ShareFEST is sponsored by some of the leading vendors of SharePoint-based solutions and services. Sponsors include leading vendors of software solutions for managing SharePoint as an enterprise platform, and companies with specific applications based on SharePoint that address key business areas for pharmaceutical companies, medical device firms and contract research organizations. Leading services companies will also be participating on the exhibit floor and in the conference sessions, sharing their perspectives and best practices for implementing SharePoint as a life sciences solution.

PLATINUM SPONSORS

 
Microsoft provides standards-based products and technology to help the life science industry break down information barriers between the disparate IT environments across  pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Our innovative technology and partner solutions help make critical information immediately available to key people who need it, while also making it easier to connect with other teams, sources of information, and the business processes across the company – ultimately helping researchers and life science organizations reach their full potential. More information about Microsoft Life Sciences can be found at www.microsoft.com/lifesciences.

The NextDocs Document and Quality Management Suite includes a complete set of out-of-the-box solutions for life sciences companies. Each component is fully integrated with our Compliance Platform, which provides all the functionality required to meet regulatory requirements such as the FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11. For more information visit www.nextdocs.com.

GOLD SPONSORS

Cognizant’s Life Science Practice partners with 27 of the top 30 global pharmaceutical/biotech organizations in addition to serving companies in the medical devices, CRO and life sciences product sectors. We enable business transformation by delivering consulting, IT and business process outsourcing to fuel innovation and competitive advantage. For details, visit http://www.cognizant.com or email us at inquiry@cognizant.com

Liquent regulatory solutions provide software and related regulatory and clinical services for the life sciences industry. These solutions and services help ensure clients meet the strict standards of regulatory authorities across the world helping them achieve quality, accuracy, and data integrity to deliver regulatory reports and submissions reliably and on time.

As a result, global life sciences companies, small tier to large tier, rely on Liquent regulatory solutions to provide the technology and services to compress the regulatory submissions and approval process, improving speed to market, cost control, and productivity, all of which contribute to ensuring patients’ and physicians’ timely access to new drugs. Over the last decade, thousands of regulatory submissions have been produced using Liquent world-class products and expert services. For more information please visit, http://www.liquent.com

LORENZ is the most established provider of e-regulatory software and services in the world, focused on submission management, labelling and tracking. LORENZ docuBridge® was designed specifically to address the challenges facing submission managers in creating, quality control and publishing authorization dossiers (IND, NDA, eCTD, CTD, NeeS) in electronic and / or paper form. LORENZ’ solutions foster independence, empowering customers to develop their own processes and maintain control of their own intellectual property.

TranSenda is committed to transforming the clinical trial environment by delivering solutions that address the underserved need to improve the “business-process” side of clinical trial operations.

SILVER SPONSORS

 
Adlib Software pioneered server-based document transformation technology to improve efficiency and accuracy of document management through PDF conversion and optical character recognition. Its flagship product, Express, has become the de facto standard for high-quality, high-volume automation of document workflow for the most demanding corporations and government agencies across the globe.

ARX’s CoSign® digital signature solution fully automates workflows, allowing organizations to go paperless, expedite business processes, and eliminate the expenses and time allocations that paper-based signatures require. Via its standards-based underpinnings, the CoSign® digital signature solution ensures signer intent, document integrity and compliance, while significantly streamlining business processes. CoSign creates a truly collaborative environment for the multiple parties involved in the life sciences ecosystem, expediting approvals spanning geographic locations or even multiple organizations.

CSC helps companies meet global regulatory compliance requirements with secure collaboration & regulated document management with products & services on Microsoft SharePoint (FirstPoint) and Documentum (FirstDoc). We combine our domain expertise, innovative technology and industry best practices to help our clients achieve measurable business results across all lines of business. 

For nearly 15 years EXTEDO has been a key services and solutions provider in the field of regulatory data and document management (CTD, eCTD and other formats) for Life Sciences industries and authorities (Pharmaceutical, Crop Science, Chemicals).  Based on industry and regulatory expertise and many years of experience EXTEDO provides highly standardized as well as customized solutions in the area of electronic Regulatory Affairs. EXTEDO is recognized worldwide across all our business activities. EXTEDO’s unique market position provides a tremendous amount of influence on new developments in the e-Regulatory Affairs sector as well as providing long term economic stability.
Company website: www.extedo.com

HighPoint Solutions is a premier provider of specialized IT services dedicated to Life Sciences companies. We bring a unique blend of talent to SharePoint-based collaboration and document management projects to ensure the best possible ROI. Our core strengths include:Proven System Integration Expertise: We have an extensive history in providing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) visions and solutions.

• Strong Technical Knowledge: With partners like Microsoft and NextDocs, our team has trained, vendor-certified developers and architects who routinely design, implement and validate solutions.
• Business Process Optimization Focus: We work to streamline business processes before automating to maximize technology adoption.

