A global partner adhering to the highest standards in publication planning

Excerpta Medica has dedicated staff focused solely on publication planning and medical writing services. Our medical writing and account staff hold high-level scientific qualifications (PhD, MSc, or MD) and/or previous medical communications agency experience. An extensive support network of centrally contracted, highly qualified medical writers allows for effective management of peaks in workload, and for consistent, flexible and responsive execution of dynamic publication plans of all sizes. We have a successful track record for developing and executing both regional and global publication plans.

It is our standard operating procedure to adhere to current Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines, ensuring the ethical and evidence-based publication of clinical data. Excerpta Medica is a leading agency in this field; our people are actively involved in publication planning advocacy including participation in the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), having co-authored the recently published GPP2 guidelines. We strive to drive change in this field, and enjoy providing GPP/best practice presentations/work-flows to our clients.

Publication planning services include:

• Development of publication plans
• Medical writing and editorial support, including:
  – original articles
  – congress abstracts, slides, and posters
  – meta-analyses
  – systematic and other reviews
  – brief communications/reports
  – white papers
• Literature searches
• Competitor and gap analyses of literature
• Product and competitor intelligence
• Development and management of supplement publications

Publication metrics

Customized publication metrics can be provided to demonstrate the value of our approach. Metrics measured include time to submission, time to publication, manuscript acceptance rates, planned versus actual volume, number of downloads/circulation, citation tracking/analysis, journal impact factors, author/editor relationships, scientific data quality and consistency, and audience and/or competitor benchmarking (literature awareness).