The DIA India will organise a Medical Writing conference at Scitech Centre in Mumbai on January 24, 2014. The theme of the event is ‘Navigating your way through the complex world of Medical Writing’. The conference would be addressing insightful topics such as managing the regulatory angle with guidance on how to respond to health authority questions.

It would also highlight the aspects of ethics in document authoring, data transparency and trial disclosures, responding to healthcare providers queries. It would help to interface multiple stakeholders to draft the final document.

Further it would also provide the outsourcing trends, the MW RFP – what to expect, intricacies in establishing a narrative writing partnership, and managing the risk in outsourcing safety reports, besides ensure the right spirit on protocols and a comparative analyses of clinical overviews versus summaries.

The programme chair is Nimita Limaye, vice president, Medical Writing Risk-based Monitoring and CDM, TCS. The programme committee members are Bindu Narang, director, Scientific Writing and Regulatory Affairs, Sciformix, Rajesh Pandey, offering lead, Medical Writing, TCS and Sunita Nair, head, Knowledge Services Capita India.

The organizers recommend that the conference should be attended by regulatory writers, publication specialists, clinicians, ethics committee members, outsourcing professionals, regulatory and clinical research professionals and global players looking at setting up medical writing operations in India.

Medical Writing is a niche area, but is rapidly establishing its footprint in India. As we move up the value chain, it is increasingly critical to be aware of changing perspectives towards data transparency, ensuring ethical compliance, and the need to address regulatory requirements. This workshop will discuss the intricacies of authoring complex documents, health economics analyses, and the recognition of global trends of off shoring increasingly complex medical writing work to India. Attendees will also learn about vendor assessments and how to overcome challenges to establish effective partnerships, said Limaye.