Newsletter September 2024


In this newsletter:

  • PHUSE Single Day Event in Brussels
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – End of Life in July 2024 | What Are Your Support Plans?
  • Enhancing GCP-Compliant SAS Environment for a Biopharma Company
  • PHUSE Webinar Wednesday

PHUSE Single Day Event in Brussels

Coming Monday (23rd September) the next PHUSE Single Day Event in Brussels takes place. The theme of this SDE is ‘The Journey to Language-Agnostic Programming: Strategies, Technologies and Staffing Aspects’.
This SDE is looking for experiences and tips for progressing into this journey to multi-language programming. OCS Life Sciences is one of the Sponsors and will also contribute with a presentation:

Ally Sprik: Bridging worlds - A journey from Statistical Programming to Large Language Model implementation.

This presentation explores the journey of a SAS trainee who transitioned to a diverse technology stack to develop
context-driven large language models (LLMs). We hope to meet many of you there! If you can’t make it to the event but are interested in Ally’s presentation, please get in touch with us.


Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – End of Life in July 2024

What Are Your Support Plans?
July 2024 represented an important milestone for many organisations: the end of technical support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This pivotal moment presented both challenges and opportunities. While some forward-looking organisations have developed robust plans to ensure their systems remain fully supported and secure, others may still be navigating the complexities of this transition. The question is: what are your support plans?

Do you want to learn more about the risks and our solutions? Then read the full article here


Enhancing a GCP-Compliant SAS Environment for a Biopharma Company

In this article, we share how a biopharmaceutical company in France improved its SAS 9.4 environment to better manage clinical trial data. From enhancing SAS macros for better audit trails and security to exploring new options like SAS Viya and SAS Life Science Analytics Framework (LSAF), we helped the company streamline operations and ensure GCP compliance. Learn about the updates and solutions tailored for the life sciences industry.


PHUSE Webinar Wednesday

In the September edition of the PHUSE Webinar Wednesday on September 25. Our colleague Kimberley Santing will be presenting about Near Real Time Data Flow.

The Near Real Time Data Flow involves multiple process flows working together to input data into LSAF, create SDTM domains, generate reports, and output this to a visualization tool. It ensures end-to-end data connectivity in SAS LSAF, integrating EDC systems and labs for data visualization by statisticians and clinicians.