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- PIPA UK Medical Information guidelines – what’s changed? - 20 Feb 18 The revised PIPA ‘UK Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Industry for Medical Information Departments’ have recently landed on my door mat. So what are the guidelines, what is new and what are the implications? What are the guidelines? The guidelines come from PIPA – the UK based Pharmaceutical Information and Pharmacovigilance Association… Read More
- Programme finalised for Hot Topics in MI Conference 20 March 2018 - 02 Feb 18 I have just finalised the programme for the 6th Hot Topics in Medical Information Conference and even though I say it myself, it is going to be a great day. If you are a Medical Information manager, team leader or senior MI specialist (but other passionate MI people are welcome too)… Read More
- Call for speakers – Hot Topics in MI Conference 20 March 2018 - 12 Jan 18 Planning for our 6th Hot Topics in Medical Information Conference is underway and the date is set for Tuesday 20 March in central London. Booking is now open with limited early bird places. We are putting together the agenda and are looking for great speakers who can contribute to the… Read More
- ABPI Code of Practice for medical writers - 17 Mar 17 If you’re a medical writer for the pharmaceutical industry, is the ABPI Code of Practice on your radar? If not, it should be! People often incorrectly associate the Code only with promoting mdicines, but the scope goes way beyond this and includes patient materials, many non-promotional activities and could impact on writing clinical… Read More
- My ABPI Code of Practice and writing tips for MedComms Network meeting - 03 Mar 17 I was delighted to be asked and to support Peter Llewellyn at the MedComms Networking group meeting this week in Oxford. He has a great resource of short, free training videos and I’m delighted to be adding three new sessions to his library. Check out our latest 1 and 2… Read More