Note this is a video recording of an online meeting conducted using the Zoom.us platform. Inevitably such recordings suffer a little in terms of their production values because of the internet connectivity and quality of webcams. Despite that, they allow us to provide additional valuable insights in to the MedComms business and we can involve a wider range of speakers who can participate from the comfort of their own desks, wherever in the world they are.

The Open Pharma recommendations for plain language summaries of peer-reviewed medical journal publications were published in Current Medical Research and Opinion in September this year. These recommendations are a concise outline of a minimum standard that provides top-line guidance on plain language summaries for authors, medical writers, publishers, and research funders. In this webinar, for Open Access Week 2021, we hear from two co-authors of the recommendations from the MedComms and pharma/biotech industries, as well as from a publisher and a patient representative. They will provide diverse stakeholder perspectives on how plain language summaries, equity in medical publishing and open access go hand in hand. Our panellists are Slavka Baronikova (Galapagos), Adeline Rosenberg (Oxford PharmaGenesis) and Kelly Soldavin (Taylor and Francis) and Alan Thomas (Ataxia and Me). And we answer questions from the audience.

It should be of interest to anyone working in and around MedComms.

Recorded 27 October 2021 as a MedComms Networking webinar. Produced by NetworkPharma.tv

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Slavka’s LinkedIn page is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/slavkabaronikova/

Adeline’s LinkedIn page is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeline-rosenberg-b13aab152/

Kelly’s LinkedIn page is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellysoldavin/

Find out more about Ataxia and Me at https://www.ataxia-and-me.org/

Find out more about Open Pharma at https://www.openpharma.blog/

Read the published article, “Open Pharma recommendations for plain language summaries of peer-reviewed medical journal publications” at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007995.2021.1971185

Read the Taylor and Francis Plain Language Summary Guidelines at https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/writing-your-paper/how-to-write-a-plain-language-summary/

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We are building a library of free webcasts and other video content for the global MedComms Community and others at http://www.networkpharma.tv and we’d welcome your suggestions for new content.

[For the avoidance of doubt: this video is intended to be freely accessible to all. Please feel free to share and use however you like. Cheers Peter Llewellyn, Director NetworkPharma Ltd and Founder of the MedComms Networking Community activity at http://www.medcommsnetworking.com]