Regulatory Compliance Solutions

Meeting Strict Standards for Localization

Regulated industries face unique challenges when planning for localization because accuracy is critical and the cost of error can be astronomical. Shifting government statutes, rising tendencies towards litigation, and a seemingly unending string of new product releases are converging to dramatically increase your exposure to potentially damaging legal action or negative publicity. With your firm's reputation at stake and the potential for substantial financial settlements, you cannot afford to overlook linguistic errors.

Expert Language Translation Services

Lionbridge global resources consist of full-time translators, sector-specific "in-country" agencies, and independent subject matter experts, delivering multilingual content for IT & telecom, life sciences & healthcare, auto & manufacturing, energy & chemicals, publishing & entertainment, business & consumer services, CPG & apparel, financial service industries, and government.

Lionbridge specializes in localization for two regulated industries: Life Sciences and Finance.

Life Sciences Multilingual Content Management

For medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, getting a new product to the domestic market can take years. Releasing a product globally can multiply that time and effort as each country or region involves unique regulatory compliance challenges. Labeling standards imposed by Europe's Medical Device Directive (MDD) and In-Vitro Diagnostics Directive (IVDD), Japan's product-liability laws, and China's GB18030 standard have placed foreign languages at center-stage for executives, regulatory teams, packaging engineers, and technical writers seeking to shorten time-to-market for healthcare products.

Lionbridge Localization Solutions:

• Accelerate time-to-market and deliver high quality translations by applying a rigorous methodology for the management and reuse of terms and translation memories
• Leverage robust ISO 9001 procedures and state-of-the-art collaboration technology
• Provide worldwide access and visibility into Lionbridge facilities, resources, and processes to support periodic or ongoing compliance audits

Lionbridge Life Sciences teams engage directly with Regulatory Affairs departments to increase the authority and responsibility of in-country managers in reviewing, editing, and approving localized product labeling and content.

Whether your global content consists of inserts, packaging, marketing collateral, Web content, clinical trial materials, or labeling, Lionbridge enables you to get to market quickly while keeping costs low and maintaining global brand integrity.

Financial Content Management Solutions

Lionbridge has the resources to react quickly to the needs of financial services firms, and the experience to help them develop complete solutions for managing their multilingual content.

Lionbridge Localization Solutions:

• Reduce content development costs
• Shorten the publication cycle.
• Help financial services firms meet regulatory compliance in offshore markets for all financial content

Lionbridge combines the talents of a full-time translation staff, industry specific in-country agencies, and independent subject matter experts — as well as senior level editors, print and online publishing professionals, and quality assurance specialists to create a range of translated financial content, including:

• Prospectuses
• Annual reports
• Web sites
• Promotional material
• Quarterly and monthly fund reports