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Single-source publishing to multiple outputs for Pharma

In pharma, some digital marketing teams have embraced multi-channel publishing as a way to meet regulatory requirements.

Pharma Deserves Better

Legacy tools and processes no longer support the business objectives for pharma. The only way to meet the growing demands for more content, faster, is to adopt a structured content ecosystem.

There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Structure

There is no such thing as a perfect structure because it is going to change over time. With new products and services should come new content types. And new content types often require new structures.

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! 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 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

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.

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 experience using Microsoft Word reigns supreme. Any changes to this interface
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Content Strategy for Pharma: Spend Time on Research, not on Redundant Content

We can no longer afford the costs of traditional, document-based content management in the pharmaceutical industry. We need pharma companies to prioritize content reuse and automation rather than manual, error-prone legacy processes.