A global biopharmaceutical services leader, operating across 54 countries and supporting 95% of the top 200 best-selling drugs, set out to transform its enterprise data ecosystem. With a mission to accelerate drug approvals and enhance clinical research outcomes, the organization faced a complex data landscape—more than 125 fragmented sources including Oracle and FTP systems, each contributing to inconsistent reporting and siloed insights.
The absence of a unified data platform made it difficult to generate actionable intelligence. Data quality issues and limited observability further eroded trust in the information being used for critical decisions. Compounding the challenge, legacy workflows lacked the scalability needed to support advanced analytics and AI-driven innovation.
Persistent was brought in to lead a full-scale modernization effort. The solution began with migrating data to a modern stack built on Microsoft Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, and Power BI. This laid the foundation for a centralized, trusted data platform. To ensure structure and scalability, Persistent implemented a Medallion architecture using Azure Databricks, organizing data into bronze, silver, and gold layers for optimized processing and consumption.
Tailored data products were developed in the gold layer, aligned to specific business needs and supported by iAURA Operations to ensure quality and reliability. Seamless data collaboration was enabled through cloud-to-cloud sharing using Snowflake Private Data Share, Denodo for data virtualization, and MuleSoft’s API Marketplace.
The transformation delivered immediate and measurable outcomes. More than 125 disparate data sources were unified into a centralized Azure Databricks platform, enabling consistent analytics across the enterprise. Data quality and observability improved significantly, thanks to Persistent’s iAURA Data Observability and Reconciliation Solution. The time to deliver end-to-end data products was reduced by 70%, accelerating business responsiveness. Most importantly, the new platform empowered the organization to scale AI and advanced analytics across its operations.
Persistent’s end-to-end ownership ensured predictability and ROI throughout the engagement. The implementation of a robust Medallion architecture, combined with deep expertise in Azure services and advanced accelerators, delivered a future-ready data foundation. A collaborative, customer-centric approach ensured alignment with the client’s modernization goals, while Persistent’s proven track record in large-scale data transformation projects gave the client confidence in both the journey and the outcome.
