One Platform, Three Business Units: How QVW Unified Signal Surveillance for a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company

One Platform, Three Business Units: How QVW Unified Signal Surveillance for a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Companyv

One Platform, Three Business Units: How QVW Unified Signal Surveillance for a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company

For large pharmaceutical organizations, maintaining consistent signal detection and safety surveillance processes across multiple business units can be challenging. A top-10 pharmaceutical company sought to standardize signal management across its Pharma, Vaccine, and Consumer Health divisions while supporting major organizational and technology initiatives.

To achieve these objectives, the company selected QVW (Qinecsa Vigilance Workbench), Qinecsa’s signal detection and signal management platform. The implementation helped create a more unified approach to safety surveillance, improve operational efficiency, and simplify a complex technology landscape.

The Challenge: Standardizing Safety Surveillance Across Multiple Business Units

The client’s objective was to improve and standardize safety surveillance processes across three distinct business areas while supporting broader organizational change initiatives. These requirements created both operational and technical complexity.

Multiple Strategic Priorities

The organization needed to address several challenges simultaneously, including:

  • Consolidating separate vaccine and pharma signal teams. 
  • Supporting the divestment of the Consumer Health division.
  • Integrating multiple public and internal data sources.
  • Managing complex migrations from legacy applications.
  • Replacing established methods and in-house data visualization tools.
  • Simplifying a complex IT landscape.

The company required a robust end-to-end signal detection and signal management solution that could support a unified process across all business units while accommodating future organizational changes.

The Solution: Deploying QVW for Unified Signal Management

The client selected QVW (formerly Commonwealth Vigilance Workbench) because of its innovative approach to signal detection and tracking, its ability to integrate with FAERS and EVDAS data sources, and Qinecsa’s collaborative implementation approach. ployment Strategy

To minimize disruption and accelerate time to value, the implementation was delivered through a two-phase deployment plan. This approach enabled gradual adoption across different business units while ensuring continuity of operations.

Seamless Data Integration and Migration

Qinecsa developed a comprehensive migration and integration strategy that included detailed planning and execution. All QVW modules, including QVW Analytics, were deployed as part of the solution. The platform was also configured to support the future separation of the Consumer Health business. 

The Outcome: Greater Efficiency, Visibility, and Audit Readiness

The successful deployment of QVW supported the client’s strategic goals and delivered benefits across its safety surveillance operations.

Key Business Benefits

Following implementation, the organization achieved:

  • Increased operational efficiency through unified signal processes.
  • Successful combination of Pharma and Vaccine operating units.
  • Enhanced process visibility and improved audit readiness.
  • Significant simplification of the internal IT landscape.

By standardizing safety surveillance practices across multiple business units, the client established a more streamlined and scalable approach to signal management while positioning the organization for future growth and change.

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