ISMPP Highlights
ISMPP West 2018 – What to Expect
The ISMPP West 2018 meeting is only three months away. Planning is in full swing. The number of registrations, exhibitors, and sponsors keeps growing. Join our journey on October 11-12, 2018, at the Marriott Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California. It’s ISMPP’s first-ever…
ISMPP Member Publications and Presentations
ISMPP is pleased to share information about the 51 posters presented at its 14th Annual Meeting, plus recent ISMPP member presentations at MedComms Networking events. The Society encourages members to publish and present research and information…
14th Annual Meeting of ISMPP Sets Attendance Record
2018 has been a great year for ISMPP meeting attendance! First, the European Meeting of ISMPP in January saw a 20% increase from 2017, with 303 attendees. Now, the 14th Annual Meeting of ISMPP flourished with 629 attendees, a 12% increase from…
Message from Our Leadership
Robert J. Matheis
ISMPP President and CEO
News and Trends
ASCO Expands Open Access Option to Include Company-Funded Research Publications
For several years, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has offered authors of research funded by academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations, philanthropic foundations, and government agencies an open access publishing option in its journals…
Best Practices for Managing Publications with Collaboration Partners
In the last five years, an increasing number of pharmaceutical and biotech companies have joined forces to develop and commercialize new compounds or drug combinations rather than go it alone. This trend is especially apparent in…
Tips on Instituting a Data Transparency Policy: A Focus on the Publications Professional
Data transparency is a frequently mentioned and is a passionately discussed topic of relevance to, and has implications for, any publications professional working today in the world of clinical trial data generation and dissemination…
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 RESULTS: Compensating a Statistician Author for Time Spent on a Manuscript?
You are a company medical publication professional. A freelance consultant statistician is paid by the sponsor to undertake complex analyses for a study. These data are to be included in a manuscript and the statistician is invited to participate as an author so that the data can be appropriately described. The statistician agrees, but requests to be compensated for the time spent contributing to the manuscript…
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