Salt Lake City, USA – January 27, 2016 – UL EduNeering courses, the global gold standard for Quality & Compliance eLearning programs, are now available directly from MasterControl, a leading global provider of electronic quality management systems (EQMS) and quality consulting services. The SCORM-compliant Quality & Compliance Essentials courses, available via the MasterControl Training™ module, are sets of self-paced eLearning courses that are targeted to specific areas of a Life Science compliance program. These course sets allow teams to focus on key proprietary topics rather than on developing and conducting in-house training programs.

PLEASANTON, CA & PRINCETON, NJ — Dec. 8, 2015 — Veeva Systems and UL EduNeering today announced that UL EduNeering will deliver a connector integrating Veeva Vault QualityDocs, a cloud-based life sciences document management and control solution, with UL’s ComplianceWire®, a leading learning management system. Developed by UL EduNeering, the connector leverages Vault’s open APIs and allows life sciences companies to align training curriculum with regulated content —increasing inspection readiness, providing visibility into compliance risk, and elevating overall quality. 

The connector from UL EduNeering is planned for availability in Q1 2016. 

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About Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems Inc. is a leader in cloud-based software for the global life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva has more than 375 customers, ranging from the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. Veeva is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. For more information,visit www.veeva.com.

About UL EduNeering

UL is a premier global independent safety science company guided by our mission to promote safe working and living environments for all people. UL uses research and standards to continually advance and meet ever-evolving safety needs. UL EduNeering is a division within the UL Ventures business unit. We develop technology-driven training solutions that help organizations within regulated industries mitigate risks, improve business performance and establish qualification and training programs through our award winning, cloud-based learning platform, ComplianceWire. For more information, visit www.uleduneering.com.

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Jefferson Barr

Senior Director, Marketing

UL EduNeering

609-627-5391

Jefferson.Barr@UL.com 

UL EduNeering, a leading provider of quality and compliance training solutions for regulated industries, will educate all CDSCO inspectors and regulators with the UL e-learning modules, co-developed and branded by the FDA, beginning in India’s West Zone. UL has an exclusive learning partnership with the FDA under a Corporate Research and Development Agreement and has trained over 40,000 FDA inspectors and investigators in the last decade.

Through this technology and education services partnership, UL solidifies its thought leadership and business strategy in good manufacturing and clinic practices, in addition to FDA enforcement and inspection procedures. UL, with its mission of “working for a safer world,” reaffirms its continuous commitment to leadership in learning and compliance.

“We believe in offering the industry and global organizations not only the tools for learning and development, but also an overall performance support model focused on continuous improvement and development,” said Isabelle Noblanc, General Manager of UL EduNeering.

In January, UL EduNeering signed an MoU with the Gujarat Government at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit for training regulators and investigators for the FDCA of Gujarat. This MoU made way for serving patient health and safety through organized learning and performance support.

“What motivates and galvanizes us is that we are searing a path of learning and quality. Human commitment, as global citizens, calls upon our highest sense of duty towards healthy people and economies,” said Dr. Kavita Mehrotra, Global Strategic Head, UL EduNeering. “Quality is not an event, but the mindset and continuous improvement in learning, training and an organic culture of compliance.”

UL offers subject matter expertise in seminars and conferences on quality, compliance and standards training in the pharmaceuticals and medical device industries. UL has partnered with the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the world’s leading trade association for medical technology on risk management, recalls and submissions, data integrity, audit readiness and other regulatory and compliance topics.

About UL

UL is a premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for more than 120 years. Its nearly 11,000 professionals are guided by the UL mission to promote safe working and living environments for all people. UL uses research and standards to continually advance and meet ever-evolving safety needs. We partner with businesses, manufacturers, trade associations and international regulatory authorities to bring solutions to a more complex global supply chain. For more information about our certification, testing, inspection, advisory and education services, visit http://www.UL.com.

About UL EduNeering

UL EduNeering is a division within the UL Ventures business unit. We develop technology-driven training solutions that help organizations within regulated industries mitigate risks, improve business performance and establish qualification and training programs through our award winning, cloud-based learning platform, ComplianceWire®. For more than 30 years, UL EduNeering has served customers in the Life Science, Health Care, Energy and Industrial sectors. Our global quality and compliance management approach integrates ComplianceWire, training content and advisory services, enabling clients to align learning strategies with their quality and compliance objectives. For more information visit http://www.uleduneering.com.

