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Abstract

51 RESEARCH
Balancing Science and Promotion in Medical Writing
Anita Bhat and Chinmayee Joshi

58 RESEARCH
Outsourcing Services of Regulatory Submission Writing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Yan Zhou

62 FEATURE
ICMJE Proposes a New Author Disclosure Form for Work Submitted to Medical Journals Andrea Blotta

64 FEATURE
The AMA Manual of Style: AGuideforAuthorsand Editors—What’s New in the 11th Edition
Kelly Schrank, Stacy L. Christiansen, and Annette Flanagin

70 FEATURE
Lifting the Veil on Compensation for Employed Medical Communicators
Roshawn Watson

74 AROUND THE CAREER BLOCK
Strategies to Advance Your Medical Writing Career Part II: Identifying Opportunities and Developing Skills
Yanni Wang and Lindsey Summers

77 EVERYDAY ETHICS
Guiding Ethical Interactions with Health Care Professionals: Follow the Codes
Julie Ravo

80 FREELANCE FOCUS
Brian Bass, Lori De Milto, Cathryn D. Evans, and Ruwaida Vakil

82 STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
The Evaluation of Efficacy, or How Do We Know Whether a Treatment Works? Part 1
Thomas M. Schindler and Helen Bridge

87 MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
Freedom to Write: New Tools for Streamlining Document Development From Start to Finish
Elizabeth Clarke and Krithi Bindal

92 SOCIAL MEDIA
How Social Media Helped Prepare Me for Life in the Time of Corona
Larry Lynam

96 REPRINT

Predatory Publishing – What Medical Communicators Need to Know
Andrea Bucceri, Peter Hornung, and Thomas M. Schindler

101 AMWA NEWS
From the President
Ann Winter-Vann

American Medical Writers Association Annual Financial Report, 2018-2019
Julie L. Phelan

Medical Writer Certified
David B. Clemow

AMWA’s Second Medical Writing Executives Forum: Redefining Talent Acquisition, Development, and Engagement—Ideas to Action
Cynthia L. Kryder

Exciting News. #AMWA2020 is Going Virtual!

Mary Elizabeth Williams, 2020 Alvarez Award Recipient
Elise Eller