Health Data Giants Bury Hatchet, Partner Up

In the US, healthcare data giant IQVIA has settled a long-running dispute with life sciences cloud software firm Veeva Systems, and the two firms will now work together as global clinical and commercial partners, with customers of each firm offered simple ways to work with both.

The suit, filed in 2017, alleged that Veeva used a variant of 'crowdsourcing' to gain knowledge of IQVIA's trade secrets. Now the two parties have put that behind them and established agreements that allow IQVIA data to be used within Veeva Network for master data management (MDM), Veeva Nitro for analytics, and Veeva AI; while Veeva's data can be pulled into IQVIA's commercial products and service. IQVIA has also joined the Veeva Technology, AI, and Services Partner Programs to support customer integrations between the two companies' software.

On the clinical side, IQVIA has joined Veeva's CRO Clinical Data Partner program and can leverage the Veeva Clinical Suite to execute clinical trials using Veeva software products, including study builds with Veeva EDC.

Ari Bousbib (pictured), Chairman and CEO of IQVIA, comments: 'IQVIA and Veeva's partnerships bring together best-in-class capabilities in information, AI, technology, and services for our shared clients. This will enable IQVIA customers on Veeva platforms to accelerate clinical development, bring treatments to market more efficiently, and improve access to innovations for patients.'

Web sites: www.veeva.com and www.iqvia.com .

All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas, 2024- by Nick Thomas, unless otherwise stated.