Designed software to automate routine analyses for scientists and obtain topline reports in minutes.

CLIENT

Pumas AI

product

Clinical pharmacology analysis and reporting tool

industry

Pharma and Life sciences Software

services

UX and UI design, Information design, Data visualisation, Accessibility design, Interactive mockups

The Requirement

The system uses complex models to analyse and report on the efficacy of drugs. The routine analysis tasks were tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming. The excessive quality control was an overhead, and the additional statistical systems for analysis added to the cost.

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The challenge was to reduce costs, improve efficiency, automate repetitive tasks, and simplify reporting.

Our Approach

Twist Open assisted with the design of a cloud app for PumasCP. We closely collaborated with the product team to understand the workflow and developed a strategy that would leverage Pumas' proprietary technology and enhance the product. We created and mapped the information architecture to align with users' mental models.

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We also implemented scalable design patterns and paradigms to support various types of drug discovery analyses. Additionally, we crafted the UI and interaction design for the product screens.

Designed with users in mind

This product is designed for pharmacologists, scientists, and analysts across pharmaceutical enterprises, drug research organizations, and academic institutions.

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By consulting users on their system usage and incorporating their thought processes, we designed an information architecture map. This map included details such as collecting raw data, preparing data for analysis, analyzing data, reviewing results, and generating reports for regulatory submission, all in a fluid sequence.

Consolidation of software

They used different software for the analysis and report generation on one drug. We had to consolidate the tasks and create workflows to ensure that they were ordered in the same flow - cleaning up raw data, running data analysis to generate tables and plots, and producing the final report.

Viewing progress and tracking error

The users could not track or see the progress on how raw data was converted to a final report. We ensured different apps spoke to each other and also delved down to the code level, so that errors or anomalies could be tracked and reported.

Eliminating repetitive tasks

Since the apps were standalone, the users had to repeat the tasks on different systems multiple times. We ensured that repetitive tasks were eliminated, with the systems communicating with each other, thus reducing the overall analysis time by half.

Addressing gaps during report creation and submission

There was a lack of control and visibility due to gaps formed by trying workarounds across different software to handle raw data for analysis and produce the final report for regulatory approval. This was addressed by integrating and consolidating the software and ensuring they work as one system.

The outcome

The outcome was a superior product that simplified and streamlined the workflow for the drug development process. The whole process, from collecting raw data, cleaning it up, analyzing the data, and generating reports, was intuitive and simple and reduced the shortened the process time by half.

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Since its launch, the product has been greatly appreciated, and the '.pumascp' file format has been accepted by the FDA for regulatory submissions and reviews for drug development.