Case Studies

SureClinical wanted to bring the pharmaceutical trial process into the 21st century. Drug trials historically were a slow, paper-intensive process, relying on hundreds of clinical investigators across the globe to print, fill out, sign and physically ship the documents required to populate data in a clinical study for a new drug. The cost in labor, shipping, paper and document handling was enormous. SureClinical envisioned a cloud-based solution that would allow pharma companies to eliminate paper, share documents easily, automate document handling, and capture regulatory-compliant signatures on hand-held devices – the tablets and smartphones that most clinicians prefer. This new technology would accelerate speed to market – a critical competitive advantage in an industry with a 20-year patent cliff, and it would save many companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in shipping costs alone. But there were significant security challenges to address. SureClinical solved this trust and security challenge with a solution that works with the built-in Adobe document signing/verification technology and is secured in the cloud with Entrust hardware security modules (HSMs). The solution deployed is Entrust HSM.