Adobe Sign has added new enhancements for life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, added more forms automation functionality by including a new way to collect online payments, and announced new cloud-based digital signature partners.

Life sciences and pharmaceuticals are highly-regulated industries have some of the most stringent demands when it comes to digital processes. Adobe Sign now has the necessary controls to comply with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, the globally-accepted regulation for electronic records and signatures in the biopharma industry, through multi-factor e-signature authentication or the more rigorous certificate-based digital signature authentication.

New Adobe Sign capabilities include verifying signer’s identity at the time of signing and requiring the signer to specify a reason for signing, both of which are requirements specified by FDA 21 CFR Part 11. In addition, through Adobe’s partnership with industry leading trust service providers such as Tran Sped, organisations are able to sign documents which meet the SAFE-BioPharma trust requirements.

It often takes multiple steps to fill, sign, pay and send forms such as sales contracts, invoices, new account applications, charitable donations and online order forms. Adobe has partnered with payment gateway provider Braintree, a PayPal service, so that Adobe Sign and Braintree customers can easily and securely collect payments from customers as they fill and sign forms. Braintree supports 130-plus currencies and provides merchant services in 44 countries so transactions can be completed on any device across the globe.

SAP SuccessFactors

Integration of Adobe Sign with SAP SuccessFactors means offer letters and onboarding forms can be signed with Adobe Sign directly from the SAP SuccessFactors workspace to engage the best talent in fast-paced markets. Once signed, approved documents are automatically stored in SAP SuccessFactors for a seamless, end-to-end digital workflow.

• Send offer letters for e-signature from within the SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting application to any candidate with an email address and sign 30% faster than competitive solutions.
• Monitor the status of offer letters through every step of the lifecycle, and view full audit trails in SAP SuccessFactors.
• Send onboarding documents such as benefit enrollment forms and rights agreements to new hires via Adobe Sign and get them up and running faster.
• Ensure compliance and cut legal risk with global e-signatures, and get full visibility into pending approvals across your organization.
• Reduce response times from a week to a day or less.