Vertex Writing Solutions

Regulatory
writing
templates

A customizable template suite for protocols, IBs, CSRs, and Module 2, with example text already in place. Author tooling and AI tailoring keep formatting clean across the suite.

The problem with regulatory templates today

Existing templates leave the hardest part to you.

Authoring templates and starting-point templates from associations, vendors, and consultancies all leave the writer with the same problems. Vertex closes the gap.

01

Section headings, no draftable text

Most templates ship with section structure and instructional placeholders such as "describe X here," "summarize Y." No concrete prose. Writers still face the blank page in every section.

02

Templates that ship pre-broken

A common frustration: templates arrive with formatting already misaligned. Numbering that doesn't increment, cross-references pointing to the wrong place, styles applied inconsistently, page setup that fights the publisher. Writers fix the template before they can use it. At a certain point, building from scratch is faster.

03

One template, many writers, inconsistent output

Without enforced styles and shared tooling, every writer applies the same template differently. The submission reads like it was written by a committee, and reviewers notice. Style guide drift is one of the most-cited template problems in regulatory writing literature.

What Vertex does differently

Four differences, each visible in the deliverable.

Concrete differences between Vertex templates and what's available elsewhere. Each one shows up in the document on day one, not in a marketing claim.

01

Tailored on delivery

A separate AI agent, branding only, never touches content. It replaces logos, headers, footers, and sponsor styling on each delivery. Confidential content stays out of any model.

02

Example text grounded in real submissions

Every Vertex template ships with concrete draftable text, not generic boilerplate. Every line is grounded in decades of regulatory medical writing experience and what survives FDA review. Edit, don't author from scratch.

03

Suite coherence

Protocol and CSR designed together. Module 2.5 and 2.7 paired so content moves between them. Trial summary language reused across IB and DSUR. Content reuse is mechanical, not aspirational.

04

Author tooling included

A custom Word ribbon and VBA macro library ship with the suite. High-frequency cleanup actions are one click away: style application, field updates, comment hygiene, tracked-change formatting. The same tooling supports authoring and pre-publication QC.

How it works

Three steps from kickoff to a tailored template suite.

1

Demo

30-minute walkthrough of the templates you need (protocol, IB, CSR, Module 2), including the example text and the ribbon tooling. No deck. The actual template, on screen.

2

Tailor

Send your sponsor brand kit. The AI tailoring agent replaces branding across the suite. Confidential content never enters any model. Deliverables back within days.

3

Author

Your writers open the templates and start editing the example text instead of staring at "describe X here." Ribbon and macros handle the formatting cleanup. You file faster.

Free templates

Open by default.

Full-length regulatory templates you can download and compare against any incumbent suite. Most vendors keep their templates behind a sales call. Vertex publishes them. Same example-text approach and formatting standards as the commercial suite.

Clinical Study Protocol Template

Full ICH M11-aligned protocol template with example text across synopsis, design, eligibility, statistical analysis, and oversight sections.

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Investigator's Brochure Template

Full IB template, all seven sections, with example text, formatting, and Reference Safety Information structure ready to populate.

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Insights

Best-practice writing for the documents that move drugs.

Practical guidance on writing the regulatory documents Vertex templates support. Each article includes concrete before-and-after example text, the same approach that ships in the templates.

IB

Crafting an IB that stands up to FDA review

What separates an Investigator's Brochure that earns a clean IND from one that triggers an information request. Section by section, with example text.

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M2.7

Module 2.7 Clinical Summary structure, simplified

The four 2.7 subsections, what each one is supposed to do, and where writers most often misplace content between them.

Coming soon
M11

ICH M11 protocol template: what changed and why

The structural shifts in M11 vs ICH E6 and the practical implications for how protocols get drafted, reviewed, and amended.

Coming soon

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A 30-minute live walkthrough of whichever document type matters most to your next filing.

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