CASE STUDY • Global Pharma Leader

AWS Transformation Drives 70% Cost Savings for Pharmaceutical Giant

Industry

Healthcare & Lifesciences

Our Contributions

Modernization & Migration, AIOps, Cloud-native AI Platform Engineering

AWS Transformation Drives 70% Cost Savings for Pharmaceutical Giant

The Challenge

A global pharmaceutical company with an expansive healthcare product portfolio struggled with outdated technology that hindered their ability to bring essential medicines to market quickly. In an industry where speed can save lives, IT challenges have become serious innovation barriers. The company faced critical problems: failing IT projects that did not deliver the needed results, legacy applications too rigid for modern pharmaceutical operations, and a lack of shared development solutions, creating inefficiencies. Outdated systems slowed clinical trial information access, while high operational costs consumed resources needed for drug development. They needed a complete technology transformation to accelerate time-to-market while reducing expenses.

How We Did It

Encora partnered with this pharmaceutical leader to build a composable AWS cloud platform designed to accelerate life-saving innovation while reducing operational costs.

Composable Cloud Foundation

We moved applications from outdated platforms to AWS using composable building blocks. Legacy systems were enhanced with modern components, transforming separate applications into adaptable modules for pharmaceutical operations.

Streamlined Development Processes

We built shared systems that teams could use to deploy updates faster and more reliably. Automated processes now handle routine tasks that slow down development, eliminating bottlenecks and helping teams work more efficiently.

Unified Operational Intelligence

We created comprehensive dashboards using flexible tracking modules and enhanced clinical trial information systems. Scalable tracking capabilities now support global expansion with complete visibility.

Enterprise AWS Infrastructure

We implemented robust AWS services for performance and data management while establishing modular security features. Cost-optimized infrastructure provides the foundation for scalable pharmaceutical operations.

The Result: Modern Cloud Platform That Accelerated Innovation and Reduced Costs

Encora worked with the client to replace their slow, expensive legacy systems with a modern AWS platform that transformed their entire operation.

75%

faster time to market

70%

reduction in application costs

57%

improvement in build performance

30%

decrease in total cost of ownership

Enhanced scalability supporting global expansion without performance compromise
Streamlined development processes through centralized, reusable components
Unified global shipment tracking with complete visibility
Stronger security protecting sensitive pharmaceutical data

The transformation delivered exactly what the pharmaceutical industry demands: faster innovation at lower costs.

The Bottom Line

This pharmaceutical company's transformation took them from legacy constraints to a modern, agile enterprise built for life-saving innovation. With composable AWS infrastructure and streamlined processes, they now deliver medicines faster while reducing costs, positioning them to accelerate medical breakthroughs and deliver critical treatments to patients who need them most.