Our life sciences and technology experts recently delivered the webinar, “Improve Medical Product Information Sharing With Virtual Agents,” where they discussed how automation and artificial intelligence can be used to optimize call center operations and improve end-user experiences. Here are five key takeaways: Just because a system is powered by AI doesn’t mean you have […]
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Industry Slant // Kari Blaho-Owens on Montana, Aviation, and Pharmacovigilance
Kari Blaho-Owens, Ph.D., is Perficient’s Director of Pharmacovigilance, Safety, and Regulatory Affairs. She leads a team that provides PV, regulatory, risk management knowledge, and consulting to pharma and CROs. Perficient also hosts PV-related applications, configure, validate and maintain PV adverse event databases, and reporting solutions. At the end of the day, we contribute to patient […]
Is the Clinical Development Platform Approach Right for You?
Life sciences organizations typically manage their IT infrastructure and applications in silos. They implement disparate applications and manage the content and process within those applications separately. They then deploy integrations between those applications to streamline processes and share content and data with different business areas. Much of this work, including the development of integration tools […]
Let’s Talk About Our Relationship (and Pharmacovigilance)
Due to social distancing, many of us found ourselves with extra time during COVID-19. Recently on a sunny day, I was prepping some of my beehives for the upcoming winter. (By the way, anyone who thinks beekeeping is easy, please come and help! It’s hot, heavy, complicated, and completely rewarding. It’s the perfect mix of […]
Pharmacovigilance During COVID-19: Finding the Best Information
There is no question that the pandemic COVID-19 has transformed life as we know it today. We are now operating in a different pharmacovigilance (PV) paradigm, adapting as we move daily. While patient safety remains the first priority, AEs will continue to come in for processing, and daily PV activities will continue. New therapeutic information […]
22 Reasons To Attend Thursday’s Pharmacovigilance Surveillance Webinar
The challenge with all pharmacovigilance and safety surveillance is that it’s quite complicated. There is a lot of data and very few technical solutions that make analyzing safety data relatively simple. That’s where Perficient comes in. Join me, Kari Blaho-Owens, Ph.D., Director of Pharmacovigilance and Safety, Perficient, on February 6, 2020, at 10 AM CT, […]
Join Us At Oracle Industry Connect 2018
Perficient is sponsoring Oracle Industry Connect April 10-11 in New York City, and we would like our valued clients to be there. Several key representatives from our life sciences practice will be available to discuss any of your ongoing or upcoming initiatives. Mike Grossman, General Manager Dennis Dougherty, Business Development Executive Rudolf Coetzee, Business Development […]
Interest In AI And Cognitive Is Rising In Pharma
Artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive computing, and machine learning are becoming more common in the industry. The need to scour and analyze large sets of data is giving life sciences companies new intelligence that would never have been realized before. The technology is making a big impact on healthcare decisions and patients. When it comes to […]
Building Better Safety Profiles With Real-World Data & Evidence
The use of real-world data has exploded in recent years and will continue playing a crucial role in 2018. Almost every major pharmaceutical and medical device company conducts real-world studies to build better safety profiles for their products, as well as support initial study findings. Real-world data can come from a variety of sources including […]
EMA Issues Brexit Guidance To Pharma
Pharmaceutical companies selling their products in the UK need to consider the impact Brexit will have on their operations. Some changes will need to be made before the UK leaves the European Union on March 30, 2019. In a press release, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said: “The guidance document outlines the practical and simplified […]
Top 5 Pharma & Medical Device Blog Posts From October 2017
Now that November 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 October – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Aggregate Report Preparation In Safety […]
Aggregate Report Preparation In Safety And Pharmacovigilance
Aggregate report preparation represents one of the single most time- and resource-intensive pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements, which is why many companies are interested in more automated solutions that are fit-for-purpose. What we typically recommend to clients is a focused approach that optimizes as much as their internal workflow as possible. We also recommend that subject matter […]