ISMPP Highlights
Celebrating Record Attendance and a Successful 2020 European Meeting of ISMPP
The 2020 European Meeting of ISMPP was a resounding success, with a record-setting 350 attendees – an impressive 17% increase over the 300 attendees seen the past two years! Meeting attendees were taken on a fascinating journey…
Introducing the ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Working Group: What Is It Up To?
Are you interested in learning how social media and web-based metrics can be utilized in publication planning, and what guidelines and best practices should be followed? The ISMPP Social Media and Web-based Metrics Working Group…
ISMPP West 2019: A Pivotal Educational Meeting
ISMPP West 2019 proved to be a pivotal meeting for the Society’s educational presence on the US West Coast. This second-ever ISMPP West, held November 14-15, 2019, was highly regarded and was well-attended with 124 participants, topping last year’s ISMPP West…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
One Year Later: Have ICMJE Data Sharing Statement Requirements Impacted Medical Publishing?
In June 2017, ICMJE advised the research community that all clinical trial manuscripts submitted to ICMJE journals after July 1, 2018 would require a data sharing statement for the manuscript to be considered for publication… The MAP Working Group and the Global Trends and Transparency Committee undertook…
What I Would Like You to Know: A Real-World Evidence Expert’s Perspective
What are one or two things you want your medical publication colleagues to know from your experience of working on real-world evidence (RWE) publications? First, research models and applications for RWE are quite different from clinical trials. Even the terminology involved is different…
Converting Insight to Action: Key Aspects of Competitive Intelligence for Strategic Planning
As medical affairs and medical publication professionals, it is important to understand how competitive intelligence can help inform our medical communication strategies and plans. However, many do not know where or how to obtain the needed information or…
What Would You Do?
In our role as medical publication professionals, we may occasionally encounter situations in which it is not obvious how to ensure good publication practice. Have you ever wished you could consult the ISMPP membership for guidance when these situations arise? Here’s your opportunity!
What Would You Do? is a section of The MAP that presents case scenarios as an educational tool for medical publication professionals. The section provides a case scenario to ponder, and readers are invited to participate in a poll by selecting one of the listed solutions. Readers can also submit their thoughts on the scenario anonymously. The poll results, plus educational insights, are posted in a later issue for readers to digest.
POLL: Journal Questions Medical Writer Acknowledgement & Funding
The lead author of a meta-analysis manuscript received a rejection notice from a journal that stated “…although the topic may be of interest to the readership, the Editors are concerned about the perception of bias given the statement of funding support from the sponsor and the participation of a paid, professional medical writer.” The lead author has emailed all authors, sponsor, and medical communications agency suggesting that the manuscript be revised by the authors alone so that acknowledgement of the medical writer and funding from the sponsor to support medical writing can be removed…
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