Introduction to the ISCR Councils
ISCR has nine functioning councils which constitute the major activities of the Society. Each of the Councils has a Council Coordinator and Members who drive the respective agenda of the Councils, guided by the overall objectives and mission of the Society.
Medical Writing Council
Medical Writing is major activities of any clinical research project. Being technical in nature these activities are shouldered by the experts in the respective fields. These experts are equipped with basic training in fundamentals of clinical research and related fields like ICH (International Conference on Harmonisation) and GCP (Good Clinical Practices). Professionals in these fields actively participate in the planning of all clinical research project and new drug development projects.
This Council is targeted at helping create awareness among all stakeholders of clinical research about the processes and new developments in Clinical Data Management, Biostatistics and Medical Writing and help advance the knowledge of professionals already in these fields.
Council Chair & Co-Chair
Chair
Anushila Vaishali (Eli Lilly)
Co-chair
Garima Pallavi (Parexel)
Aims
The aims of the Medical Writing (MW) Council are to:
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Providing a platform to medical writers to collaborate and exchange ideas, industry best practices, and latest updated on tools and technology
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The aims of the Medical Writing (MW) Council are to:
- Providing a platform to medical writers to collaborate and exchange ideas, industry best practices, and latest updated on tools and technology.
- Expand medical writing base by sharing latest concepts, developments, tools and techniques and industry updates to be used by medical writing professionals.
- Build capacity through workshops and webinars or any other format for various medical writing concepts and different document types to help the medical writing fraternity enhance their knowledge base.
- Create awareness about different types of medical writing and enhance cross-functional collaboration for various clinical research functional partners.
- Establish a strong medical writing community in India to exchange knowledge and talent globally that is at par with the latest trend and standards in the clinical research industry.