PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, September 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Liquent, a Thomson business and global leader in providing regulatory
software solutions, information products and related services for the life
sciences industry, today announced the availability of free eCTD-to-Regulated
Product Submission (RPS) conversion software, an evolving new electronic
submission standard.

Liquent has taken an active role in supporting the RPS standard through
its participation in the testing phase and collaboration with clients.
Liquent developed a utility that is able to convert the XML backbone of an
eCTD submission into the RPS message format and is inviting others to join in
the testing of this evolving standard.

"Regulated Product Submission is an evolving new electronic submissions
standard that could eventually replace eCTD," said Jim Nichols, Liquent's
vice president of product strategy and marketing. "The key to successfully
adopting a new standard is to exercise various scenarios via testing. By
providing real-world user testing and industry collaboration, we are laying
the foundation for the next big standard in regulatory submissions."

The RPS standard creates a framework for sponsors to send regulatory
information using predefined parameters to identify and catalog their
content, allowing reviewers to locate discipline-specific information
consistently. With the same model for all product types to all regulatory
authorities, the RPS standard could be used worldwide for any regulated
products, including foods, medical devices, human therapeutics, and
veterinary medicine.

For more information about Liquent's eCTD-to-RPS conversion software,
please visit: http://www.createrps.com/ .

About The Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com) is a global leader in
providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and
professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn.,
Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to
professionals in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are
listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Its
information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and
development-from discovery to analysis to product development and
distribution. Thomson Scientific information solutions can be found at
scientific.thomson.com .

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