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Regulatory demands for life sciences companies have evolved significantly over the years. In the past, regulations were primarily focused on product safety and efficacy. However, today, regulations also encompass many other areas, such as reporting all transactions to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (transparency reporting), ensuring compliant third-party engagements, and more. Combined with […]

As the Life Sciences industry evolves, the significance of robust data collection processes cannot be overstated, especially when submitting open payment data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With regulatory scrutiny on the rise, organizations grapple with the complexities of ensuring their spend reporting practices align with the ever-evolving compliance requirements. As […]

The importance of adhering to regulatory demands continues an upward trend. Life science compliance is becoming more complex with heightened regulatory demands and evolving rules and regulations. With compliance programs playing a crucial role in risk identification, management, and remediation, leveraging a data-driven compliance solution to augment compliance program capabilities seems to be the way […]

Life sciences companies continue introducing novel therapies, treatments, and new scientific discoveries, such as Abbvie’s hepatitis C treatment [1] Mayvret, for treating patients without cirrhosis and with compensated cirrhosis. However, changing regulations, heightened scrutiny, and regulatory expectations have impacted life sciences companies and compliance professionals. The impact came with both challenges and opportunities for compliance […]

73%[1] of compliance officers indicate “increasing regulatory expectations” and “scrutiny with boards/regulators” as the top two sources of pressure. In the life sciences compliance world, non-compliance’s consequences are far from trivial. They can result in not only hefty fines but also potential criminal charges. Picture your organization facing a government investigation, and you’ll quickly understand the […]

Let’s start with the DOJ’s updated compliance guidance[1]  for life sciences companies. They put forward clear expectations related to compliance, audits, and other functions and emphasized the importance of having access to data. But beyond access to data, they advised organizations to use data analytically to assess compliance throughout the organization, test the compliance program, […]