Abstract Lean medical writing represents a paradigm shift from traditional storage-based documentation to story-driven, interpretive communication in regulatory and scientific contexts. This review presents established principles of lean medical writing and examines their application in medical and scientific writing, particularly within pharmaceutical regulatory submissions. We explore the foundational concepts, evidence supporting lean approaches, and practical implementation strategies for...

As we start a new year, I've been thinking about how often we accept things as true simply because that's what we've always believed. Let me share a few stories that have stuck with me and what they have to do with medical writing, AI, and the future we're building. The Smoking Room on the Hindenburg Years ago, I visited Flughafen Friedrichshafen, one of the main zeppelin ports in Germany, for the first time. They've rebuilt the cabin from the Hindenburg (the famous zeppelin that crashed and...