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Pharmacovigilance Services Business Process Services Following the recent withdrawals of many blockbuster drugs, Pharmacovigilance has become a critical phase in the Clinical Development Programs of pharmaceutical companies. The regulations on safety monitoring have become stringent and are periodically revised. This has led to increased safety data collection, analysis, and regulations, which in turn has increased costs. You, therefore, need a strategic partner with process expertise – one who can minimize your cost pressures while unlocking value and maintaining compliance. We, at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), are a market leader in providing drug development services to global pharmaceutical companies – with Pharmacovigilance Services being a core offering. We believe that Pharmacovigilance is a continuous process that has to be conducted throughout the lifecycle of a product. Effective pharmacovigilance function can often mean the difference between having a drug withdrawn from the market and having it stay. Hence it is critical for you to partner with a right service provider. Overview Backed by our extensive knowledge of the drug development process and domain expertise, we bring you comprehensive Pharmacovigilance Services. TCS can help you consolidate your global Pharmacovigilance operations and set up a dedicated team of qualified and experienced associates that help you ensure regulatory compliance, enhance your efficiency, and significantly reduce cost. We offer complete Pharmacovigilance Services, which include data collection, processing, medical review, safety writing, report writing, reporting, signal detection, and analysis. At TCS, we work in a partnership model, where you benefit from our domain knowledge, global reach, quality systems approach, multidisciplinary safety expertise and adhering to reporting timelines of EMEA, FDA, MHRA, and other regulatory authorities. Experience Certainty Experience Partnership TCS has gained expertise, set up robust processes and developed global infrastructure by providing world-class Pharmacovigilance Services to 4 of the Top 12 Global Pharmaceutical Companies. n Experience Results 550 + FTE's providing end-to-end Pharmacovigilance Services across a broad range of Therapeutic Areas across all phases of clinical development. Consistently met more than 99% compliance to regulatory reporting timelines. Up to 10 % reduction in error rate and increase in percentage accuracy by implementing Six Sigma projects resulting in increase in the number of cases handled per person per day. The TCS Advantage Industry domain expertise. TCS has acquired a thorough understanding of the Drug Development process with the experience of working for 9 of the Top 20 Global Pharmaceutical Companies delivering Clinical Research Services likes CDM, Biostatistics, Medical Writing & Publishing, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance with 1,500+ highly skilled associates. We have experience of delivering end-to-end Pharmacovigilance Services and processing more than 450,000 cases right from Case Initiation, Triage & Processing, Medical Review, Safety Writing and Reporting. We also have the expertise in processing medico-legal and litigation cases. We have a delivery team comprising associates with extensive experience across different therapeutic areas and safety databases. n n n

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Pharmacovigilance Services

Business Process Services

Following the recent withdrawals of many blockbuster drugs, Pharmacovigilance has become a critical phase in the Clinical Development Programs of pharmaceutical companies. The regulations on safety monitoring have become stringent and are periodically revised. This has led to increased safety data collection, analysis, and regulations, which in turn has increased costs. You, therefore, need a strategic partner with process expertise – one who can minimize your cost pressures while unlocking value and maintaining compliance.

We, at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), are a market leader in providing drug development services to global pharmaceutical companies – with Pharmacovigilance Services being a core offering. We believe that Pharmacovigilance is a continuous process that has to be conducted throughout the lifecycle of a product. Effective pharmacovigilance function can often mean the difference between having a drug withdrawn from the market and having it stay. Hence it is critical for you to partner with a right service provider.

Overview

Backed by our extensive knowledge of the drug development process and domain expertise, we bring you comprehensive Pharmacovigilance Services. TCS can help you consolidate your global Pharmacovigilance operations and set up a dedicated team of qualified and experienced associates that help you ensure regulatory compliance, enhance your efficiency, and significantly reduce cost.

We offer complete Pharmacovigilance Services, which include data collection, processing, medical review, safety writing, report writing, reporting, signal detection, and analysis. At TCS, we work in a partnership model, where you benefit from our domain knowledge, global reach, quality systems approach, multidisciplinary safety expertise and adhering to reporting timelines of EMEA, FDA, MHRA, and other regulatory authorities.

Experience Certainty

Experience Partnership

TCS has gained expertise, set up robust processes and developed global infrastructure by providing world-class Pharmacovigilance Services to 4 of the Top 12 Global Pharmaceutical Companies.

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Experience Results

550 + FTE's providing end-to-end Pharmacovigilance Services across a broad range of Therapeutic Areas across all phases of clinical development.

Consistently met more than 99% compliance to regulatory reporting timelines.

Up to 10 % reduction in error rate and increase in percentage accuracy by implementing Six Sigma projects resulting in increase in the number of cases handled per person per day.

The TCS Advantage

Industry domain expertise. TCS has acquired a thorough understanding of the Drug Development process with the experience of working for 9 of the Top 20 Global Pharmaceutical Companies delivering Clinical Research Services likes CDM, Biostatistics, Medical Writing & Publishing, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance with 1,500+ highly skilled associates. We have experience of delivering end-to-end Pharmacovigilance Services and processing more than 450,000 cases right from Case Initiation, Triage & Processing, Medical Review, Safety Writing and Reporting. We also have the expertise in processing medico-legal and litigation cases. We have a delivery team comprising associates with extensive experience across different therapeutic areas and safety databases.

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Delivery excellence. TCS has successfully undergone audits from FDA & MHRA. The independent internal quality assurance group performs internal GCP audits and is responsible for maintaining regulatory (ICH GCP) compliance within TCS, as well as prepares the study and process to be Audit ready. All our associates are well trained with in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in working on regulatory guidelines like ICH GCP, FDA. TCS has developed and implemented the Integrated Quality Management System (iQMS) to all clients to address all quality assurance practices.

About TCS Business Process Services (BPS)

Business Process Services (BPS) at TCS is about managing & executing business operations. Our domain expertise helps deliver core business processing across industries, analytics & insights and support processes such as accounting, HR and supply chain management. TCS partners with customers to accelerate co transformation, and generates business value for customers through delivery excellence, risk management and through innovative models such as Platform BPS which delivers process as a service. With annual BPO revenues of greater than US$ 1.4 billion, TCS is one of the largest BPS providers with 47,500+ employees servicing 225+ customers across the globe.

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To know more about Pharmacovigilance Services, contact [email protected]

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Complete Pharmacovigilance Services

DATA COLLECTION & PROCESSING

MEDICAL REVIEW SAFETY WRITING SIGNAL DETECTION & ANALYSIS

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Receive cases from various sources

Case Initiation

Triage

Data Entry, Coding, Labeling

Narrative Writing

Quality Check

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Review source documentation

Confirm Seriousness

Confirm Expectedness

Review & Modify comments

Identify SUSAR/SUA’s

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Template selection

Review source data

Scientific/Medical Assessment of case

Authoring of first draft

Client review

Editorial review

Publishing

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Signal Generation and Detection

Signal Analysis

Determination of causality

Evaluation of frequency & strength

Determination of health outcomes

Experience working with ARISg, Argus Safety, Proprietary Client systems

An overview of our Pharmacovigilance Services