Guidance to Authors RAJ Devices is interested in receiving feature articles or guest editorials addressing regulatory matters of current interest from established regulatory professionals and authorities around the globe for consideration for publication in the journal. RAJ Devices is international in scope and cover regulatory affairs relating to medical devices and in vitro diagnostics. Papers might include: a review of current topics of interest, analysis of legal or regulatory authority documents, country regulatory overviews, or case studies of experience in regulatory processes. Content

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Guest Editorials Guest editorials are typically one or two pages long (approximately 900 or 1,800 words)

Meeting Reports RAJ Devices welcomes submission of reports covering meetings and conferences. Interested parties should contact the Editor in advance of the meeting to confirm it is not already being covered, and to discuss length and content of the report. It may be more appropriate, where there has been a particular new development, to submit material as a news items in the Worldwide Update section of the journal, rather than as a meeting report. Content Meeting reports must focus on delivering the news and substance of the meeting to RAJ Devices readers; they essentially provide the critical data and 'take home' messages that readers would have gained had they been at the meeting. This extends to the often valuable insights and information that emerge in sessions addressing questions from the floor. It is not important to cover all speakers, only those who impart new information or views of interest. As with all RAJ Devices articles, links should be made to referenced material wherever possible to enable readers to follow up the information and have substantiated grounds for putting it to working use. Information such as sponsors, hosts, lists of speakers, opening and closing formalities and agenda details are of limited value in a RAJ Devices meeting report and in most cases can be readily found elsewhere. Timing Meeting reports should be submitted to RAJ Devices within two weeks following the meeting to enable timely publication. Conference proceedings Organisers of meetings may arrange for RAJ Devices to prepare full proceedings of a meeting or conference on a contract basis.

Document preparation In addition to the main text of the article, the paper should include a main heading with the title of the article, author's full name, relevant degrees and affiliations, i.e. job title, department, institution/company and city. References and footnotes RAJ Devices is a reference journal used worldwide. Comprehensive and accurate provision of references is essential. Sufficient detail must be provided for all references such that the reader may readily locate them. This includes citing full details for legislation and information sourced from other papers, books ot the Internet. Cite references in numerical order in the text and list them at the end of the paper in the order in which they first appear in the text. RAJ Devices does not use footnotes; include all material essential to understanding the article within the text. Style Accepted articles will be edited into RAJ Devices house style, with an opportunity given to the author to review changes made to the final copy. A lack of response to a request for comments on this final copy prior to the given deadline will be taken as acceptance that the document is ready for publication.

Submitting Articles Proposed articles should be submitted as a Word file via e-mail (see contact details below). Submit a cover ntoe with the proposed article stating the author's name, address, e-mail, telephone and fax number. First-time RAJ Devices authors should provide a CV outlining their qualifications and experience relevant to the field of regulatory affairs. Copies of any published documents pertaining to the material in the submitted manuscript may be requested.

Copyright An article submitted to RAJ Devices must be original, unpublished work that has not been submitted elsewhere for publication. Copyright of accepted articles, as edited and set out in the RAJ Devices publication, belongs to Regulatory Affairs Journals Ltd. To this effect, authors (except US government employees) are required to sign an Assignment of Copyright agreement; however, the author may retain the right to re-use data collected during the preparation of the article in other works.

Reprints and PDFs Authors will receive a complimentary copy of the issue of the journal in which their article appears. Authors may purchase reprints of articles via the PJB Reprint Service; cost depends on article length and number of copies required. The PDF of an article may be purchased, with cost and timing dependent upon intended use. To contact The Regulatory Affairs Journal (Devices).