Cognizant : Building a Vision of Efficiency
Cognizant ’ s unique industry-based , consultative approach helps clients like Viatris envision , build and run more innovative and efficient businesses
Cognizant ’ s unique industry-based , consultative approach helps clients envision , build and run more innovative and efficient businesses . Srinivas Shankar , Global Head of Life Sciences for Cognizant , talks to us about the massive shifts happening in the industry and how digitisation is helping clients like Viatris to find better ways of working .
Shankar has been with the company for more than 12 years and remains so with a smile on his face . “ I ’ m really happy to be here ,” he says before delving into what makes the Cognizant life sciences business special .
“ At Cognizant , for us , life sciences are two distinct industry segments . The first is biopharmaceutical companies and the second is medical device companies . We work with all of the top 30 biopharmaceutical companies and 12 of the top 15 medical device companies . I ’ ve been with the company for 12 years now , all of it in life sciences . And I ’ m very passionate about what we do every day to leverage technology to improve the lives of patients .”
Speaking to the drivers that are influencing the life sciences industry , Shankar says , “ In relation to services that we provide to clients , we see significant adoption of digital technologies , such as cloud , IoT , data analytics , and digital engineering . And we ’ re using all of these digital technologies to be able to bring solutions to clients .”
On Cognizant ’ s relationship with Viatris , Shankar points out that the partnership is “ very strategic .” “ It predates the coming together of Mylan and the Upjohn division of Pfizer to form Viatris . In 2014 , we started a relationship with Mylan . After that , we started providing a whole range of strategic services from infrastructure support and operations to application support services to large and complex ERP implementations . More recently , with the formation of Viatris , we have been supporting the organisation around core infrastructure services for day-one preparedness , which includes end-user support services for about 13,000 users across 14 global sites . We are also a strategic partner for post-integration services for the Viatris organisation .”
“ We ’ re truly excited about our strategic partnership with Viatris and I think that the coming together of both these organisations , Cognizant and Viatris , can truly drive meaningful positive value in the lives of patients .”