Guidance

Pharma – newbies trailblazing the future

Our team are exploring different and novel ways for young people to enter the pharmaceutical industry.

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Star Wars Day

On this day 2 years ago I had a pretty bad accident getting knocked off my motorbike

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An Introvert’s Guide to Conferencing for Nerds — Top 10 Tips

Shy, introverted, or just dreading the coffee queue? Practical strategies for scientists and clinicians to network confidently at...

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Business learnings: 20 years – 20 tips

The last 20 years at Niche have been amazingly exciting – offering

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Three business starter survival traits

Yesterday was 20 years since the Memorandum

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If, and Only If: When Does a Medical Writer Qualify for the Next Level Up?

Promotion in medical writing is rarely about time served. A candid look at what actually drives career progression and why growth matters...

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Ikigai - find your purpose

Ikigai is a phrase that the Okinawan community in Japan coined to define ‘purpose’.

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Zombie apocalypse anyone?

Most businesses have standard operating procedures, but does your SOP system include a disaster recovery plan? It should.

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From Bench to Byline: What It Really Means to Become a Medical Writer

Many medical writers start as scientists. A candid look at what the transition from bench to medical writing really involves and what it...

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Walking Deadlines: An Undead Perspective on Managing Zombie Manuscripts

A zombie manuscript has all the vital signs but no soul. How disengaged teams kill scientific papers and what medical writers can do about...

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The question that never goes away: How Long Does Medical Writing Actually Take?

How long does medical writing actually take? An honest look at what drives timelines, where time is lost and why speed comes with...

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How Good a Writer Are You Really? 6 Techniques for Honest Self-Evaluation

Self-doubt is common among medical writers. Practical techniques for evaluating your own writing objectively and developing your craft with...

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Keep it brief…

Never judge a book by its cover –we know

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Conference organising 101

They say that as one door closes another one opens.

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Top 10 tips to writing up your PhD

Writing your PhD thesis can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

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Creating awesome titles

Creating an awesome title is like bending a straight line into a circle.

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Site selection - getting it right

High functioning investigator sites are essential to the delivery

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Toot your horn...

People working in the sciences aren’t generally perceived as being outgoing.

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Awesome abstracts

You may think that 'writing the abstract' simply  involves summarising

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Creating your best presentation (ever)

We wanted to tell you about our latest Insider’s Insight - Ta dah

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Baffling bibliometics

The prestige of publication has been based on traditional citation metrics

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Clinical study reports under the microscope

Metathesiophobia: from Preclinical to Clinical Development

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Killing predatory journals…

We all get them, some of us more than 10 a day, emails from journals

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Mentoring – what’s the buzz?

Want a conversation to warm your heart and lift your spirits

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Inside our Insider’s Insights

Metathesiophobia: from Preclinical to Clinical Development

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Ready, Aim, Fire!

Metathesiophobia: from Preclinical to Clinical Development

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Best presents go beyond the 'big reveal'

Buying Christmas presents for people can be difficult

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Five reasons abstracts are important

There is a short summary of a scientific paper called an abstract

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Typing two spaces...

There are people everywhere who use two spaces after a full-stop.

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Shorter titles get more citations

Titles are the first thing readers see, yet often they are addressed

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Planning your clinical trial: Avoidable mistakes

Clinical trials are not cheap to conduct, and with data integrity

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Be the cool kid at congress....

Posters are an excellent opportunity to showcase your work

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Unknown Knowns

We have some strange terms in the pharma industry

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Project Tracking: A valued tool for multiple multidisciplinary projects

If you're managing a project, it's important to stay informed about work progress

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Mastering Poster Layout

Know the difference between an eye-catching, action-inspiring poster

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The Real Thing

A lot of people say that people don't just buy 'things,' they buy connection

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The Fragmentation of Science: Navigating the Ethics and Practicalities of Salami Publishing

When does dividing research into multiple papers cross into unethical fragmentation? A personal account of salami slicing and where the...

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Talking Sense About Science

I believed that the central purpose of journalism is to provide the general population

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Efficient Document Editing: A three-phase workflow

You can waste a considerable amount of time when reviewing and editing

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Under‑Reporting of Clinical Studies

We have some strange terms in the pharma industry

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Editing tip: Size is important

Writing that is short is vigorous.

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