Cloud Computing

Merit Solutions helps life science companies create and manage controlled documents with Microsoft Azure

New document management and control solution enables internal and external collaboration while meeting the most rigorous standards in a trusted Microsoft secure cloud environment We're pleased to share that Merit for Life Science GxP Documents is now available. This monthly subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) document management and control solution helps life science organizations follow GxP guidelines, ISO standards, and maintain FDA compliance. It can be used stand-alone or as part of the broader Merit for Life Science and Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP solution.  Merit GxP Docs offers biopharma and medical device companies a solution that is easily adopted by early-stage companies and scales to meet the needs of enterprises.Bill Burke, CEO of Merit Solutions “Working...

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Merit Solutions helps growing life science companies make the Right Start 

Pre-configured ERP offering provides customers an affordable point of entry without compromising on the long-term requirements of cloud, security, compliance, scalability, and industry-leading functionality.   “Ensuring customers can start with their last ERP solution first, means not having to handcuff growth because their system doesn’t keep up with their scientific success.”  Tanja Pajic, VP of Services, Merit Solutions Merit Solutions Right Start is Microsoft Dynamics 365, Merit for Life Science, and Microsoft Azure in a single deployment, natively integrated within a secure cloud platform. Merit Solutions announced today the availability of Merit for Life Science Right Start. Designed as an embed solution to Microsoft Dynamics 365, the solution includes the financial...

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Inceptor Bio selects Merit for Life Science with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Next-generation cell therapy developer digitally enables its operations in a cloud-first ERP solution designed specifically for Life Science. “We chose Merit because of the value their software and services will provide. Their biotech-specific software and their multi-phased implementation approach to helping new and growing organizations like us are game-changers.” Jason Lawrence, Senior Director, Finance at Inceptor Bio WHEATON, IL. MARCH 23, 2022 Merit Solutions today announced that Inceptor Bio, a company developing next-generation cell therapies for difficult-to-treat cancers, has selected Merit for Life Science with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to enable its operations digitally. This solution is deployed leveraging the security and scalability of the Microsoft Cloud to protect the...

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The Microsoft Cloud for Biotech and Pharma Manufacturers Just Got Better

Merit for Life Science just became more powerful because Microsoft today announced a new level of integration coming between Dynamics 365 (D365) and Teams. This includes Teams integration with Dynamics 365 sales, marketing, customer service, and field service workloads with operations to follow. Microsoft is essentially saying, “Use Teams as your front-end app for work, with everything else operating as a context-intelligent side pane within Teams.”  Merit for Life Science advances Microsoft's base business and productivity apps to fit the unique needs of pharma and biotech, so this announcement is especially powerful for our industry and our customers.  Multi-step Processes Get Mainstreamed Why?  In biotech, our customer acquisition process tends to be multi-step,...

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Low Code/No Code: In Life Sciences, Extend Carefully

The old joke is that you can do anything with software if you have enough money. With an army of programmers, it was basically true. But now there is a new way to develop software quickly and with much lower investment: low code/no code programming, a.k.a. codeless app development. Essentially, modern digital platforms have created visual building blocks that can be assembled according to user experiences designed by “citizen developers,” a term coined to describe these non-traditional programmers. Imagine building applications or extending functionality without ever writing a line of code!    Microsoft Azure and Power Platform Tools Microsoft has a deep execution of this development approach in Azure with their Power Platform tools. Canvas apps are "no code," and model-driven...

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Is Your Data Estate Maximizing its Property Value?

When I hear biotech and pharma executives talk about their company’s “data estate,” I know the Microsoft and Amazon people have been meeting with them. I also think of the little British man who ran the estate on Magnum PI. His shtick was to be intimidating because his ferocious Dobermans listened to him. With just the right nod to his dogs, they would viciously attack the perpetrator.  Data as the Foundation of Digital Strategy In the past, executives looked at their IT strategy and their business apps as the ultimate foundational component. The prevailing thinking was, “How do I get all of my data into one place that is secure and enables all the workloads I think I’ll need to execute our strategies?” Increasingly, innovative biotech and pharma business executives are looking at...

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