Life sciences

IMS Health
E-solutions

IMS Health, is a global provider of information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Working with the IMS Health global IT development team, we are using technology to deliver new ways of producing and delivering their core product - Retail Sales Analysis data - focused around the extranet and the Internet. This is a high level strategic project, which is improving client communication and relationships as well as streamlining the business process.

Novartis UK
Customer relationship management

Novartis is a world leader in life sciences with operations in healthcare, agribusiness and consumer health. C&C Group are working with Novartis UK on their flagship CRM project, incorporating Siebel eMarketing, Business Objects reporting and our own sales and activity data warehouse reporting suite. This mission critical project is transforming business and customer intelligence data into knowledge, for improved analysis and decision-making.

eCPMS (Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service)
C&C Group are working with Novartis UK to deliver their eCPMS system. This system supports the Novartis Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service, delivering patient data access to the CPMS call centre and to registered medical professionals throughout the healthcare community.

C&C Group have released two major upgrades to the system since it went live, and are currently working on the next release. We are responsible for the day-to-day support of the systems supporting the Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service and are committed to providing the high levels of service that are required to keep the service available to the healthcare community.

The application is a thin-client browser-based intranet/extranet application secured by SSL and hosted at multiple sites (employing advanced database replication to deliver access both internally and outside of Novartis, and also provide service continuity in the event of site failure). The initial phase of the project included the incremental migration of sensitive patient data from the live system to the new system and the interfacing of external laboratory systems to eCPMS. The technology employed includes ASP, Java and SQL Server 2000.

Quintiles Innovex
Business information - data warehouse design and development

Quintiles Innovex provides commercial solutions for the world's leading pharmaceuticals and biotechnology companies. C&C Group were responsible for the initial business analysis, design, build and implementation of PRISM, the sales and activity business information solution created for Quintiles Innovex. Business critical information is delivered via Business Objects WebIntelligence to their customers, mobile sales force and head office. PRISM is underpinned by an Oracle data warehouse exceeding one terabyte in size. We also provide on-going support and system maintenance.

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C&C won by competitive tender the contract to develop an electronic management information system (eMIS) to support and administer Innovex's client billing process. This was a fixed price development delivered on-site, in budget to the complete satisfaction of the client. The system was implemented using the Oracle 9iAS development and deployment suite.

LEO Pharmaceuticals
Corporate Data Warehouse And Business Intelligence Initiative

LEO Pharmaceuticals is part of the LEO group of companies, the parent company of which, LEO Pharma, is located in Denmark and is owned by the LEO Foundation. LEO Pharmaceuticals is primarily a sales and marketing company although we also have a large medical department which carries out clinical studies on behalf of the group.

LEO specialises in the research and development of prescription medicines. In the UK, LEO Pharmaceuticals is the leading dermatological company in the prescription medicine market. LEO also markets a range of prescription products for companion animals.

C&C Group have been chosen as consultancy and development partners for LEO Pharmaceuticals corporate data warehouse and business intelligence initiative. The scoping and planning of the project was completed in late 2002 and development of the first phase of this exciting project is now successfully under way.

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Commercial Business System

Bristol- Myers Squibb is a pharmaceutical and related health care products company whose mission is to extend and enhance human life.

C&C Group won by competitive tender the contract to develop a Commercial Business System for B-MS UK. The system supports and administers the discount, rebate and bonus schemes B-MS offers to their account customer base. The system also supports the high value NHS tender process and includes sophisticated workflow and product alert processing.

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Phase II of CBS is under development to add an analytics and reporting capability based around a star schema orientated complementary data mart and sophisticated and innovative bespoke OLAP features.

AstraZeneca
Dispensing Doctor Discount System

AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. Backed by a strong research base and extensive manufacturing and commercial skills, they provide innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference for patients in important areas of healthcare. They aim to be the first with new ideas and innovative in all areas of their activity to create value for their customers, shareholders, employees and the communities in which they work.

C&C Group developed a Dispensing Doctor Discount System for AZ UK. The system supports and administers the discount, rebate and bonus schemes AZ offer to their account customer base. The system is thin-client, zero-install, browser-based and is built upon Microsoft .NET and SQL Server technology. The development was carried out using JAD and RAD techniques, delivering the completed system within 6 weeks of development time. The system interfaces with SAP ERP and with the AZ corporate data warehouse to automatically generate customer discounts based on sales.