With the integration of cutting-edge technologies, organizations can leverage data-driven insights to make informed decisions, accelerate time-to-market for new treatments, and ultimately improve patient care. Life sciences and healthcare companies are at the forefront of innovation and competitive advantage by embracing changing industry trends and harnessing technology’s power.

The ���۴�ýIndustry Heroes program was launched in 2023 to celebrate companies that leverage technology to transform their business in innovative ways. Healthcare and life sciences heroes have harnessed the power of technology to transform the traditional patient paradigm into an adaptive, customer-centric frontier.

Astellas

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a leading pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing healthcare through innovative therapies and cutting-edge research. Focusing on addressing unmet medical needs, Astellas develops and markets a wide range of healthcare solutions across various therapeutic areas, striving to improve the health and well-being of patients globally. With RISE with ���۴�ýand ���۴�ýSuccessFactors solutions, Astellas is building an internal environment that will leverage globally integrated data to unlock the organization’s full potential.

DXC Technology

DXC Technology is a global IT services and solutions company known for its expertise in digital transformation, enterprise applications, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. With a focus on enabling clients to thrive in the digital era, DXC offers a wide range of technology and advisory services tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses across industries. A mobile app built on the ���۴�ýBusiness Technology Platform (���۴�ýBTP) and ���۴�ýBusiness AI is enabling individuals with Parkinson’s disease to keep clinicians informed about their symptoms, accompanied by a clinician dashboard – and generative AI query extensions are also in development. The innovative solution aims to improve the quality of life for these patients and their caregivers and marks a huge step forward in using AI to support clinical decisions.

Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

Gilead’s digital transformation journey includes a bold migration to ���۴�ýS/4HANA with segmentation and ���۴�ýAriba and continues to expand its reach with ���۴�ýBTP and cutting-edge solutions such as ���۴�ýIntelligent Clinical Supply Management, ���۴�ýCell and Gene Therapy Orchestration, and ���۴�ýBatch Release Hub for Life Sciences.

Most notably, Gilead and ���۴�ýare co-innovating on ���۴�ýBatch Release Hub for Life Sciences. This groundbreaking add-on will support continued compliance with regulatory standards across regions and jurisdictions with emphasis on highest quality and safety standards for Gilead’s products, further safeguarding patient wellbeing across the globe. Integrating ���۴�ýAriba solutions, including ���۴�ýBusiness Network, Gilead aims to create a globally interconnected platform, enhancing collaboration between suppliers and buyers while optimizing its global procurement operations.

Additionally, ���۴�ýand Gilead are collaborating on co-innovating jurisdiction control checks using ���۴�ýBatch Release Hub for Life Sciences. The add-on will perform control checks on manufactured batches of pharmaceutical products, helping life science organizations to maintain compliance with regulatory standards across multiple regions and jurisdictions. This safeguard checklist will further support the quality and safety of products.

���۴�ýcelebrates these organizations’ outstanding efforts, collaboration, and dedication to driving successful business outcomes with technology. The innovations streamline research processes, enhance efficiency, and improve patient care, ultimately revolutionizing how healthcare and life sciences companies operate.

���۴�ýInnovation Days for Life Sciences & Healthcare are taking place in Palo Alto, California, from April 24- 25, 2024, and Newton Square, Pennsylvania, from April 29-30, 2024, celebrating industry heroes and bringing attendees together to discuss leveraging technology to drive business outcomes. Get more information on the events .

Purpose-built by ���۴�ýin conjunction with partners, these open-platform solutions are interoperable with the intelligent suite and ���۴�ýBusiness Network. Several partners have recently announced breakthroughs that are helping them accelerate business operations, balance cost efficiencies, and simplify the provisioning of high-value vertical solutions. Here are their stories.

Managing Medical Device Compliance Worldwide

Germany’s p36 GmbH was recently recognized as a 2021 ���۴�ýPinnacle Award finalist in the Partner Application of the Year, Industry Cloud category. The company worked closely with ���۴�ýto develop a best-in-class solution to help businesses in life sciences respond to unique device identification (UDI) requirements for medical devices.

