Regulatory Submission Readiness

Govern Regulatory Submissions

Govern every phase of your regulatory submission

Regulatory submission teams are managing high-stakes submission programmes using Excel trackers, email chains, and shared drives — tools with no audit trail, no governed workflow, and no real-time dossier visibility. goPLIMS changes that.

Dedicated pharma cloud    |  Built for small & mid-size teams

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Governed submission phases — from planning to post-approval knowledge retention

21 CFR

Part 11 compliant e-signatures and audit trail on every dossier action

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Platform replacing Excel, email, and shared drives across your submission team
THE CHALLENGE

Pharma teams are managing high-stakes submissions with tools built for none of this

An NDA or MAA submission is one of the most complex, high-stakes projects a pharma company undertakes. It involves hundreds of documents, multiple authors across functions, agency queries demanding precise responses on tight deadlines, and a dossier that must be complete, consistent, and defensible on the day of submission.

Most regulatory teams manage all of this with Excel trackers manually updated, email chains with no audit trail, and shared drives with no version control. There is no cross-functional collaboration and real-time visibility of what is complete, what is outstanding, and what gaps exist in the dossier right now.

If your submission team uses these — goPLIMS replaces them
    • Excel CTD module tracker — manually updated, version confusion
    • Email chains to coordinate authors, reviewers, and approvers
    • Shared drives for documents with no review workflow or audit trail
    • Separate tools for agency queries, documents, and milestones

Submission knowledge and agency response history lost between submissions

goPLIMS closes the gap

A purpose-built, dedicated cloud platform that gives regulatory teams governed workflows, real-time dossier readiness dashboards, and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant records — without the implementation cost or complexity of enterprise RIMS

One governed platform — real-time, compliant, purpose-built for teams collaboration and seamless integration

Governed Workflow

End-to-end governance across your regulatory submission lifecycle

goPLIMS governs every phase of the regulatory submission process — from submission strategy and planning through document authoring, review and approval, dossier gap analysis, agency query management, and post-submission knowledge retention.

Pharma-specific use cases

Real regulatory submission scenarios governed by goPLIMS

From first-in-class NDA to parallel multi-market submissions — goPLIMS is configured for the real-world complexity that regulatory affairs teams face.

New drug application

NDA submission to FDA for a novel small molecule — parallel MAA to EMA

A biopharma company manages simultaneous NDA and MAA preparation on goPLIMS — separate CTD module trackers per market, shared document authoring with market-specific adaptations, and a single agency query register tracking FDA and EMA RFIs from Day 74 through approval.

Generic drug submission

ANDA programme management for a portfolio of five generic drug products

A generic pharma regulatory team uses goPLIMS to manage five concurrent ANDA submissions — each as a separate workstream with its own CTD tracker, bioequivalence documentation register, and FDA query log — with a cross-submission dashboard showing portfolio readiness at a glance for the VP of Regulatory Affairs.

Clinical trial authorisation

IND and CTA filing for first-in-human Phase I study — US and EU sites

A clinical-stage biotech manages IND preparation for the FDA and CTA preparation for EMA in goPLIMS — governing protocol documents, investigator brochure versions, manufacturing section, and clinical pharmacology modules across both filings with a single team and shared document repository.

Post-approval management

Managing a portfolio of post-approval supplements & variations across multiple markets

A mature product regulatory affairs team tracks CMC supplements to FDA, Type IA/IB/II variations to EMA, and notifiable change submissions to Health Canada in goPLIMS — with each variation as a governed workstream, its own document package, agency query log, and approval milestone — all visible on one dashboard.

Platform modules

Powering Regulatory Submission Readiness

Six purpose-built modules working together on one dedicated, 21 CFR Part 11 compliant cloud — from submission planning through agency query management and post-submission knowledge retention.

ActionR

Action Register Management

Assign and track every submission milestone and document action — author assignments, review actions, approval tasks, and post-submission commitments — with owner accountability and deadline management across all markets.

EDocM

Electronic Document Management

A single governed repository for every submission document — CTD modules, clinical study reports, manufacturing summaries, labelling — version-controlled, linked to the approval workflow, and searchable across submissions.

ESignM

Electronic Signature Management

21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 compliant electronic signatures on every document approval, submission cover letter, and regulatory commitment — timestamped, tamper-evident, and exportable for inspection.

RFI-M

RFI Management

Manage agency queries from FDA, EMA, and Health Canada as governed RFIs — with owner assignment, response deadlines, review and approval before submission, and a complete query history retained across submissions.

TrackR

Central Online Tracker

A real-time submission readiness dashboard — CTD module completion by market, document authoring status, outstanding reviews, and overdue actions — replacing the manually updated Excel tracker your team currently lives in.

DecisionM

Decision Management

Capture every submission strategy decision — market prioritisation, dossier scope choices, agency consultation outcomes — so the regulatory strategy is retained in the platform and available to every future submission team.

Data Integrity & Security

Regulatory submission records that meet health authorities apply

Every document, approval, and agency response managed in goPLIMS is governed by data integrity and security controls that meet the requirements FDA, EMA, and Health Canada expect to see when they review your submission or inspect your organisation.

