TriloTalk
Episodes
Episode 41: Breaking Down the One-Click Submission Dream
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is talking about “one-click AI,” but is it real or just a conference buzzword? In this episode of TriloTalk, Lisa Chamberlain James, Seni...
Episode 40: The CDx Files: Decoding Companion Diagnostic Devices
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of TriloTalk explores companion diagnostics and what makes them medical devices. Join Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Senior Partner at Trilogy...
Episode 39: Unlocking the Power of Storytelling in Medical Writing: the PRISM Framework
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans communicate through stories and medical writers help teams crystallize the story out of the data: this is the essence of what they bring to the...
Episode 38: Explaining the Evidence - Using AI for Lay Summaries of Clinical Trial Results
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For TriloTalk episode 38, Lisa Chamberlain James, Senior Partner at Trilogy, and Sudipta Chakraborty, Head of Literacy & Plain Language Center of ...
Episode 37: Primer on Writing for Drug-Delivery Systems
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TriloTalk episode 37 focuses on a specific type of medical device, the drug-delivery system. Writing for drug-delivery systems is all about being flue...
Episode 36: Being Transparent About Clinical Trial Transparency
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical trial transparency is a delicate balance of getting the right data to the right resources at the right time. Senior Partner Lisa Chamberlain ...
Episode 35: Introducing the AMWA Apprentice Program Framework – A step-by-step guide to training medical writers
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The demand for experienced medical writers is outpacing the availability of experienced writers. In TriloTalk episode 35, Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Se...
Episode 34: AI Agents - the future that's being used today!
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 34 of the TriloTalk podcast, Lisa Chamberlain James, Senior Partner at Trilogy, sits down with the AI Agent expert Nikesh Shah, VP and Glo...
Episode 33: Are Medical Devices from Venus and Pharmaceuticals from Mars? Important things to know when writing for medical devices.
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on writing for medical devices. Playing Sherlock Holmes, conducting usability studies, following regulations, working closely wit...
Episode 32: Engaging the Clinical Trial Participant – using Plain Language in Informed Consent Forms
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Informed Consent Form is a participant’s first impression of a clinical trial so Lisa Chamberlain James and Ros Cheetham sit down to discuss how...
Episode 31: What You Need to Know About AI Agents & Medical Writing
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Julia Forjanic Klapproth as she gives a useful overview of what everyone is talking about these days – AI agents. You’ll hear about the benef...
Episode 30: Exploring the Role of Women in Science Â
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate, TriloTalk episode 30 is a conversation with Trilogy’s two female Senior Partne...
Episode 29: What's Hot & What's Not for Regulatory Medical Writing in 2025
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rapidly growing industry of regulatory medical writing calls for a 2025 prediction podcast! Listen up for “What’s Hot and What’s Not” from...
Episode 28: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Orphan Drugs
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Long time friends and industry colleagues, Lisa Chamberlain James with Trilogy and Cheryl Roberts with BioMarin Pharmaceutical sit down to discuss orp...
Episode 27: Clinical Overviews - What are they & why are they so important?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Barbara Boggetti, and Bhawna Basin as they take a closer look into Clinical Overviews. Since many agree it’s one of t...
Episode 26: The Future of Lay Summaries - Leveraging AI for Patient-Friendly Language
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to TriloTalk! In this episode, Lisa Chamberlain James from Trilogy and Vladimir Penkrat and Ritesh Dogra from Indegene dive into the role...
Episode 25: Exploring the Intersection of AI & Medical Writing
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia Forjanic Klapproth and Lisa Chamberlain James from Trilogy and Vladimir Penkrat and Tarun Mathur from Indegene chat about the i...
Episode 24: Navigating the Global Transparency Landscape
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Trilotalk Episode 24! In this episode, Douglas and Nidhi will take you through an overview of the recently introduced EU-CTR (Clinical Tria...
Episode 23: Speaking of Buzzwords in Medical Writing, What About AI? – Part II
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to TriloTalk! As promised, we are continuing the conversation about buzzwords in medical writing. In this episode, our guests Lisa and Ar...
