Scientific Communication Platforms define the scientific position, narrative, objectives, and core medical messages for products, therapeutic areas, indications, or a combination thereof. These objectives and messages serve as the foundation for future medical communication activities. Stakeholders leverage these communications platforms to source their messaging and data points used to substantiate medical content.
When configured by your Admin, you can link these objectives and messages to content in MedComms using Scientific Statement linking for tracking and reporting. You can also link Statement Assets to Scientific Statements, supporting your objectives and messages with non-text assets.
Viewing Communication Platforms
To view the Scientific Communication Platforms library, click the Scientific Communications tab collection. Your Admin may have given this tab collection a different name. Click a Communication Platform name to view the record.
While viewing a Communication Platform record, you can click one of the following tabs:
- Overview: This tab displays any defined Hero Image, Guidelines for Use, Pillars, and Scientific Positions.
- Pillars: This tab displays all Pillars created for the individual Communication Platform. You can expand Pillars to view the associated Communication Objectives, Primary Statements, and Aspirational Statements. Vault displays the lifecycle state for each. The Communication Platform interface does not support custom object types.
To view a Communication Platform or associated object record in a mini-browser window, click on the Communication Platform, Pillar, Communication Objective, Primary or Aspirational Statements, References, or Assets.
The Pillars sidebar displays a list of Pillars and Communication Objectives. Click to collapse the Pillars sidebar, or click to reopen it.
Creating & Editing Communication Platforms
To create a Communication Platform from the All Communication Platforms page or on an existing Communication Platform record, click Create.
While viewing a Communication Platform, click + Pillar in the Pillars tab to create a new Pillar. To add a Communication Objective to a Pillar, click + Communication Objective.
From the Communication Objective, click + Aspirational Statement or + Primary Statement to create a Statement record. After creating a Statement, you can add a Secondary Statement by clicking + Secondary Statement, add a Reference by clicking the + icon in the References header, or add a Statement Asset by clicking the + icon in the Statement Assets header. To remove a Statement Asset, click .
Click Edit to edit a Communication Platform, Pillar, Communication Objective, or Aspirational or Primary Statement.
Hero Images cannot exceed 2 MB in size, and must be one of the following file types:
- PNG
- JPG
- JPEG
- SVG
- WebP
The recommended image dimensions for Hero Images are:
- Communication Platform: 1920 x 440 px
- Pillar: 400 x 300 px
Order fields specify the order in which Vault displays records within each section (Pillar, Communication Objective, and Statements). If there are conflicting Order values, or if you do not define Order values, Vault orders the records using the Created Date. Vault automatically generates and dynamically updates record prefixes, such as 1.1 and 1.2.1, based on the Order. This numbering is only used for the Communication Platforms user interface, and is not saved to the applicable records.
Related Permissions
The following permissions control the ability to manage the Communication Platform library:
| Type | Permission Label | Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Security Profile | Object: Communication Platform: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Communication Platform object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Communication Objective: Medical Objective: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Medical Objective object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Communication Objective: Commercial Objective: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Commercial Objective object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Scientific Statement: Primary Statement: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Primary Statement object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Scientific Statement: Secondary Statement: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Secondary Statement object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Scientific Statement: Scientific Statement: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Scientific Statement object records |
| Security Profile | Object: Scientific Statement: Aspirational Statement: Read, Create, Edit, Delete | Ability to see, create, edit, and delete Aspirational Statement object records |
| Document Role | Annotate | Ability to select and create References |
| Document Role | Edit Relationships | Ability to select and create References |