Custom LIMS for Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company

Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company needs to cut go-to-market costs

A Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company wanted to significantly reduce the costs of bringing new drugs to market. After evaluating its processes, the company found it was manually organizing its tests and test data that were generated by the Pharmaceutical Analytical Research and Development laboratories. This was done in part to comply with FDA documentation regulations, but had created a laborious and extremely costly system.

The company realized it needed to automate this process, but also comply with FDA regulations and strict federal testing standards that must be met when developing software used by the pharmaceutical industry.

Dunn Solutions Group has the knowledge and reputation to do the job

Because of its in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and its ability to deliver solid, error-free systems, Dunn Solutions Group was chosen to create the automated system. Dunn consultants performed a formal analysis, revealing that the new system would need to serve many more diverse functions. Although complex, this objective was accomplished by creating a single, cohesive workflow and automated system that tracks samples and test results and allows both research scientists and lab personnel to better communicate.

Rights to perform system activities are defined by roles that are assigned to users by a system administrator, and actions within the system are captured by an audit trail. The system also provides online access to testing instructions and standard operating procedures.

Company reduces time to market by 20 percent, saves up to $1 million per week

The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that Dunn Solutions Group integrated now supports approximately 300 users. By tracking information associated with the pharmaceutical development testing process, this automated system has significantly increased the accuracy and efficiency of this Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. In turn, this allows the company to reduce time to market by six to eight weeks, which can result in increased revenues of up to $1 million per week.