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The CDS is Dead! Long Live the CDS!

The Company Core Data Sheet (CDS or CCDS) is one of the most important documents a pharmaceutical company creates. The CDS is a working document that contains information about the pharmaceutical product. It includes information from multiple sources, such as clinical trial data systems, clinical report documents, CMC data systems,

How to Create a Unified Content Experience

After decades (literally) of talking about silos, calmly and not so calmly explaining to people why they are problematic, and advocating for their demise, I have come to the (obvious) conclusion that we are not going to eliminate them any time soon. If you already figured this out, you are

The Five Dimensions of Content Standardization: Making Your Reuse and Automation Strategy a Success

In this white paper, you will learn what content standards are and why they are important. We introduce the Five Dimensions of Content Standardization™ and show you how our content standardization framework makes content FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable). Finally, we suggest some next steps that you can take

Solving Pharma Content Challenges

In The Unique Challenges of Pharma Content, we discuss challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies in the creation and management of content.

Solving the 6 Challenges of Medical Device Content

EU Medical Device Regulation (2017/745) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (2017/746) went into effect in May 2021, after about a year’s delay due to COVID-19. Medical device manufacturers have known about the new regulations for years and have been working to meet these new, more stringent standards.

From Startup to Structure

I’ve started to notice a trend in structured authoring. In the past, almost all of our customers who implemented structured authoring were established companies with a lot of legacy content. And most of the writers were very technical. Rarely did I see young companies implement structured authoring from the beginning.
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Implementing Structured Authoring: The Eight Stages of Grief

You manage a team of content creators and you’ve decided to embrace structured authoring. Congratulations! Perhaps you’ve heard that a structured environment will help your team create content that is consistent, modular, and reusable.
Book cover for The Personalization Paradox

The Personalization Paradox Book

Staying in the Loop with Taxonomy

Organize and classify your content to make it more findable, and usable by implementing different layers of taxonomy in your CMS to build meaningful relationships and connections between your content.
Your CCMS is Just Like an Instant Pot

How Your CCMS is Just Like an Instant Pot

Find out why moving from unstructured authoring to structured authoring and using a CCMS is very similar to learning how to cook a meal using an Instant Pot – and learn the secret to being successful when you do.