Case Study: a leading pharmaceutical company fixes Cognos audit gaps with Origina

Leading Pharmaceutical Company completes Cognos audit with Origina and avoids a costly upgrade for 28,000 employees

A leading pharmaceutical company, a global biopharma leader, discovered a critical audit issue with its IBM Cognos Analytics platform during an internal review. The software lacked the ability to track when reports and packages were last modified, which is a non-negotiable requirement for regulatory compliance in its industry. Making the situation more difficult, the OEM vendor no longer supported their current version of Cognos, leaving them facing a potentially expensive and disruptive upgrade. They turned to Origina for a solution.

Origina developed two bespoke scripts for the company's Cognos content and audit databases, introducing the required last-modified tracking feature without an upgrade. This allowed the customer to successfully complete its audit and maintain compliance. As a result, the company avoided a costly and unnecessary software upgrade and gained a reusable, long-term solution that strengthens its future audit and governance processes.