LEO Pharma Standardizes on Veeva Development Cloud to Speed Drug Development
March 26, 2019
Unified applications for clinical, regulatory, and quality streamline
end-to-end product development to increase operational efficiency
PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cloud?src=hash" target="_blank"gt;#cloudlt;/agt;–Veeva
Systems (NYSE:VEEV) today announced that LEO Pharma, a global leader
in medical dermatology, selected Veeva
Development Cloud applications to help drive end-to-end business
processes across product development. The company will utilize the Vault
Clinical, Vault
RIM, and Vault
Quality suites to unify drug development on a single cloud platform.
With Veeva Development Cloud, LEO Pharma can bring together applications
for clinical, regulatory, and quality for even greater efficiency and
compliance throughout the product development lifecycle.
“LEO Pharma R&D has embarked on an ambitious strategy for 2025, which
will pave the way for our ambitions to continuously pioneer dermatology.
This requires that we are able to drive science globally, whilst at the
same time securing timely delivery on our pipeline,” said Kim Kjøller,
executive vice president of global research and development at LEO
Pharma. “Veeva Development Cloud gives us a unified platform that can
enable us to maximize efficiency throughout product development and
scale as we grow towards our goals. Now we will be able to streamline
product development globally and speed up delivery of new treatments to
even more patients.”
LEO Pharma aims to reach 125 million patients who have chronic and acute
skin conditions by 2025. To expand its drug development efforts, the
company has made a number of significant acquisitions and established
hubs in the United States and China. Veeva Development Cloud gives LEO
Pharma’s global teams a single source for product development
information to better maintain compliance and improve global
collaboration.
“Veeva is helping us transform our entire R&D business,” said Mika
Välilä, senior director of digital business platforms, global IT, for
LEO Pharma. “Veeva Development Cloud allows us to drive greater
consistency and productivity across product development efforts in
clinical trials, regulatory matters, and quality.”
LEO Pharma today utilizes Vault
eTMF, Vault
Submissions, and Vault
QualityDocs. In 2019, the company will add Vault
CTMS, Vault
Study Startup, Vault
Registrations, and Vault
QMS to further streamline the product development lifecycle across
regions and departments.
“LEO Pharma is a great example of how organizations are modernizing
critical business functions,” said Rik Van Mol, vice president of Veeva
Development Cloud Strategy, Europe at Veeva. “Veeva Development Cloud
gives life sciences companies the foundation to eliminate system, site,
and country silos throughout drug development.”
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About LEO Pharma
LEO Pharma helps people achieve healthy
skin. The company is a leader in medical dermatology with a robust R&D
pipeline, a wide range of therapies, and a pioneering spirit. Founded in
1908 and owned by the LEO Foundation, LEO Pharma has devoted decades of
research and development to advance the science of dermatology, setting
new standards of care for people with skin conditions. LEO Pharma is
headquartered in Denmark with a global team of 5,500 people, serving 76
million patients in 130 countries. In 2018, the company generated net
sales of DKK 10,410 million. For more information, go to www.linkedin.com/company/leo-pharma or
www.leo-pharma.com.
About Veeva Systems
Veeva Systems Inc. is the leader in
cloud-based software for the global life sciences industry. Committed to
innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva serves more
than 700 customers, ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical
companies to emerging biotechs. Veeva is headquartered in the San
Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia,
and Latin America. For more information, visit veeva.com.
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Contacts
Lisa Barbadora
Veeva Systems
610-420-3413
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Trine Juul Wengel
LEO Pharma
+45-72-60-8618
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