CSC announced the availability of FirstPoint 2.0 document management and collaboration solution to help life sciences organizations improve user productivity by automating and simplifying the document creation, review and approval cycle. The company also announced plans for a FirstPoint release on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 early in the third quarter.

The document manager leverages the company's proven best practice configurations based on a multitude of real-world implementations involving more than 100,000 users at leading pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The program is compliant with the life science industry’s taxonomy standards, including: International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD), E3 Essential Clinical Documents and the DIA EDM Reference Model. The application utilizes the built-in functionality in SharePoint, adds those features necessary for highly regulated environments, and fully complies with the FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 requirements including audit trail, electronic signature and enhanced security. Its advanced workflow engine facilitates the automation, functionality and flexibility needed to address specific vertical business requirements not met with basic document management applications.

The product’s business modules are fully integrated on the company’s enterprise compliance platform and include Research and Development, Clinical/Electronic Trial Master File (eTMF), Quality and Manufacturing, and Sales and Marketing. It is browser-based, tightly integrated with SharePoint, and leverages Silverlight for engaging, interactive user experiences that can integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Office applications, enabling fast user adoption time. It offers enhanced Quality and Manufacturing functionality such as Change Request and advanced forms capabilities which combine data and documents into more meaningful business solutions. In addition, the company provides streamlined system validation packages for rapid deployment.

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