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What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. D

Table 1 lists changes in Version 8.0, Rev. D of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 1. What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. D
Topic
Description

Using Signature Control

Added a new section about about signature control. With signature control, users can capture signature samples to distribute to qualified contacts.

What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. C

Table 2 lists changes in Version 8.0, Rev. C of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 2. What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. C
Topic
Description

About Features for Call Planning Specific to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Market

Added a section that provides an overview about new features that address regulatory restrictions in the Japanese pharmaceutical market.

Managing the PMS and Pre-Explain PMS Features

Added a section about tasks specific to Post Market Surveillance (PMS) and Pre-Explain PMS features. With PMS users can create and track obligatory visits with hospital contacts before and after a new drug is launched.

Managing the PID Feature

Added a section about tasks specific to Product Insert Delivery (PID). With PID users can create and track obligatory visits with hospital contacts when a package insert for a drug is modified.

Marking Package Insert Delivery and Post Market Surveillance Calls as Complete

Added a section about marking PMS and PID calls as complete.

Created several new topics in Managing Accounts Contacts in Life Sciences to address new features introduced for call planning specific to the Japanese pharmaceutical market.

Describes functionality that addresses the following tasks:

  • Deleting Multiple Calls in the Accounts Contacts Call Planning Screen
  • Switching to Reporting Mode in the Accounts Contacts Call Planning Screen
  • Displaying Calls Created by Other Representatives

What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. B

Table 3 lists changes in Version 8.0, Rev. B of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 3. What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. B
Topic
Description

Using Personalized Content Delivery

Added a chapter about how to use Personalized Content Delivery (PCD). PCD enables sales representatives to convey product messages to customers during face-to-face sales calls.

Configuring Personalized Content Delivery

Added a section about configuring PCD to Appendix A.

What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. A

Table 4 lists changes in Version 8.0, Rev. A of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 4. What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. A
Topic
Description

Regulatory Reporting

Added new fields for reporting adverse events on Form 3500A so that it complies with the new FDA mandate.

Setting Up MedEd Events (End User)

Updated procedures about allocating event costs across team members and across product lines.

Configuring Data for Oracle Pharma Sales Analytics

Updated references from Siebel Analytics products to reflect the current Oracle analytics product names in various places throughout the appendix.

What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0

Table 5 lists changes in Version 8.0 of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 5. What's New in Siebel Life Sciences Guide, Version 8.0
Topic
Description

Created new topic Viewing Departments and Contacts (End User)

Added topic about viewing departments and contacts.

Added support information to the topic About Electronic Signature Capture

Added information about support of Signature capture on tablet PCs using Windows XP on versions 7.7, 7.8, and 8.0.

Created new Managing Accounts Contacts in Life Sciences

Describes the functionality that addresses the following distinctive traits of the Japanese pharmaceutical market:

  • Hospital-Physician relationships
  • Hospital department support
  • Hospital-Physician targeting information
  • Weekly calendar with call-planning capabilities
  • Contact call with account information

Added Accounts Contacts information to Importing Data into Life Sciences

Added Accounts Contacts information to Data and Related Interface Tables.

New functionality added to Setting Up and Carrying Out a Clinical Trial

Added the following new topics:

  • Setting Up a Protocol
  • Tracking and Revising Team Assignment History
  • Creating and Revising Protocol Versions
  • Setting Up Regions
  • Creating a Site (End User)

Added functionality to Managing Sites and Clinical Contacts

Added the following new topics:

  • Capturing Different Types of Addresses for Each Site (End User)
  • Applying Protocol Site Activity Templates
  • Creating CRF Tracking Activities
  • Creating Site Correspondence Activities
  • Adding Notes to a Site

Removed previous Chapter 22 Siebel Advanced Contracts

Moved this chapter to Siebel Field Service Guide.

Added new topics to Configuring Siebel Life Sciences

Added the following new topics to Appendix A:

  • Submitting Contact Details from Third-Party Applications
  • Accounts Contacts Configuration

Created new Configuring Data for Oracle Pharma Sales Analytics

Describes how to enter application data in the transactional database, while meeting the requirements of the Siebel Pharma Relationship Management Warehouse (RMW).

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