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Global stakeholders respond to cOAlition S's "Towards Responsible Publishing" proposal, posted by The Publication Plan, 20 November 2024 Bringing more effective storytelling to medical publications, posted by PMLive, 20 November 2024 Results from PharmaTimes Communications Awards 2024, posted by PharmaTimes, 20 November 2024 Engagement Evolution: How Metrics and Enhanced Publication Content Shape Readership, posted by ISMPP in The MAP Newsletter, 19 November 2024 Creative strategy in medical communications, posted by PMLive, 18 November 2024 Free Webinar announcement - The Evolution of Plain Language Summaries: Embracing New Opportunities & Innovation, Thursday 05 December 2024, from Taylor & Francis Reducing AI Hallucinations with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Models, posted by Nick Lamb on LinkedIn, 13 November 2024 Webinar recording freely available: AI and Copyright: Balancing Innovation with Compliance, posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 12 November 2024 The power of storytelling in medical communications, posted by Porterhouse Medical, 12 November 2024 Webinar recording freely available: Next-Generation Healthcare Interactions, posted by Impatient Health, 12 November 2024 Does broadening OA spell financial challenges for publishers and authors?, posted by The Publication Plan, 12 November 2024 Havas Health names former Pfizer exec Anna Maria Marra as CEO of Europe , posted by MM+M, 12 November 2024 Free Webinar announcement - Careers at Costello Medical, Tuesday 03 December 2024, from Costello Are conflicts of interest reported transparently in healthcare guidelines?, posted by The Publication Plan, 08 November 2024 Webinar recording freely available: The Real Cost of MLR: Understand and overcome the failures of in-house review and fragmented processes in medical affairs, posted by Impatient Health, 07 November 2024 GCI Health appoints Annalise Coady as president, UK market lead and EMEA head of growth, posted by PMLive, 06 November 2024 There's no AI in team... or is there?, posted by Tom Wilson on LinkedIn, 06 November 2024 Minds + Assembly snaps up Boldscience, expanding its medcomms services, posted by MM+M, 05 November 2024 Why is storytelling changing the way we do health comms?, posted by PMLive, 05 November 2024 Delivering inclusive events, posted by PMLive, 31 October 2024 Uncovering scientific ERRORs: can financial rewards work?, posted by The Publication Plan, 31 October 2024 Who Gets Paid for What? A Practical Guide for Medical Publication Professionals, posted by ISMPP in The MAP Newsletter, 29 October 2024 Pay to publish, but free to read: are APCs equitable?, posted by The Publication Plan, 29 October 2024 Free Webinar announcement - AI and Copyright: Balancing Innovation with Compliance, Tuesday 12 November 2024, from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Free Webinar announcement - Master Independent Medical Education: Strategies for Success, Thursday 07 November 2024, from Reuters Events, sponsored by Wiley The role of innovation in shaping the future of health communications, posted by PMLive, 28 October 2024 Webinar recording freely available: Reach every HCP, realise every opportunity, posted by EPG Health, 28 October 2024 WhatsApp lands Moderna in hot water with PMCPA, posted by pharmaphorum, 25 October 2024 If you would like to re-use a figure/table for a publication that is available via an Open Access (OA) article, but that figure/table has been reused with copyright permission from an original paper, do you then need to request copyright permission to reuse the figure from the OA article from the 'original paper'? , posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 23 October 2024 Inizio Medical appoints Patrick Giordani as senior vice president, AI solutions architect, posted by PMLive, 23 October 2024 Citation manipulation: a new wave of metrics 'gaming'?, posted by The Publication Plan, 22 October 2024 Journals with high rates of suspicious papers flagged by science-integrity start-up, posted by Nature, 22 October 2024 Ogilvy Health names Avalere Health's Mario Muredda its CEO, posted by MM+M, 22 October 2024 Unlocking innovation: the value of Open Access in scientific publications, posted by Altmetric, 21 October 2024 Influencing the future of healthcare communications, posted by PMLive, 21 October 2024 Conference report now published: The future of Healthcare Meetings, 2-4 September, 2024 Zurich, Switzerland, posted by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), authored by Mark Handforth, 17 October 2024 The persistence of journal hijacking and how to fight back, posted by The Publication Plan, 17 October 2024 AMICULUM earns EcoVadis silver award for second consecutive year, posted by PMLive, 17 October 2024 I understand that a 100% redraw may require permission. Is there a certain % redraw that would be deemed appropriate? E.g. What about if you took just 20% of the figure?, posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 16 October 2024 Open access loses market share for the first time in years: will it bounce back?, posted by The Publication Plan, 15 October 2024 Publisher policies on AI use: is it time for change?, posted by The Publication Plan, 12 October 2024 Havas Lynx debuts global health influencer offering, posted by MM+M, 11 October 2024 Webinars on changes in 2024 Code and an interactive e-learning module have been published, posted by The PMCPA, 10 October 2024 Demystifying GenAI: What It Is and Why It Matters to Pharma Marketers, posted by Terry Levi on LinkedIn, 10 October 2024 Syneos Health names Costa Panagos as CEO, posted by MM+M, 09 October 2024 Can medical communications professionals request permissions under the STM Guidelines?, posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 09 October 2024 Latest issue of Medical Writing now available: Volume 33, Issue 3 - Clinical Trial Transparency and Disclosure, posted by European Medical Writing Association (EMWA), 08 October 2024 Stop drowning your audience, posted by Oliver Hauss on LinkedIn, 08 October 2024 Top-10 ways for Pharma to leverage AI according to...AI, posted by PMLive, 03 October 2024 Webinar recording freely available: Copyright Basics for Medical Communications, posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 