Life Sciences

  When it comes to periodic reporting, we feel that the generation and tracking of periodic reports in Oracle’s Argus Safety is far easier than in other safety and pharmacovigilance systems. In the system, periodic reports are all created and generated from a central screen within the application.   The four basic kinds of periodic […]

  I have a thing for listening in on earnings calls, as I often hear interesting tidbits from executives about their businesses. On a recent call, I found it fascinating to hear the CEO of a biopharmaceutical company specifically address the progress they’re making on one of their clinical trials. He literally got down to […]

  On Thursday, April 23, 2015, we delivered a webinar on 21 CFR Part 11, based on a recent blog series. During the Q&A session at the end, someone asked the following question: Is a web-based quality management system that includes document control and CAPA modules required to be 21 CFR Part 11 compliant? 

  In our last “cloud fact or fiction” post, we discussed the ability to migrate clinical and pharmacovigilance data to the cloud. Let’s jump right in and talk about system integrations in the cloud. Claim #7: Clinical trial software in the cloud cannot be integrated with other systems. 

  In a post from earlier this year, Medical Coding In Argus Safety, Perficient’s Dr. Rodney Lemery discussed how Oracle’s safety and pharmacovigilance (PV) system integrates very nicely with MedDRA and WHO Drug. Since much of the work our safety and PV team does revolves around Argus Safety, we’re also heavily involved with the installation […]

  On Thursday, April 23, 2015, we delivered a webinar on 21 CFR Part 11, based on a recent blog series. During the Q&A session at the end, someone asked the following question: When Argus is hosted by Perficient, is it considered an open or closed system for the company that contracted Perficient to host? 

  It’s not in the San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego. Nor is it in North Carolina or Seattle. 

  Stock symbols remind me of the website domains. If you have something easy to remember, short, and reflective of your business, you’re golden. Even if you just own a great domain, without an actual business, there’s a slight chance you can strike it rich. Remember all those domain names being sold for crazy prices? […]

  Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, as well as our own clinical and safety systems.

  I just read “Failing To Report Severe Drug Side Effects: A National Embarrassment,” written by Forbes contributor Luke Timmerman. He talks about his recent personal experience with our health system and what he believes is poor adherence to the reporting of adverse events. Why should patients or their loved ones have to demand that […]

  Now that May is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in April – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. 

Abhishek Tamang, 4, looks on after receiving medical treatment, following the earthquake, at Dhading hospital, in Dhading Besi, Nepal on April 27, 2015. Reuters Photo/Athit Perawongmetha The situation in Nepal isn’t good. The death toll now stands at over 6,000 and is growing by the day. And many, many more are seriously injured or simply […]