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Build vs Buy — Pharmaceuticals

Weigh SaaS subscriptions against a custom build for Pharmaceuticals — see the multi-year total cost of ownership and which path wins.

What this means for Pharmaceuticals

  • Clinical trial recruitment runs 30-50% behind plan; site activation takes 8-12 months and patient screening is manual chart review.
  • Regulatory submissions (NDA, BLA, MAA) are coordinated across dozens of CROs, sites, and writers via SharePoint and version-numbered Word documents.
  • Pharmacovigilance case intake is drowning in adverse-event reports; medical reviewers spend nights triaging individual case safety reports.

Where it pays to act

  • Trial recruitment acceleration — AI screening of EMR and claims data to identify eligible patients.
  • Regulatory submission drafting and consistency checking with LLM-assisted authoring.

Adjust the inputs to match your Pharmaceuticals context.

₹2,000
25
10%
₹15 L
15%
3 yr

Total cost of ownership

SaaS total (3yr)

₹19.9 L

Custom build total

₹21.8 L

Difference (cheaper to buy)

₹1.89 L

Breakeven

What this means

A hybrid path fits best.

For Pharmaceuticals, the gap is ₹1.89 L over 3 years — close enough that a hybrid approach (buy core, build differentiating layers) often wins.

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Build vs buy — summary

SaaS total (3yr)₹19.9 L
Custom build total₹21.8 L
Difference₹1.89 L cheaper to buy
Breakeven

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