21 CFR Part 11 compliant e-signatures

Every document approval and submission cover letter is signed with a timestamped, intent-captured electronic signature — meeting FDA requirements for authenticity and non-repudiation on all submission records.

Tamper-evident submission audit trail

Every authoring, review, approval, and submission action is captured in an immutable, timestamped audit trail. When an inspector asks who approved a document and when, the answer is in the platform — complete and unalterable.

Role-based access and document security

Authors, reviewers, approvers, and regulatory leads each have precisely scoped access. Submission documents are not accessible to those without appropriate role permissions — enforced by the platform, not by folder naming conventions.

Single-tenant dedicated pharma cloud

Your regulatory submissions — dossier documents, agency query responses, strategic decisions — are never co-mingled with other companies or industries. Dedicated storage and infrastructure meeting GMP data security requirements.

Data encryption and disaster recovery

All submission data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Automated backup and point-in-time recovery ensures your regulatory records are always available — meeting the data availability requirements applicable to submission management systems.

ALCOA+ enforced at every action

Submission records are Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate — the ALCOA+ principles health authorities apply to GMP data are enforced by goPLIMS architecture on every regulatory submission record.

Reports & Dashboards

From real-time dossier readiness to a complete agency query register

goPLIMS gives your regulatory team — and your leadership — the visibility they need to manage high-stakes submissions without manually compiling status updates from across the team.

Dossier Gap Analysis Report

A structured report comparing documents available in EDocM against the required CTD module structure for each market — identifying missing documents, documents in draft, and documents pending review, with the owner and target date for each gap.

Agency Query Register

A live register of all RFIs from FDA, EMA, and Health Canada — with agency, question reference, assigned owner, response status, response deadline, and date of submission — updated in real time as queries are received and answered.

Submission Readiness Dashboard

Real-time CTD module completion percentage per target market — showing what is approved, in review, in authoring, and not yet started — updated automatically as documents progress through the workflow.

Document Authoring Status Report

All submission documents by section — author assigned, current version, authoring status, review status, and approval status — giving the regulatory project manager a clear view of what is on track and what is at risk.

Parallel Submission Status Report

A comparative view of readiness across parallel submissions to multiple markets — showing the readiness delta between NDA and MAA dossiers, and which documents need market-specific adaptation before each deadline.

Submission Archive Export

A complete, structured export of all submission documents, approval records, agency query responses, and key decisions — formatted as an inspection-ready submission archive covering the full regulatory lifecycle.
Why goPLIMS

Built for regulatory teams — not enterprise RIMS

Enterprise regulatory information management systems take 12–18 months to implement and cost more than most small and mid-size pharma teams can justify. goPLIMS delivers the same governance for submission management — at a scale and price that works.

Single dedicated cloud

Your regulatory dossiers are never shared with other companies or industries. A dedicated deployment meeting GMP data integrity and data security requirements for submission records.

21 CFR Part 11 by design

Compliance is the architecture, not a feature. Electronic records, e-signatures, and audit trails are built into every module from the ground up — not bolted on after the fact.

One integrated platform

The same platform that governs your audits, pre-manufacturing phases, and knowledge management — sharing one audit trail, document store, and dedicated cloud across all programmes.

Live in days, not months

No 12-month RIMS implementation. goPLIMS is configured to your submission programme and productive from day one — with onboarding support included for your regulatory team.

Frequently asked questions

Your questions answered.

Yes. goPLIMS manages parallel submission programmes as separate workstreams on one platform — each with its own CTD module tracker, document register, and agency query log. The shared platform means your team has a single view of what is complete, what is outstanding, and what readiness score each dossier has against its submission deadline, without duplicating work across separate tools for each market.

Every agency query is managed as a governed RFI in RFI-M — assigned to an owner, given a response deadline, reviewed and approved before submission, and retained as a permanent record on the platform. The agency query register gives submission managers a real-time view of all open queries, response status, and overdue items across all submissions.

goPLIMS supports NDA, BLA, MAA, ANDA, IND, and CTA submissions — as well as post-approval supplements, variations, and lifecycle management submissions. Each submission type is configured with the relevant CTD module structure, document types, and review workflow appropriate to the regulatory pathway and target market.

TrackR continuously compares the documents available and approved in EDocM against the CTD module structure required for each target market. The gap analysis report shows which documents are missing, which are in draft, which are in review, and which are approved — giving the submission team a clear picture of what remains to be done before the dossier is submission-ready.

Yes — goPLIMS was specifically designed for small and mid-size pharma teams managing high-stakes submission programmes without the resources to implement enterprise regulatory information management systems. The platform is priced, implemented, and supported at a scale that works for teams of 2 to 20 regulatory professionals, and can be live within days of configuration.

Ready to govern your next regulatory submission?

See how goPLIMS replaces Excel trackers and email chains with one compliant, governed submission platform — purpose-built for small and mid-size pharma regulatory affairs teams.

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