Building COVID-19 Studies In 5-10 Days With Vault EDC

By Ami Mehr

Veeva has developed a way to get EDC studies for COVID-19 trials built and deployed in a matter of days instead of weeks. The current pandemic demands speed and people from all parts of Veeva are looking for ways to do things faster for our customers.

When the urgency of COVID-19 became clear, Veeva’s CEO sent out a communication to all employees recognizing that the coming months wouldn’t be business-as-usual. He asked us for new ideas and encouraged us to get creative about ways we can help the industry. In my role at Veeva, I see lots of protocols and help scope the effort to configure new EDC casebooks for data collection. It became clear that the industry was about to see an explosion of COVID-19 trials, so I started thinking about how to dramatically reduce build times. Trials needed to start immediately and shouldn’t be delayed by the typical months-long startup process. Speed has never been more important, and companies need clinical process innovations to deliver speed without sacrificing quality. The final process must meet the quality needs of our customers and the regulatory bodies.