Cytel Offshore SAS® Programming
Your Partner at the Confluence of Clinical Trials, Biostatistics and Computing

Outsourcing clinical development programming presents biopharmaceutical companies with an opportunity to lower costs and accelerate the clinical trial process.

On-site employee programmers are hard to find and expensive. In response, Cytel’s offshore SAS programming services provides scalable statistical support with expertise in the clinical process. Our office in Pune, India is comprised of highly qualified SAS programmers dedicated to biopharmaceutical development projects. Cytel project management in Cambridge, MA and India ensure successful outsourcing operations.

Services Delivery Framework
Cytel’s Onsite-Offsite-Offshore (OOO) model has evolved from a sharp focus on such critical success factors as accurate estimation of effort and clear communication among multi-location teams. We have experienced and solved the challenges of distributed, collaborative development using proven, standards compliant methods.

Getting Started
Most projects begin with a short pilot assignment to calibrate efforts, assess work best suited to outsourcing, understand economics, and determine resource requirements. The pilot includes a training period for the programming team to familiarize them with your processes and IT practices.

Security and Confidentiality
We understand the highly confidential and sensitive nature of clinical data. Cytel follows the stringent information security guidelines of ISO 17799:2005, covering access authorization & control, confidentiality protection, and several other protective measures. A secure, dedicated IPSec VPN tunnel between Cytel-India and your site enables Cytel programmers to work securely within your IT environment. Cytel personnel do not store data on local computers.

Cytel Statistical Software and Services Pvt. Ltd. of India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cytel Inc., Cambridge MA, USA.