CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR TWO KEY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) POSITIONS EMWA would like to invite applications from candidates for two positions on EMWA's EC: Vice Presidentand Conference Director. To find out more, please click here. To read the statements of candidates applying for these positions, please click here.
	NEW: FREELANCER RESOURCE CENTRE We are pleased to announce that, thanks to the hard work of Ingrid Edsman and Neil Fisher, we now have an online resource centre for freelancer medical writers. To find out more, please click here.
	REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE 30TH EMWA CONFERENCE IN LISBON We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 30th EMWA Conference to be held in Lisbon between 11-15 May 2010. To find out more or view the conference brochure, please click here.
	MONTHLY WEBEDITORIAL Increasing author disclosure requirements: what does this mean for the medical writer involved in the manucript development process? In recent years, a greater number of peer-reviewed journals, across almost all therapy areas, have added to their author guidelines, or their submission systems, the requirement to not only disclose all potential financial conflicts for all named authors.......For more, please click here.
	PRESS RELEASE Ghostbusting in medical research: latest guidelines reinforce the importance of ethics in scientific publications EMWA welcomes the affirmation of the role of medical writers in the updated guidelines on Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical companies (GPP2) in the British Medical Journal.....To read more, please click here.

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