Feb 27, 2017 | News and Trends
Jocalyn Clark, MSc, PhD, Executive Editor, The Lancet, and Former Executive Editor, icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) The growing availability and marketing of “predatory journals” – fake or fraudulent journals with...
Feb 14, 2017 | News and Trends
Dikran Toroser, PhD, ISMPP CMPPTM, Amgen, Inc.; Kim Pepitone, ISMPP CMPPTM, Cactus Communications Since the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) was enacted in 2010, questions about its provisions and ultimate impact on transparency have circulated among...
Jan 27, 2017 | News and Trends
Sandra Farley, ISMPP CMPPTM, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Alan Hempel, PharmD, JD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Patients have common and unique needs throughout the world. Global publication planning and execution is critical to ensure relevant data are available to health care...
Jan 25, 2017 | News and Trends
Ross Ruriani, MBA, Dove Medical Press, US; Sandra Lê, PhD, Dove Medical Press, UK; Lana Vegman, PharmD, Retrophin, Inc. Interest in video abstracts accompanying published manuscripts has been growing among authors and pharmaceutical company sponsors of clinical trials...
Jan 23, 2017 | News and Trends
Anna Geraci, International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP); Eric Y. Wong,* PhD, MBA, ISMPP CMPPTM, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC Plagiarism in scientific literature took center stage in a harrowing letter published in Annals of Internal...
Aug 22, 2016 | News and Trends
Todd Parker, PhD, CMPPTM, VP, Scientific Services; Angie Miller, CMPPTM, Senior VP; Steve Palmisano, CMPPTM, Senior VP, Managing Director; MedThink SciCom “Our team is having trouble prioritizing our medical communication activities.” “Across our team, we cannot agree...
