OnTranslation at the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) Autumn meeting

We have just returned from the 33rd EMWA Conference held in London and hosted by the Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum. The conference took place from November 3rd to 4th and focused on training with a choice of 24 different workshops from the EMWA Professional Development Programme. It has set the floor for in-depth discussions on drug development issues, medical communication, medical science, language and writing, professional skills and more.

A gathering of medical writers of interest to people working in areas outside of, but overlapping with, medical writing – translators, medical publishers, outcomes and clinical researchers, to name but a few. The conference featured a number of sessions and workshops in reflection of the global reality of medical writing industry today.

At this occasion’s conference, we focused on manuscript writing and in depth editing, both representing a hot-button issue in the industry as of late. These workshops opened the floor for debate, specially on the question of how far a translator and a medical writer should get involved in the research study being addressed when dealing with a medical manuscript to be translated or edited for a potential client.

We enjoyed the conference and the hands-on experience workshops very much and look forward to next Cyprus meeting!