Posted by: Ethan Smith in: ● July 26, 2011
It’s no secret that Life Sciences is one of the most highly regulated industries with ever-increasing obligations and scrutiny. As these requirements increase it is essential that you are prepared for changes that you can expect will continue to come. Life Sciences companies should build into their operational structure a plan for continuous change and [...]
Posted by: Process Matters Blogger in: ● February 2, 2011
Today, Metastorm announced that Forest Laboratories has selected Metastorm’s enterprise software suite for its business process improvement initiatives. Forest has selected several business processes for analysis and automation – including a strategic initiative to model, analyze and automate business processes related to Aggregate Spend Management and compliance with the U.S. Federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act. [...]
Posted by: Process Matters Blogger in: ● December 20, 2010
Last September, as you probably remember, Allergan reached a $600M settlement regarding its off label promotion of BOTOX—which sparked some interesting dialogue about leveraging business process management software to solve new compliance requirements within the pharmaceutical industry. Starting January 2012, U.S. federal government has required that all pharmaceutical companies document, track and report a wide [...]
Posted by: Ethan Smith in: ● April 27, 2010
In today’s Life Sciences world everything is becoming increasingly more difficult – all of the “easy” drugs have been discovered, the human genome has been mapped and parts even patented (albeit with much dispute), the blockbuster model has crumbled, cost pressures are intensifying and regulatory scrutiny is at an all time high. The cries for [...]
Posted by: Metastorm PR in: ● September 8, 2009
With healthcare efficiency in the spotlight, one pharmaceutical company that’s using Metastorm BPM® to automate its clinical submissions process is definitely ahead of the technology curve. Needing to coordinate clinical submissions with a global workforce while meeting FDA pharmaceutical guidelines, the company decided to use Metastorm BPM to create a 24 x 7 automated lifecycle [...]
