Streamlining Labelling Tasks with OnStyle

The Pharmaceutical label has one of the most stringent guidelines out of all industries that use labeling.

But why is that, and why is it important?

The answer is twofold. Firstly, for the sponsor, labels contain essential information regarding its product, such as precautions and warnings, instructions for use, etc. It is critical for the sponsor to communicate this information to both the attending physician and the patient, as it protects the sponsor against misuse and abuse of its product.

Secondly, and most importantly, labels ensure patient safety by providing proper guidance for patients, doctors, and pharmacists. Labeling is therefore critical to keeping patients safe. Streamlining the writing of the label by implementing automated checks during creation, will not only reduce the number of errors, but will also accelerate the labeling process, so that patients can receive important approved medicines faster.

What are Some Typical Issues with Labeling?

The creation and revisions of pharmaceutical labels can be a very challenging process, especially when working with a new therapeutic. Similar to other medical writing environments, this one is no exception to human error. These errors can result in recalls of the product or even worse, they can put patient lives at risk, and therefore must be prevented.

Tackling these far-reaching mishaps early-on is essential for tight timelines and safety.

Regulatory requirements, in the form of style guides and rules, may change, but following-up and adapting to those changes is essential, and not always an easy task. Dangerous errors can occur when critical information is left out of the label due to not adhering to the newest requirements.

Stylistic and structural aspects must also follow the up-to-date guideline requirements. It is therefore important to assess (to name a few):

• hard to read text
• small font sizes
• insufficient color choices
• incorrect figure/table caption numbering and their references
• missing USPI document parts
• incorrect symbol variants
• hidden text
• heading whitespaces

How to Easily Find and Correct Most Labeling Issues

By implementing automated checks for different aspects of the labeling document, you can ensure that the document structure and formatting are always correct.

OnStyle is a Word add-in tool that can automatically detect and resolve over 120 potential issue types in your labeling documents

How To Search for Labeling Issues Using OnStyle?

Labeling-associated inspections with OnStyle are created to ensure that you’re always following the company, drug, and/or the regulatory organization’s (FDA, EMA, etc.) style guide when working on a labeling document.

OnStyle is designed with modularity in mind, so you can easily choose the inspections appropriate to your document and collect them into groups that can be performed with a single click, and at any time.

Adding preconfigured or custom Label inspections collection to your Favorites Group:

OnStyle is provided with many preconfigured inspection groups; but, it is sometimes desirable to create a customized group, and this involves only a few small steps. One can create as many groups as you require and name them anything that works for you. Now, the only thing left to do is to validate the document:

1. First, choose or create the inspection group that will handle the error that needs checking.
2. The second step is launching the inspection group by clicking on it in the OnStyle Ribbon.
3. The third step is to step back and watch OnStyle do the work for you. The results will appear on the Results Pane. It’s that easy!

Why Use Labeling Inspections?

OnStyle lets you automate the hardest part of work, while keeping you in control, and saves precious time. For example, you can check for issues regarding--

• The Boxed Warning part of the Highlight section
• The proper column number in the TOC section
• The exact column spacing in the TOC section
• Invalid USPI and other label document structures
• The Recent Major Changes section

--and then decide to either save them for later, or fix them right away (in some cases, auto-fix is also available).

That's it! One click, and your document is validated.

It really is that easy! By automating the process of searching for and resolving errors, you can focus on content creation, and speed-up the workflow.

For additional efficiency, you can combine inspections: check for hidden texts, nonstandard styles, broken or misdirected mandatory hyperlinks, and many more from the list of 120 inspections.

With OnStyle you can:

• Say goodbye to the monotonous and repetitive Word formatting tasks.
• Validate as often as you want
• Save precious time
• Focus on actual content creation rather than error-searching
• Reduce the risk of errors

See how easy it is to check and fix your label for errors. See the comprehensive list of labeling inspection checks already available in OnStyle or allow us to show them to you personally. Visit the OnStyle webpage to find out more.

Additionally, you can join our upcoming webinar "Update Old Documents to New Standards in Seconds with OnStyle" on Wed, Aug 7, 4 PM CET/10 AM EDT. Save your spots now and see OnStyle in action live for free.

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