Articles by Microsystems
Improve the Efficiency of Lawyers and Legal Support Teams
DocXtools drives efficiency by extending the functionality of native Word and empowers lawyers and the legal teams that support them to meet client demands, improve collaboration and produce high-quality Word documents. Read the top ten ways DocXtools improves efficiency by making Microsoft Word work for the legal industry.
Published January 23, 2012
The Impact of eCTD Granularity Specifications on the Sponsor Review Processes and Efficiency
The eCTD specifications for electronic submissions include detailed guidance on exactly which specific scientific-regulatory content should be included and where. The XML backbone structure defines this association and helps insure compliance with eCTD specifications during the assembly phase of e-publishing.
Published October 22, 2011
ILTA 2011: What We Learned
As you get back to normal routines and begin to think about how you can apply the innovative concepts learned at ILTA 2011, consider the term “rev-elation” again. What kind of technology will move us into a new era, and how can the legal industry look ahead with this newfound knowledge and develop key strategies for success?
Published September 13, 2011
Raising the Bar for Regulatory Submission Document Quality: A Collaborative, Transitional Approach - Part 2
Raising the Bar part two focuses on the establishment of an "Electronic Gateway" – a submission quality gateway that greatly improves the reporting, feedback, analysis and understanding of document quality before documents move downstream. This gateway heightens the level of corporate consistency in document quality checking and can streamline the submission review process.
Published March 21, 2011
Raising the Bar for Regulatory Submission Document Quality: A Collaborative, Transitional Approach - Part 1
Regulatory Affairs Operations teams rely heavily upon the Medical Writing Community for the delivery of comprehensive, quality content to be used in various marketing applications. Regardless of the quality of the content, there exists a great risk to the success of the overall submissions process when the Microsoft Word documents themselves are improperly formatted or the documents contain unknown formatting issues.
Published January 17, 2011
Managing Content Received from Outside Sources
Pressures from the current economic environment to reduce operational costs and the inability to generate a full product pipeline using only internal sources is driving pharmaceutical companies to re-think their business model and processes. This article provides insights into how internal processes and using metrics improves the quality of submission documents.
Published December 7, 2010
A Symbol Tale
Don't risk a submission delay due to uncontrolled font use. This tale is based on a true story that cost a company over $40 million in future revenue. Fortunately, now that you are aware of the potential problem you can stop, verify the problem doesn't exist at your company or set in place the plans for corrective action.
Published October 21, 2010.
Consistent Format Leads to Efficient Review
Providing the regulatory authorities with clear, easy to ready, easy to navigate and consistent documents is essential to ensure an efficient review process. In this article Ed Tripp, President of Edward S. Tripp and Associates, details formatting considerations to guide the development of an internal style guide.
Published August 17, 2010.
Meeting Agency eCTD Expectations for Efficient Navigation
The move by the FDA, EMA and ICH to eCTD submission implies a faster review process and response, but the added responsibilities and burden of precise formatting guidelines may lengthen the time it takes for a sponsor to author, review and publish a Clinical Study Report and other large submission documents.
Published July 13, 2010.
Office 2010: Five Features Important to Legal
There’s a lot under the hood in this version of Microsoft Office. We began exploring, testing and evaluating the features and functionality last fall with the technical preview and RTM candidates. In this article, we highlight five of the many benefits delivered by features in Office 2010.
Published May 3, 2010
The Most Popular Word Tips of 2009
As THE document experts, Microsystems has a long history of providing Word Tips that dig deep into Microsoft Word's inner-workings and uncover truly helpful nuggets.
Published December 17, 2009
Improve Process with an Office Migration
If you are thinking about migrating next year, here are a few key considerations on moving to Office 2007 first to help you maximize process improvements and the value of your Office investment.
Published November 18, 2009
Know the Value of Your Technologies and Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiencies
Due to cost-conscious measures, many firms are taking a closer look at their existing technologies in the effort to maximize value, further reduce costs and increase efficiencies. We take a look at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP's experience.
Published November 18, 2009
10 Word 2007 Features We Can't Live Without
Word 2007 is more than just an upgrade to Word 2003, it is a paradigm shift in word processing. The most obvious shift is the introduction of the Word Ribbon, which extends to a variety of new features designed to make Word users more productive.
Published February 27, 2009
