ABSTRACT

Process reports cover a wide scope. In fact, the argument can be made that all writing about therapeutic products is a form of process reporting. Process reports tell how something happens, has happened, will happen, or can happen. Most process writing explains the need and criteria for certain action and moves logically through a chronological sequence of steps. A protocol for a study of a product in development describes a process that has not yet happened. Amendments to the protocol show changes in the study process. And the final report tells what has occurred and what the outcome is.