REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX) a leading enterprise content management platform,
today announced significant momentum in the life sciences industry,
making research and collaboration with partners and vendors easier than
ever before. Box announced several new deals with top Japanese life
sciences customers including Daichi Sankyo and Shionogi, as well as new
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs) such
as CHITA, Prolifiq, USDM, and CTCLS.
“Our investment in the life sciences industry started over three years
ago when we launched our industries initiative. We believe
Box can make research and collaboration with partners and vendors easier
than ever before for today's life sciences leaders," said Riju
Khetarpal, Managing Director, Box for Life Sciences. “Today we are
driving digital transformation at over 650 life sciences organizations,
including 12 of the top 15 global pharmaceutical companies.”
New Customers
Since announcing Box for Life Sciences in August of 2014, Box has seen
continued momentum in the life sciences industry, including recent
global expansion in the Japanese market with new customers including:
Daichi Sankyo, and Shionogi.
These new customers join hundreds of other global pharmaceutical brands
-- such as GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Eli Lily, Boston Scientific,
Edwards Life Sciences and Jazz Pharmaceuticals -- in using Box to manage
and secure critical information in the cloud. These respected brands
chose Box to collaborate on content within their organizations as well
as with highly regulated external third parties. Internally, these
companies use Box to coordinate marketing, training and product launch
materials that are shared with distributed sales teams in real time and
on any device. Additionally, they use Box to share information with
external trusted parties such as CROs, key opinion leaders (KOL) and
healthcare professionals (HCPs).
Expanded Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem
Box is proud to announce the expansion of its partner ecosystem with new
solution providers and SIs that will leverage Box Platform to develop
customized cloud-centric applications exclusively for the life sciences
industry. These new solutions will support more efficient business
functions such as access to sensitive and regulated clinical information
via highly secure portals and sales enablement tools.
These new ISV solutions and SIs help solve some of the largest issues
facing the life sciences industry as they adopt the cloud:
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The ability to leverage Box for both regulated and unregulated
content management: CHITA is introducing a breakthrough content
management and collaboration platform that is fully integrated with
Box platform that will allow users to create, store, view, collaborate
on and edit both regulated and non-regulated content in a single
application. CHITA is 21CFR, Part 11 and Part 820-compliant and
provides the ideal environment for workflow management. It also
features pre-configured Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Read
& Acknowledge training record management. This new solution addresses
the significant hurdles inherent in compliance validation and
assurance.
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Sales enablement for MedTech: Prolifiq provides content
management and sales enablement tools built on the secure Box platform
for the Life Sciences industry to implement and enforce Good
Promotional Practices (GPP) throughout the entire commercial content
life cycle.
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Migration from on premise systems to cloud solutions: USDM Life
Sciences, a leading SI in the life sciences industry with over 300
leading global pharmaceutical customers, will help Box customers and
ISVs develop cutting edge solutions for the life sciences industry on
top of Box Platform.
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Global life sciences consulting: CTC
Life Science Corporation(CTCLS), a division of the greater ITOCHU
Techno-Solutions Corporation in Japan and a leading service provider
for life sciences in Japan, will apply their domain expertise to
providing content migration services, setting up external
collaboration sites and workflow driven applications with Box Platform
and deploying Governance for eDiscovery purposes in the Japanese
market.
Box for Life Sciences enables organizations across the globe to
safeguard their most sensitive content, while securely collaborating
between teams and partners, by providing the following capabilities and
services:
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Zones: Addresses in-region data residency requirements across the
globe.
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Governance: Enables customers to comply with regulatory policies,
satisfy e-discovery requests and effectively manage sensitive
information.
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Platform: Allows organizations to leverage the
underlying technology that powers Box in their own custom applications
to deliver more powerful digital experiences to their constituents.
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Additional Compliance: Box supports HIPAA compliance and signs HIPAA
Business Associate Agreements with its customers and partners.
For more information on today's announcement, please visit the Box
blog.
About Box
Founded in 2005, Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX) is transforming the way people and
organizations work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. As a
leading enterprise content platform, Box helps more than 66,000
businesses, including General Electric, KKR & Co., P&G and The GAP
securely access and manage their critical information in the cloud. Box
is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United
States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box, visit www.box.com.
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