To meet the requirements of the clinical trial regulation, preparation for the publication of lay summaries on the European database should be undertaken as soon as possible. However, as of July 2015 (at the time of writing this article), no regulatory guidance has been produced. The main goal of this article is to raise awareness of other resources that writers can use in the interim. This includes templates, guidance, and examples published by the Harvard Workgroup and the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation, whose work is supported by the EMA and FDA.