) and have been variously described as “questionable” (2), “fraudulent,...