Argus Safety, Oracle's flagship safety and pharmacovigilance system, has been enhanced. The new version, 8.1, is considered a major release, due to the number of new features and capabilities. In this SlideShare, Indy Ahluwalia, Perficient’s resident Argus Safety expert, discusses five of the system’s most significant improvements, including how 8.1 differs from previous versions.

1. The 5 Most Significant Changes in
Argus Safety 8.1
July 20, 2017

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About Perficient
Perficient is the leading digital transformation
consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise
customers throughout North America.
With unparalleled information technology, management consulting,
and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency
deliver vision, execution, and value with outstanding digital
experience, business optimization, and industry solutions.

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Perficient Profile
Founded in 1997
Public, NASDAQ: PRFT
2016 revenue $487 million
Major market locations:
Allentown, Atlanta, Ann Arbor, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fairfax,
Houston, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
New York City, Northern California, Oxford (UK), Southern
California, St. Louis, Toronto
Global delivery centers in China and India
~3,000 colleagues
Dedicated solution practices
~95% repeat business rate
Alliance partnerships with major technology vendors
Multiple vendor/industry technology and growth awards

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Today’s Presenter
Indy Ahluwalia
• Senior Business Consultant, Life Sciences
• Leads Argus Safety migrations, implementations,
upgrades, and trainings
• Previously worked at Gilead, Amgen, and Eisai
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• Five of the system’s most significant improvements
• How 8.1 differs from previous versions
• Where to go from here
• Links to additional resources
Agenda

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• 319 bug fixes
• 68 new features
• 3 features removed
How 8.1 differs from
previous versions

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1. Com breakup: Quicker installation and validation
efforts
2. E2B(R3) support for Japan: New version can
support sending cases to Japanese authorities in the
R3 format
3. Interchange mapping on the web: ESM Mapping
has been split into three parts (live demo)
4. Case forms: New changes to the Case Form
section have been made, including the new NF
buttons (live demo)
5. Field labels: Changes to field labels have been
made (live demo)
The 5 most
significant changes

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Where to go from here
Next steps:
• For those not quite ready yet
– Collaborate on requirements
• For those interested in seeing more of 8.1
– Schedule a demo
• For those interested in learning more about
cloud/hosting
– Schedule a call to discuss options available
• Looking to harmonize your safety/PV processes?
– Schedule a call to discuss your situation
Competitive advantages & capabilities:
• Library of pre-validated template environments of
industry-leading systems to reduce implementation
time and cost
• Extensive experience implementing and integrating
clinical and PV applications
• Expertise in project management and process
re-engineering
• Technology evaluation and implementation to
support the strategy
• Cloud hosting since 2002 with dozens of life sciences
cloud customers
• Regulatory-compliant, secure, and powerful
data center
• Application support and disaster recovery
• Health checks
• Roadmap development
• Project management

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• Enabling Better Safety Decisions with Oracle Argus Safety
Download
• Monitoring Adverse Events and Drug Safety Signals
Download
• The State of the Life Sciences Industry | Download
• Validation and Business Considerations for Clinical Study
Migrations | Register
• Enriching the Value of Clinical Data with Oracle Data
Management Workbench | Register
Additional resources
• Perficient.com/SocialMedia
• Facebook.com/Perficient
• Twitter.com/Perficient_LS
• Blogs.perficient.com/LifeSciences

11. Questions?
Email Indy directly:
indy.ahluwalia@perficient.com