02 October 2024 ISMPP poll: adverse event inclusion just before abstract submission - what would you do?, posted by The Publication Plan, 02 October 2024 How can I help to support copyright compliance at my organization?, posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 02 October 2024 We surveyed 200 HCPs to prove they're humans, posted by David Douek on LinkedIn, 02 October 2024 Helios Global Group announces next stage of investment, posted by Helios Group, 01 October 2024 2024 updates to the ABPI Code of Practice Clause 12, posted by PMLive, 01 October 2024 Free Webinar announcement - The Real Cost of MLR: Understand and overcome the failures of in-house review and fragmented processes in medical affairs, Thursday 31 October 2024, from Impatient Health Survey: Current Landscape and Challenges in Patient Advocacy and Education, from Enago Life Sciences, closes 03 October 2024 Congress Posters: Snatching Defeat From The Jaws of Victory..., posted by Tom Grant on LinkedIn, 26 September 2024 Injecting humanness to create impact in medical writing: Top Tips, posted by Word Monster, 26 September 2024 AI Tools for Systematic Literature Reviews, posted by ISMPP in The MAP Newsletter, 25 September 2024 Do you have advice for some of the common issues we're facing like internal compliance education and new types of reuses? Can you share any tips on how to approach these? posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 25 September 2024 Retractions as corrections: shifting the narrative, posted by The Publication Plan, 25 September 2024 The partnership triangle, posted by PMLive, 25 September 2024 Reference Document: Changes to the 2021 ABPI Code , posted by the PMCPA, 23 September 2024 Press Release: 2024 ABPI Code of Practice launched, with a new constitution and procedure for the PMCPA, posted by the PMCPA, 23 September 2024 Free Webinar announcement - 1st of the new PM Society Marketing Leadership Programme fireside chats, Thursday 26 September 2024, from the PM Society AI in market access: silver bullet or spanner in the works?, posted by AMICULUM, 19 September 2024 Where did "KOLs" come from, and why do they matter?, posted by PMLive, 19 September 2024 Omnichannel - beyond MPUs and emails, posted by PMLive, 17 September 2024 EQUATOR and COS join forces to bring open science to the fore, posted by The Publication Plan, 17 September 2024 Free Webinar announcement - Copyright Basics for Medical Communications, Wednesday 02 October 2024, from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Video recording - Sarah Sowerby - 34 years in medical writing and medical communications (medcomms), posted by The Write Clinic, 13 September 2024 2024 PM Society Digital Award Winners, posted by The PM Society, 13 September 2024 Free Webinar announcement - Own the HCP Journey: How events, congresses and experiences can rewrite customer communications, Tuesday 15 October 2024, from impatient Are figures, charts, graphs, etc. that appear in conference posters and conference presentations considered published materials? And who typically owns the copyright to the figures? posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 11 September 2024 The evolution of evaluation: Richard Sever on the future of peer review posted by The Publication Plan, 10 September 2024 Avalere Health appoints Corrina Safeio as president, global marketing, posted by PMLive, 10 September 2024 Free Webinar announcement - Best practice RWE approaches to support economic modelling for HTA, Thursday 03 October 2024, from Mtech Access If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes: confessions of a chatbot helper, posted by The Guardian, 07 September 2024 Why do freelancers freelance? A survey of the experience, motivations and value of freelance medical writing professionals, from The MedCommsTech Medical Writers Collective and Galanthus Scientific, closes 25 September 2024 Medical and scientific communications agency Obsidian appoints new senior management team in major restructure, posted by Obsidian, 05 September 2024 AI in Action Real-world success stories from our HCA community: Inspire your next step!, posted by The Healthcare Communications Association (HCA), 05 September 2024 Publication Planning for Medical Devices: The Opportunities in an Underserved Field, posted by ISMPP in The MAP Newsletter, 04 September 2024 Several barriers prevent digital health from fulfilling its potential: is patient engagement the solution?, posted by The Publication Plan, 04 September 2024 GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation posted by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 03 September 2024 The rise and rise of predatory journals and the risks to clinical practice, health and careers: the APAME 2024 Sydney declaration on predatory or pseudo journals and publishers posted by the Medical Journal of Australia, 02 September 2024 Registration now open! PM Society Careers Event - A Career in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Communications, to be run by The PM Society and the HCA, London, 26 February 2025 Free Webinar announcement - Unlocking the Power of Storytelling in Medical Publications, 18 September 2024, from pharmaphorum Medical Publications: From Access to Patient Authorship, a Not Just Patients podcast, featuring Avishek Pal from Novartis, recording posted 29 August 2024 AI and Medical Writing Survey from IPG Health Medical Communications, closes 16 September 2024 Artificial intelligence versus real insight - does pharmaceutical industry consulting face a dilemma or a progression? posted by PMLive, 29 August 2024 Do you need permission from the rightsholder if you take the original data from a table and turn it into a pie chart or other pictorial representation? posted by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 28 August 2024 Are article processing charges really increasing? posted by The Publication Plan, 27 August 2024 A year in the life of a med comms graduate trainee - from education to employment, posted by Wave Healthcare Communications, 27 August 2024 Medical Communication Agencies In United States, posted by HealthfulHelps, 21 August 2024 Launching The Health House - a collaboration of 25 independent health agencies, posted by PMLive, 19 August 2024

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