Regulatory teams at life science companies are finding that effective regulatory information management (RIM) has become critical to operations. The increasing complexity of regulatory processes remains a key obstacle to realizing the full benefits of RIM systems. A recent industry survey of regulatory professionals identified “defining and implementing globally standardized business processes” as their top business challenge. Business process automation designed for life sciences regulatory and incorporated into end-to-end RIM software is emerging as an important enabling technology to meet this challenge.