Episode 22: Exploring Patient-Centricity: Beyond Buzzwords in Pharma's Decision-Making
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lisa Chamberlain James, Senior Partner at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, and Art Gertel, Principal at MedSciCom, discuss the pivot...
EPISODE 21: Pen to Paper: Insights on Recognizing, Addressing, and Avoiding Medical Writer Burnout
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
 Join Nidhi Johal, Director of Medical Writing for North America at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, and Heidi Chapman, Medical Writing Manager at T...
Episode 20: Q&A With TriloTalk: Focus on General Medical Writing Principles
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia and Lisa take a deep dive into General Medical Writing Principles. Join them as they navigate through a diverse range of topics...
Episode 19: Elevating the Voice of Patients: The role of medical writers in making a difference
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lisa Chamberlain James, Senior Partner at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, and Magnolia Correa, Marketing Communications Manager at ...
Episode 18: Clinical Study Protocol Development from a Writer's Perspective
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Julia and Jonathan for the 2nd part of a discussion dedicated to the development of Clinical Study Protocols, as they delve into the intricacies ...
Episode 17: The Importance of Training Medical Writing Leaders
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our host, Julia Forjanic Klapproth, and our special guest, Angela Winnier, Senior Director, Medical Writing Lead for Rare Disease at ...
Episode 16: AI Tools for Medical Writing - Turkeys Voting for Christmas?
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Lisa and Barry, Senior Partners at Trilogy, along with Jamie Norman, Chief Product Officer at TriloDocs joined Network Pharma...
Episode 15: How to Streamline Regulatory Authority Meetings: Spotlight on Briefing Books
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to TriloTalk episode 15, where we will dive into the critical document that plays a pivotal role in pharmaceutical development: The Briefing D...
Episode 14: The importance of getting clinical study protocols right
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia and Jonathan cover how making people aware of the many new and updated regulations (such as the ICH E8(R1) and the draft ICH M1...
Episode 13: Q&A with TriloTalk: Focus on CSRs
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special session of TriloTalk, Julia and Barry answer questions sent to them by medical writers around the world. The focus of the questions in...
Episode 12 - PIF and PIF TICK. What are These and Why are They Important
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lisa Chamberlain James, Senior Partner at Trilogy Writing & Consulting talks to Dan Wills, Quality Mark Manager at Patient Inform...
Episode 11: Taming the Complexity of Preparing CTD Submission Dossiers
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Process optimization, effective management, and organisation strategies are all essential components when preparing CTD submission dossiers for drug a...
Episode 10: The Importance of Style Guides
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Restrictive or time-saving? In this episode, Barry reflects on the importance of style guides and how these can serve as a compass to accompany medica...
Episode 9: The Ethics of Medical Writing
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rapid dissemination of scientific information, lower standards in review processes, unvetted information.In this episode, Barry and Art explore the ne...
Episode 8: Responses to Regulatory Authorities
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia and Douglas, Senior Partners at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, discuss how preparing written responses to questions received...
Episode 7: A Primer for Writing Oncology Dossiers
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia Forjanic Klapproth - Senior Partner, and Maurice Löwens - Medical Writing Manager at Trilogy Writing, discuss how experienced ...
Episode 6: Apprenticing Medical Writers
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, Julia Forjanic Klapproth, Senior Partner at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, and Joan Affleck, Head of the Medical Writing...
Episode 5: Lay Summaries
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writing for a non-specialist audience represents challenges beyond writing in a simpler language. Writing a fit-for-purpose document for the general p...
Episode 4: The Power of Good Review Practice
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia and Barry, senior partners at Trilogy Writing & Consulting, call for a “revolution and complete overhaul in the way docum...
Episode 3: The Value of Medical Writing
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Pay me now or pay me later”. TriloTalk episode 3 features Dr. Julia Forjanic Klapproth and Gretchen Griffin as they talk and discuss the value of...
Episode 2: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Writing
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will AI replace or assist medical writers? Join Julia and Barry in this episode as they talk about how AI is going to change the way we write and work...
Episode 1: Lean Medical Writing
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julia and Barry talk about the importance of lean medical writing to communicate the key messages efficiently. The goal is story, not...