Professional Standards In Medical Writing

A core goal of AMWA is to promote professional integrity in the field of medical writing. To help medical writers maintain high professional standards, AMWA endorses:

The Joint Position Statement of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), the American Medical Writers Association, and the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) on the Role of Professional Medical Writers in the Development of Medical and Scientific Publications^*

AMWA-EMWA-ISMPP Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review

Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research: GPP 2022 and this paper that discusses the application of GPP3 in the Asia-Pacific region

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) Journalist Code of Ethics

*Translations of the Statement are available in French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian

2025 AMWA Early Career Award - Entries Open!

This could be your year! Entries for the 2025 AMWA Early Career Award are now open. Every year we are amazed at the quality of the entries received, making judging a very difficult task. If you have previously submitted an entry but missed out on the win, we encourage you to try again as there have been many entries that have been deserving of a win!