Aris Global Announces agOnDemand(TM)for LifeSciences

Aris Global, the market–leading provider of solutions for life sciences, today announced that its Total SafetyTM product suite for pharmacovigilance and safety is now available as software–as–a–service (SaaS) offerings, alleviating the customer´s burden of software maintenance, ongoing operation, and support. The web–based offerings, marketed under the agOnDemand? brand, are designed for life sciences companies of all sizes who need to meet their ethical and regulatory requirements without having to invest in software licenses, resources or hardware infrastructure.

During the DIA 44th Annual Meeting, Aris Global will be presenting its agOnDemand capabilities in its booth #834 in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

One of agOnDemand´s first customers is KOWA Research Europe, Ltd, an affiliate of Japan–based KOWA Company, with over $2 billion sales, whose pharmaceuticals business includes the research, production and distribution of cardiovascular drugs, analgesics, anti–allergy pharmaceuticals, dermatology, and OTC over–the–counter medicines.

"We selected Aris Global´s hosted pharmacovigilance and safety solution because it offered us very high levels of functionality while allowing us to achieve significant cost efficiencies and greater control over our overheads," said Quentin Clarke, pharmacovigilance manager of KOWA Research Europe, Ltd.

Hosted solutions are based on Aris Global´s Total Safety product suite:

• ARISgTM - the world´s leading pharmacovigilance and safety system
• agXchangeTM - the electronic exchange platform
• agSignalsTM- a sophisticated data mining and signal detection tool
• agComposerTM- supports the scheduling and automatic preparation of periodic reports

Each hosted software–as–a–service offering can either be configured and integrated with other systems within and across their enterprise, or can be quickly deployed as an out–of–the–box solution if no such requirements are needed. Unlike other hosted systems that are developed and maintained by third–parties, agOnDemand upgrades are performed by Aris Global, which gives customers the peace of mind that they have a ´powered–by´ solution that reflects the innovative technology of the world´s most trusted solution for pharmacovigilance and safety. Infrastructure management services follow IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) guidelines. As such, Aris Global fully hosts the system on high–powered servers, performs daily backups, offers disaster recovery services, and provides 24/7 help–desk support to customers.

"There are many pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies that simply do not have the time, budget or staff resources to implement and maintain highly secure, fully redundant and fully validated systems," said Simon Sparkes, Aris Global vice president, corporate strategy. "We have configured agOnDemand so that each hosted offering is intuitive, easy to learn, and supports best–practice business processes. Customers have ready–to–use solutions that are cost effective and require very little set up before they are up and running."

About Aris Global

Aris Global (www.arisglobal.com) is a leading provider of integrated software solutions for pharmacovigilance and safety, regulatory affairs, clinical research and medical information. More than 300 direct and indirect life science customers rely on the company´s advanced solutions for maintaining regulatory compliance, managing and mitigating risk, improving operational efficiency and easily sharing information on a global basis.