10 Ways an SCM Optimizes Your CDS

10 Ways an SCM Optimizes Your CDS

There are many reasons why a component structured content management (SCM) system is superior to using a Microsoft Word document for managing your Company Core Data Sheet (CDS or CCDS). We touched upon some of the reasons in our previous blog post, The CDS is Dead!...
The CDS is Dead! Long Live the CDS!

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...
Getting Granular with eCTD v4.0

Getting Granular with eCTD v4.0

We talk a lot about the goal of enterprise content strategy for pharma: to help speed up the process of making safe, effective medicines. One part of achieving that goal is to get content through regulatory approval faster. To speed up review and approval, pharma...
Solving the XML Authoring Conundrum for Pharma

Solving the XML Authoring Conundrum for Pharma

“We cannot change the authoring experience.” This, more than anything else, is the message we used to be told (and still hear often) when we suggest a component-based structured authoring environment for medical writers at pharmaceutical companies. The authoring...