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AI-powered platforms and search engines are synthesizing peer-reviewed medical literature into actionable insights for HCPs. What are the implications for traditional information channels? Read the results from our April WWYD poll.
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June’s Hot Topic, Protecting Trust in Science, explores the critical role of ethics, transparency, and integrity in medical publications and communications. Discover curated content addressing the opportunities and challenges of AI, predatory publishing, and maintaining trust in the scientific record.
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Meta-analysis and Mixed Treatment Comparison Analysis – Powerful Tools with Benefits and Challenges
Evidence-based healthcare decision making is gaining global acceptance in both healthcare policy and clinical practice. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the “gold standard” of evidence, but these studies are usually limited to comparison of two treatments, and thus cannot represent the entirety of treatment options or patient populations…
HEOR: Why It Is Changing the World of Medical Publications
Health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) has been the fastest-growing function in the pharmaceutical industry for a decade or more. Medical publication professionals are seeing publication plans increasingly populated by HEOR studies – particularly post-launch. While medical publication professionals are accustomed to working with…
Predatory Journals: Everyone’s Problem
The growing availability and marketing of “predatory journals” – fake or fraudulent journals with questionable or no quality control standards – raise challenges for the scientific community. It can be difficult to distinguish predatory journals from established journals, making it important for researchers, institutions, and medical publication professionals to know about their existence and practices…
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The BMJ Posts ISMPP Response to First Industry Analysis of Clinical Trial Transparency Policies
The BMJ posted ISMPP’s Rapid Response on August 9, 2017, to an informative article titled, “Pharmaceutical companies’ policies on access to trial data, results, and methods: audit study,” authored by Goldacre and colleagues, and published in The BMJ on July 26, 2017…
ISMPP Introduces New Student Membership
ISMPP has introduced a new Student Membership category, expanding its membership offerings to welcome future medical publication professionals. The Society has been exploring Student Membership for the past year, and ultimately decided to proceed with this new membership category to…
ISMPP Member Publications and Presentations
ISMPP is pleased to share these recent publications and presentations by Society members. We encourage our members to publish and present research and information related to publishing practices to advance the medical publications profession, and improve standards and best practices…
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POLL RESULTS: The Authorship Order Dilemma
You are a company medical publication professional. The publication steering committee of a company-sponsored pivotal phase 3 clinical trial has selected investigators to serve as authors, but the committee and authors are having difficulty in deciding the order of authorship. During discussions, multiple authors believe that they have equal rights to the first author position based on their contributions. What Would You Do?
POLL: The Authorship Order Dilemma
You are a company medical publication professional. The publication steering committee of a company-sponsored pivotal phase 3 clinical trial has selected investigators to serve as authors, but the committee and authors are having difficulty in deciding the order of authorship. During discussions, multiple authors believe that they have equal rights to the first author position based on their contributions…
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 ISMPP Insider 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.
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Ethics, Integrity, & Transparency
Principles, values, and real-world considerations that guide ethical decision-making, transparency, and trust in medical publications and communications (the WHY)

Medical Writing & Communications
Practical perspectives on writing quality, collaboration, and the day-to-day practice and craft of medical communications

Standards, Guidelines, & Policies
Authoritative guidelines, policies, and evolving requirements that operationalize ethical and transparent practices and support consistent implementation (the HOW)

Innovation & Technology
Informed perspectives on emerging tools, technologies, and evolving practices shaping the future of medical communications

Publication Strategy & Planning
Strategic approaches to planning, aligning, and delivering evidence and publications across the research lifecycle

Professional Development & Community
Insights and experiences that support career growth, skills development, and engagement across the medical communications community