Financial Services

Validation. Admit it – you cringed a little. It’s almost like a dirty word in our industry. That thing that slows down system implementations. That thing that adds a bunch of time and cost to IT projects. That annoying, but necessary, evil. Well, okay, it’s not really “evil,” per say. It is, after all, designed […]

“Quality, quality, quality.” You hear it all the time from your QA colleagues. There are so many forms to fill out, trainings to complete, procedures to read and follow, and internal audits to produce records for. Sometimes, it’s so overwhelming that we’re tempted to just tune it out. That is, until we read an FDA Warning […]

In a previous post, we discussed that Oracle’s Argus Safety makes entering and managing adverse event cases relatively simple due to its intuitive user interface. For this post, we’ll discuss working in the event and product assessment screen and look at a few of its key features. One main requirement for any safety system is […]

The life sciences industry is up against some incredibly high standards from regulatory agencies worldwide – with good reason – so it makes sense that we, in turn, have incredibly high expectations of our vendors, especially IT. Because we have to be able to show complete traceability in our work, we need our software vendors […]

The electronic (or manual through the Safety Reporting Portal) reporting of post-marketed individual case safety reports (ICSRs) to the FDA will be required by mid-2015 (FDA, 2014), and the most efficient way to perform such activities is through an industry-proven adverse event reporting system, such as Oracle’s Argus Safety. Since this is the safety and […]

Just kidding. You may have read the story on TMZ of a New York businessman making big bucks off the panic surrounding Ebola. Guess what? The FDA hit him where it hurts. His site is down. Stop trying to trick the public. Stop being sleazy. That’s the message the FDA is sending to pharmaceutical, medical […]

The life sciences industry is one of the most heavily regulated in the world, which can make it a frustrating space to do business. But, retracing the current mass of regulations back to their roots can be like the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down…and might even make you feel kinda good […]

This morning I got to work and went through my usual routine of catching up on the news online, posting articles on social media, and taking a quick scan of my Facebook feed. One particular Facebook post from one of my younger friends caught my attention. He and his wife recently adopted a child and […]

Many of Monday’s sessions at Money20/20 focused on the retail and commerce space. From demos of new payment platforms and systems, the use of BLE and beacon technology, the future of gift cards and prepaid to research on consumer shopping behaviors, its evident that the emerging trends and innovations in these areas are spilling over into the financial services and […]

The Perficient team is back in Vegas for another year at Money20/20! Before I jump into discussing a couple of the key themes from the first day of sessions, let me just say that the Money20/20 picked up right where they left off with last year’s show and has added some nice new touches of […]

The role of corporate finance in financial services firms has evolved as the demands for balancing growth, regulatory compliance and risk management become increasingly important. According to CFO Magazine and an AlixPartners survey, 71 percent of finance executives polled said their companies need to have access to more robust business information. What’s driving this demand? Firms must be able […]

Life is an adventure and weekends are meant to embrace the new…as long as you are carrying cash. Spending time in the community and randomly stumbling upon fairs or carnivals is one of the great joys of life. But without cash, these joys can quickly turn into frustration. In the past few weeks, I can […]