UL EduNeering, the compliance education and training services business division of UL Life & Health, will lead this initiative. The goal of this effort is to empower the FDCA investigators with the same source of knowledge that is currently accessible to U.S. Federal Drug Administration (USFDA) investigators. In the first phase, training was conducted in December with 45 inspectors from the Gujarat FDCA, and featuring 20 online modules. UL EduNeering will continue training throughout the year utilizing a blended approach to learning through continuous improvement and training.  

Last year, pharmaceutical exports from India to the United States rose 32 percent to $4.2 billion. India accounts for about 40 percent of generic and over-the-counter products and 10 percent of finished dosages used in the U.S. Given these numbers, it is not surprising that the Government of India and foreign regulatory agencies are emphasizing the need to ensure consistent quality of the country’s drug products. This move by the government of Gujarat is a step in the strategic direction to bring Indian pharmaceutical standards on par with the USFDA’s and enables India to maintain a competitive advantage.

Notes Dr. Kavita Mehrotra, Global Strategic Head, UL EduNeering, “From a strategic perspective, this is very important, because ultimately, not only does this contribute significantly to patient safety, which is our first priority, but also influences the quality of exports of pharmaceuticals and other related products, thereby accelerating business results as well. Healthy people create healthy economies.”

She added, “UL EduNeering’s ongoing commitment is to bring in expertise to Indian life sciences and healthcare companies. Through this strategic partnership with Gujarat FDCA, for the first time in India, UL aims at bringing in good manufacturing practices (GMP) by empowering the regulatory authorities with the right kind of training which would enable them to guide drug manufacturers in adhering to necessary standards.”

 “UL offers innovative technologies that prepare companies to have standardized processes, as well as audit readiness, by adhering to GMP requirements, so that the best practices exist at every level in the organization,” said Suresh Sugavanam, Managing Director , UL India and South Asia. “This strategic partnership with the Gujarat government to train FDCA inspectors is the first in a series of programs with other state government bodies to provide consultation, training and support in the areas of quality and control management,” he added.

Dr. H. G. Koshia, Gujarat FDCA Commissioner, said, “To meet the challenges of matching the complex regulatory environment, Gujarat FDCA is committed to provide high-quality educational opportunities to its investigators, scientists, analysts, state and local regulatory officials. UL EduNeering’s rich modules of training  programs that are followed by USFDA would definitely help our inspectors understand the nuances of global regulatory requirements and ensure a high degree of quality control for pharmaceutical manufacturers in Gujarat.”

About UL EduNeering:

UL EduNeering is a business line within UL Life & Health's Business Unit. It has an exclusive partnership with the US-FDA and has trained over 36,000 FDA inspectors and investigators. With over 30 years’ experience in providing online learning services to over 400 pharmaceutical clients, in 34 languages across 67 countries, UL EduNeering is committed to bringing top-of-the-line training to pharma and medical device companies worldwide.

About UL:

UL is a premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for 120 years. Its more than 10,000 professionals are guided by the UL mission to promote safe working and living environments for all people. UL uses research and standards to continually advance and meet ever-evolving safety needs. We partner with businesses, manufacturers, trade associations and international regulatory authorities to bring solutions to a more complex global supply chain. For more information about our certification, testing, inspection, advisory and education services, visit http://www.UL.com

“This partnership augments our industry leading Roles-Based quality and compliance training solution by providing our clients with enterprise-wide Talent Management capabilities,” stated Scott Barnard, Vice President, Life Science at UL EduNeering. “Our alliance best positions us to provide our clients’ with robust compliance and professional development training capabilities, and will provide a workforce development solution tailored to fit the unique requirements of companies in regulated and manufacturing industries.” Scott continued, “We see this as a critical departure from the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that other TMS providers take when providing organizational training. Companies within regulated industries must ensure that employees are trained and qualified for their job specific role, and this is why ComplianceWire’s ROLES Training™ methodology has proven to be essential in fulfilling our clients’ LMS needs.”

