Generate a Regulatory Report

Vault Safety can export cases to fully-compliant and submittable regulatory reports.

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Report Generation Overview

Vault Safety maps Case data to generate Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) that are fully compliant, maintain case versions, and support multiple Submission and Distribution destinations.

You can generate regulatory reports automatically as part of the Transmission workflow or manually. You can also preview the Case in a regulatory report format to assist with reviewing and assessing the Case. Generated files appear in the Vault Library and are versioned during regeneration.

Supported ICSR Report Formats

Vault Safety supports generating the following ICSR formats:

File Type Format Description
PDF Form FDA 3500A Generates the FDA MedWatch 3500A form.
CIOMS I Generates the CIOMS I form.
E2B (R2) XML ICH E2B (R2) Generates an E2B (R2) file compliant with the ICH common standard guidelines.
FDA E2B (R2) Generates an E2B (R2) file for electronic submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gateway.
HC E2B (R2) Generates an E2B (R2) file for electronic submissions to Health Canada (HC) gateway.
E2B (R3) XML ICH E2B (R3) Generates an E2B (R3) file compliant with the ICH common standard guidelines.
EMA E2B (R3) Generates an E2B (R3) file for electronic submissions to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the UK Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) gateway.
FDA VAERS E2B (R3) Generates an E2B (R3) file for vaccine-related electronic submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) VAERS gateway.

The links in the above table provide information on how Vault Safety maps case data to generate reports in each of these formats. For more information on which report formats to generate for different regulatory agencies, see the report formats detailed on Standard Agency ICSR Submissions.

Automatic Generation of Reports for Transmissions

When a Submission record to a regulatory agency is created, Vault Safety automatically generates a regulatory report in the appropriate submission format, determined by the associated Transmission Profile.

When a Distribution record for a Partner Distribution Family or Reporting Obligation is created, Vault Safety automatically generates a regulatory report in the format specified on the Distribution record or associated Transmission Profile.

Manually Generate a Submittable Report

You can generate any supported report format from a Submission or Distribution record using the Generate Transmission Document(s) user action.

Note You cannot generate transmission documents for Imported Cases. The Generate Transmission Document(s) user action is visible for these Case types but the action does not generate a document. If you must generate a report, you can convert the Imported Case to a Case or Follow-Up Case.

  1. Go to the Submission or Distribution record.
  2. Check that the report type in the Transmission Document Type field is the report that you want to generate.
  3. To change the report type, select Edit, and then choose a different report in the Transmission Document Type field.
  4. Expand the All Actions (All Actions) menu, and then select Generate Transmission Document(s).

Result

The system generates the case report document and adds a link to the document to the File field. If you do not see the file, refresh the page.

Note If the transmission document name exceeds 100 characters (the maximum length), the system automatically truncates it to 100 characters so that the transmission document can generate successfully.

Generate a Report Preview from the Case

By default, users assigned the Data Entry, Reviewer, or Medical Reviewer role can generate reports from the Case page. However, your vault may be configured differently.

Note Reports generated from the Case page are intended to be used as previews and not intended for submissions. Generate reports from the Submission or Distribution record for a final version.

  1. Go to the Case for which you want to generate a regulatory report preview.
  2. Expand the All Actions (All Actions) menu, and then select the format for which you want to generate.
    The options available depend on your system configuration. The following options are available by default in most vaults:
    • Generate CIOMS I: Generates a CIOMS I Suspect Adverse Reaction Report.
    • Generate E2B R3: Generates a FDA E2B R3 file.
    • Generate FDA3500A: Generates a MedWatch FDA 3500A form.
      The system generates the report and attaches it to the Case under Documents.
  3. To view the report, expand Documents, and then select the name of the report.
    The Classification column identifies the report type.

Tip Your administrator can configure actions to generate forms in other E2B formats.

Blind-Protection on Report Previews

For blinded Study Cases, users that do not have privileges to view unblinded data can generate regulatory report previews with all unblinded data masked or removed from the generated file.

Note Study Product dosage is unblinded on report previews if dosage blinding has not been enabled by Veeva Support in your Vault. Dosage Masking for Study Products provides more information.

When you generate a regulatory report preview on a blinded Case, Vault Safety generates two separate documents. One document contains the unblinded data and is only visible to users authorized to access unblinded data. The second document masks all unblinded data and is prefixed with Blinded in the filename.

Note To generate blinded regulatory report previews, the Case Product selected must be a blinded Study Product.

E2B Export Size Limits

For EMA E2B submissions, attachment file size cannot exceed 15 MB. All Vault Safety E2B transmissions have a maximum total size limit of 100 MB.

E2B Document Attachments and Literature References

Case documents that meet the appropriate criteria are included with E2B transmissions. Add a Case Attachment or Literature Document provides more information on adding these documents to a Case.

The system handles attachment transmissions differently for E2B R2 and R3. The following list provides more information:

  • E2B R3 Transmissions: For E2B (R3) formats, attachments and literature documents are encoded directly in the E2B file.
  • FDA E2B R2 Transmissions: For FDA E2B (R2) gateway transmissions, the system sends attachments separately after receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) acceptance from the health authority for the ICSR E2B transmission. Once sent, each attachment receives its own ACK.

    Note The E2B R2 attachment feature only works with FDA gateway transmissions, not with configurable (custom) synchronous gateways.

You must verify that E2B transmision attachments are supported by the destination gateway. The following list provides links with more information on verification with various destination gateways:

Document Attachments

To attach a document (A.1.8.1/C.1.6.1.r.2), the vault document fields must be completed as follows:

  • The document's Case field must link to the Case for which the E2B is being generated.
  • The Organization field must link to the same Organization with which the Case is linked.
  • The document must be classified with the Case > Source > Attachment document type.
  • The Retransmit field set to Yes.
  • To populate E2B Documents Held by Sender (A.1.8.2/C.1.6.1.r.1), complete the Attachment Description and Attachment Description Continued fields.

Literature Attachments

To attach a literature reference document (A.2.2/C.4.r.1-2), the vault document fields must be completed as follows:

  • The document's Case field must link to the Case for which the E2B is being generated.
  • The Organization field must link to the same Organization with which the Case is linked.
  • The document must be classified with the Case > Source > Literature document type.
  • To populate E2B Literature Reference(s) (A.2.2/C.4.r.1), complete the Reference field. References are always included regardless of the Retransmit field value.
  • To export the document content (C.4.r.2), you must set the Retransmit field to Yes.
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