ISI is a proven market leader in providing submission solutions, process services and consulting for life sciences companies as a way to improve regulatory processes. ISI was among the first professional services firms to deliver electronic submissions to the industry and has since delivered thousands of electronic submissions and eCTDs. ISI is a privately held company with headquarters in Whippany, New Jersey and has operations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Metastorm offers software for enterprise and business architecture, business process analysis, and business process management (BPM). As an integrated product portfolio, Metastorm Enterprise allows Life Sciences companies to improve business results by aligning strategy with execution. By combining these three disciplines onto a common platform, Metastorm is helping organizations worldwide focus on the right business improvements, instill stronger governance, and accelerate time to value. The Metastorm BPM® Process Client for SharePoint provides a packaged set of web parts that allow users to monitor, participate in, and collaborate on processes deployed on the Metastorm BPM platform through a Microsoft SharePoint Portal.
Company Website: www.metastorm.com

NewsGator Social Sites is built into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and helps companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. NewsGator helps enterprises better collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator’s enterprise social networking solutions are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Novartis, Accenture, Deloitte and CA. www.newsgator.com.

Paragon, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is a business consulting and systems integration firm specializing in Life Sciences solutions across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We help organizations define and implement holistic, strategic solutions that enable team collaboration and knowledge management, compliance and information governance, process optimization and integration. Paragon unlocks the full potential of Microsoft’s product platform, integrated applications and collaborative capabilities to redefine how knowledge workers and learning organizations function – Improving the Way Work Gets Done™. Contact us at 1.800.462.5582, extension 3043, or visit www.consultparagon.com.

PleaseTech offers unique software solutions for the collaborative review and authoring of documents and content.
Our customers include leading global pharmaceutical companies, financial services organizations, universities, advertising agencies and Government bodies.

ProtonMedia® is the leading provider of virtual world technology for the enterprise. Our flagship product ProtoSphere® is a secure, private virtual world environment for collaboration and learning. As the premier virtual world platform for the enterprise, ProtoSphere features a suite of communications and social networking tools designed to overcome linear communications and create a networked, learning organization. For more information or to download a free trial, visit us at www.protonmedia.com.

RWD Technologies is a global provider of human and operational performance improvement solutions in the Life Sciences industry. Since 1988, RWD has helped dozens of pharmaceutical customers implement and integrate customer relationship and content management technologies for regulated applications such as medical information and submissions management. RWD and Microsoft have partnered to deliver RWD’s infoMaestro Integrated Medical Communications Solution (IMCS) on top of Microsoft’s SharePoint Enterprise Content Management and Collaboration framework, creating an industry leading medical authoring and information management platform for Life Sciences.

R-Squared combines deep substantive and legal expertise with its RADS® Compliance Platform to develop solutions that help solve difficult regulatory issues, manage significant amounts of data, and evidence compliance across the enterprise. Specifically, R-Squared has developed several “Evidence-Based Compliance” solutions including: SpendTracker®, the industry-leading “aggregate spend” reporting solution delivered through a partnership with IMS Health; Arrangements Keeper®, a contract compliance solution that manages financial relationships in compliance with the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and Anti-kickback statute; and Grants KeeperSM, which manages grant requests and approval processes, increasing the effectiveness of grant programs while evidencing compliance best practices.


 
Saticon specializes in providing enterprise class intelligent quality and compliance management solutions for the life science sector. Using Microsoft Sharepoint and including industry best practices Saticon builds solutions that help organizations to meet their quality & compliance goals effectively and efficiently.

Solutions include document management, complaints, adverse events, non-conformance, corrective & preventive action, audit management, and training management. Saticon helps firms operate business systems and processes that support and underpin compliance with ISO 13485, 21 CFR 210, 820, Part 11 and others.

SharePoint Engine is a NJ based, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner focused on SharePoint Consulting Services for Health Care and Life Science industry. Our solutions are certified by Microsoft MVP. What makes us unique is our Rapid Turn Around using our proprietary pre-built modules for SharePoint. We are a one stop shop for all your content management, business process management and business intelligence needs. We also offer SharePoint staffing services from temporary assignments to permanent placements.

Thermo Scientific award-winning Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Chromatography Data Systems (CDS), and spectroscopy software are at work around the globe, helping more businesses, across more industries, achieve their goals – in life sciences, chemicals, manufacturing, environmental regulation, petrochemical/oil and gas production, drinking and wastewater treatment, food and beverage testing, forensics, metals and minerals mining.

Thermo Scientific informatics solutions help scientists, engineers, researchers and business leaders make informed decisions more effectively and efficiently, and ensure the quality and consistency of their data. We can help you lower costs, increase productivity and maximize uptime with our 24/7 worldwide support and service staff.

Valiance Partners provides migration and migration testing software and services that have been successfully adopted for modest to large-scale migration of GxP data and content. As life sciences companies expand their SharePoint usage to include more business critical applications, such as validated GxP environments, the effectiveness of these systems will be highly dependent on the quality of the data they contain, and in many instances this data must be migrated from legacy systems. Valiance’s ability to perform data discovery in advance of migrations and verify the accuracy of 100% of migrated data and content uniquely positions us to provide the type of migration technology and services that life sciences companies will require for their SharePoint implementations.