LearnShare's tightly integrated talent management suite tracks employee learning, manages talent, and measures performance across a distributed global workforce. The LearnShare Talent Management Suite provides organizations with core enterprise functionality that includes Talent and Performance Management, Succession Planning, Workforce Analytics, and Social Learning.

“We are excited about the huge opportunity this partnership provides our customers,” said Randy Consolo, Vice President of Business Development at LearnShare. “Both organizations represent ‘Best of Breed’ technology solution providers in their respective space and this union will help our clients address the fact that they are struggling to hire and retain competent employees. This issue is exacerbated within regulated manufacturing industries, which often demands a skilled workforce.” Randy went on to say, “Today’s leading manufacturing organizations require processes in which individuals can be easily measured on the competencies and credentials that are required to perform their jobs, and we feel this partnership will provide the tools necessary for our clients to fulfil these needs more effectively.”
 

About UL EduNeering
UL EduNeering is a business line within UL’s Life & Health business unit. We develop technology-driven solutions that help organizations within regulated industries mitigate risks, improve business performance and establish qualification and training programs through our award winning, cloud-based learning platform, ComplianceWire®.

For more than 30 years, UL EduNeering has served customers in the Life Science, Health Care, Energy and Industrial sectors. Our global quality and compliance management approach integrates ComplianceWire, training content and advisory services, enabling clients to align learning strategies with their quality and compliance objectives. For more information, visit www.uleduneering.com.

About LearnShare
LearnShare offers a comprehensive cloud-based learning and talent management solution encompassing tightly integrated applications for learning, performance management, talent and succession planning, and social learning. Flexibility, ease of customization and implementation, advanced functionality, affordability, and customer responsiveness set the company apart from other solution providers.

LearnShare started as a consortium of Fortune 500 companies -- including General Motors, Owens Corning, Deere & Co., and Pfizer – with the mission of transforming corporate training and career development. Today, LearnShare’s cloud based solution is used by more than 2.5 million corporate learners in companies of all sizes and types. For more information, visit www.learnshare.com.

“We started from scratch with this UI,” stated Brian Bettinger, Sr. Director, Product Management at UL EduNeering. “Our clients expect us to deliver the latest advances in mobile-friendly environments so they can develop, train and qualify their global workforces. It was incumbent upon us to better understand their needs and deliver an improved and enhanced learner experience.” Brian continued, “With the recent release of our ComplianceWire Mobile App, our users now have a powerful combination of learning mobility and flexibility that allows them to take their training on the go anytime, anywhere.”

The new ComplianceWire UI is centered on making the learning experience more intuitive and logical for learners, while also enabling learners to tailor their user experience.  A new key feature is the “Action Center,” in which learners can identify tasks and training items that are most important to complete. This feature allows employees to focus on required learning assignments in a timely and efficient manner. In addition, the UI offers companies far greater flexibility to custom brand their instance of ComplianceWire, which helps them to instill consistency across their enterprise platforms.

“Working for a Safer World is UL’s corporate mission, and UL EduNeering supports this by continuing to develop new learning approaches and technology that help build safer workforces around the world,” stated Hiroshi Yamaki, Senior Vice President and President, UL Life & Health Sciences.  “As an online training pioneer, UL EduNeering has set the global standard for delivering training to regulated industries.” Yamaki-san went on to say, “UL EduNeering has again raised the bar with their latest release of ComplianceWire. This new UI provides a cutting-edge learner experience, which allows users to better manage continuous skills development and role-based qualification programs, helping them to become a more effective and efficient worker.”

About UL EduNeering:

UL EduNeering is a business line within UL’s Life & Health business unit. We develop technology-driven solutions that help organizations within regulated industries mitigate risks, improve business performance and establish qualification and training programs through our award winning, cloud-based learning platform, ComplianceWire®.

For more than 30 years, UL EduNeering has served customers in the Life Science, Health Care, Energy and Industrial sectors. Our global quality and compliance management approach integrates ComplianceWire, training content and advisory services, enabling clients to align learning strategies with their quality and compliance objectives. For more information, visit www.uleduneering.com