Built on ���۴�ýBusiness Technology Platform (���۴�ýBTP), p36’s new UDI solution fits into existing IT landscapes with ���۴�ýand third-party applications. It provides a holistic, managed UDI service supporting both business and IT operations with active market monitoring and process best practices for different countries – exactly what customers demand from a modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. By doing so, the platform helps p36 customers achieve UDI compliance in order to become and remain competitive globally.

The annual ���۴�ýPinnacle Awards acknowledge the contributions of ���۴�ýpartners that have excelled in growing their partnership with ���۴�ýand helping their customers meet their goals. “Being nominated as a finalist from more than 20,000 ���۴�ýpartners worldwide is an incredible recognition of the way we have provided best-in-class cloud solutions for the life science industry. Our continued partnership with ���۴�ýhas been a major factor in our success, and being a part of SAP’s industry cloud portfolio is the perfect way to support our business strategy of industry-focused SaaS solutions,” said Robin Wennemuth, CEO and co-founder of p36.

New Standard for Life Sciences Clinical Trial Supply Operations

To better address the specific needs of the clinical supplies practice, SAP, Roche, and Tenthpin recently initiated an industry consortium consisting of numerous life science stakeholders, including clinical trial and interactive response technology system vendors. The consortium is focused on defining and orchestrating optimally aligned supply processes in order to harmonize clinical and commercial supply chain management systems. The next-generation ���۴�ýIntelligent Clinical Supply Management solution aims to shape the future of clinical supplies operations.

To further strengthen its strategic partnership with SAP, Tenthpin opened a that is focused on fostering innovative clinical trial solutions designed on SAP’s industry cloud.

“The life science industry is at a crossroads and our clients need to reimagine their future,” said Michael Schmidt, Tenthpin partner and co-founder. “There is a strong need for innovation and the opportunity for the industry is significant. The future of the value chain for the life science industry will be data-driven and patient-centric. With the blurring of lines between pharmaceuticals and medical technology, and with the emergence of bioelectronics, the industry will provide integrated healthcare solutions and treatment that go beyond the pill. Innovation capabilities from Tenthpin in support of SAP’s industry cloud will be at the heart of this transformation.”

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Cloud-Based Clinical Trial Analytics Solution Built on ���۴�ýBTP

In May, Achiral Systems Pvt., Ltd. launched its solution and made it available on SAP’s digital marketplace for partner offerings. The new solution provides a harmonized approach to clinical trial analytics, working to deliver increased transparency into performance, more accurate planning for future studies, greater trust in data, and ultimately higher success rates.

Life science organizations conduct clinical trials worldwide through multiple contract research organizations (CRO). The success of trials depends on study planning and the performance of various sites, CROs, and the experience of researchers. Performance can vary considerably depending on the therapeutic area, the country where research is conducted, and the phase of the study. In most of these organizations, core data is scattered across departments and across multiple spreadsheets. This solution consolidates and aggregates data to bring clarity to analytics.

“We are working exclusively to provide comprehensive solutions for clinical trials,” commented Uma Janapareddy, managing director of SyMetric. “Through our ���۴�ýpartnership, we are able to leverage ���۴�ýBusiness Technology Platform to deliver flexible, cloud-based solutions to our customers. We are pleased to announce the launch of SyMetric Trial Analytics on ���۴�ýStore as part of SAP’s industry cloud.”

To further the spirit of collaboration, Tenthpin and Symetic  their strategic partnership to build clinical trial solutions. Bringing the industry expertise of Tenthpin with SyMetric’s clinical trial solution know-how, on top of ���۴�ýtechnology, is a winning match to help improve clinical trial processes.

Vertical Solutions Drive Cost-Effective Transformation and Sustainable Growth

For life science companies, SAP’s industry cloud can provide resilience, efficiency, and flexibility while supporting strategic transformation. Its wide selection of specialized, cutting-edge solutions can be used to enhance and extend business capabilities while maintaining process integrity and compliance.

Innovators can respond to changing business requirements with applications they can trust while minimizing integration and support costs. They can enable continuous innovation while protecting the security and integrity of business processes. Industry cloud solutions from ���۴�ýhelp increase automation and support business transformation in a safe, controlled way.

Mandar Paralkar is global head of Life Sciences at SAP.