Mission Statement: Formedics is committed to delivering independent, accurate and fair information that supports healthcare professionals’ clinical care and practice of medicine and increases the quality of communication among healthcare professionals (HCPs), their peers, and their patients.

Formedics (“our” or “we”), which includes Physicians Weekly, Figure 1, Mashup Media and AMC Media Group, is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with editorial content that meets the highest journalistic and editorial standards; we focus on accuracy, independence, fairness, and transparency. Our content is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Editorial Policies

We produce several types of content, including content written or produced by our editorial team, content written or produced by external columnists and HCP experts, and user-generated content. We also publish advertiser-supported sponsored content.

Our editorial content is developed independently of the advertising and promotional content available on our websites and print publications, with a clear separation between editorial and commercial interests. Editorial decisions are made without undue influence from advertisers, sponsors, or other external entities to ensure that our content serves the interests of our audience first and foremost.

To that end, editorial staff have full autonomy over the creation and publication of content. This includes the right to edit, update, or remove content as necessary to align with editorial standards, as well as the power to reject submissions that do not meet our editorial policies.

Sales staff and advertisers cannot dictate editorial topics, formats, headlines, or story placement. Although sales staff and advertisers may suggest topics and external medical experts to include in coverage, editorial staff make the final decision regarding experts that are featured in all forms of content.

Content Guidelines

Our editorial team is committed to producing the best medical content possible.

In some cases, text, video or audio content may discuss branded products. These mentions are not paid endorsements and are based on contributing experts’ clinical opinions and editors’ professional opinions. In sourcing articles, we rely on information from respected public health institutions, peer-reviewed publications, government agencies, and medical professional societies.

Contributing experts collaborate with our in-house medical editors, who review all content prior to publication to ensure adherence to our editorial standards, including disclosure of any relevant financial relationships of expert contributors. All authors and quoted sources are asked to disclose fully and specifically any direct financial interest in products mentioned in all content, as well as their status as paid consultants or employees for any companies mentioned.

All opinions expressed by contributing authors and quoted sources are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors, publishers, or editorial boards of Formedics.

In required instances, our content is compliant with the medical, legal and regulatory review process.

Advertising

Formedics works with established sponsors and advertisers to make it possible to continue providing excellent, non-biased information free to clinicians.

Our policy is that our editorial team retains the final say over all internally produced content. We do not allow advertisers to review content in advance of publication, including but not limited to raw video files, transcripts or content edited for publication. The decision to correct, revise or remove published content will be made by the editorial team and advertisers may not dictate the removal of content.

The acceptance of advertising in no way implies endorsement by the editors, publishers, or editorial boards of Formedics. We do not publish articles on the basis of advertising support, and advertisers are not informed about content appearing adjacent to their ads. We use dynamic tagging to place our advertising. In situations where a related advertisement may appear adjacent to related editorial content, there is no implied endorsement, malice, or quid pro quo.

As part of working with partners and advertisers, we offer partnerships and sponsored content opportunities that include content supplied and produced by an outside source, including an advertiser or partner.

All partnership content is subject to the editorial policies outlined in this document.

All sponsored or paid content is clearly labeled as such. This ensures that readers can distinguish between editorial content and advertising. The editorial team does not review or write this type of content.

Editorial Review and Updates

These policies will be reviewed periodically to ensure they reflect evolving industry standards and audience expectations.

By adhering to these editorial policies, Formedics reaffirms its commitment to producing trustworthy, high-quality content that informs and connects healthcare professionals and patients through expert medical content.

Updated 2/19/25

Contact Us

Contact the editorial staff at:
eMail: editor@formedics.com
Mail: 180 Mount Airy Rd, Suite 205, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920