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Received: 2 April 2025

Accepted: 11 August 2025

First Online: 2 September 2025

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: BH is the owner and Managing Director of Kainic Medical Communications Ltd. and is Principal Consultant at its First In Human division, which provide medical writing services. BH has obtained the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) CMPP qualification and is also a member of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Collaborations Outreach Committee and the Australasian Medical Writers Association. BYHC currently serves as Biomedical Director at Vercentrys Taiwan and is actively engaged in the development of PLSs for clients in academia, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry. BYHC has obtained the ISMPP CMPP qualification and is a member of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Collaborations Outreach Committee. SG is an employee of Cactus Life Sciences (part of Cactus Communications), Mumbai, India, and is a member of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Education Committee. JHYL is an employee of Nucleus Global, an Inizio company, has obtained the ISMPP CMPP qualification and is a member of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Education Taskforce. SWLL is an employee of Costello Medical Singapore Pte Ltd, which offers medical communication services to pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic industries and authors within APAC, including publication planning consultancy and professional medical writing support. SWLL has obtained the ISMPP CMPP qualification and is a member of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Education Taskforce. AO is a former employee of Kainic Medical Communications Ltd. SW is an employee of Lilly Suzhou Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and is a member of the ISMPP Collaborations Outreach Committee. AW is an employee of L’Oréal and is a member of the ISMPP Collaborations Outreach Committee. JY has obtained the ISMPP CMPP qualification and is an employee of John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons Inc., which consults, develops and publishes PLS’s for authors and education sponsors from academia, government, medicine, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and consumer health sectors. TS is an employee of Nucleus Global, an Inizio Company, Sydney, Australia, has obtained the ISMPP CMPP qualification, and is Chair of the ISMPP Asia-Pacific Collaborations Outreach Committee. He is also a member of the Australasian Medical Writers Association. The ideas presented are those of the authors, and not intended to represent those of their employers.