SAP Vaccine Collaboration Hub (VCH)

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2020: Launch Vaccine Collaboration Hub

On November 9, 2020, SAP CIS announced the launch of the Vaccine Collaboration Hub (VCH) for government and biomedical organizations involved in vaccine development. It will increase the effectiveness of companies' interaction in the field of supply chains, as well as help governments of different countries and their industry partners better coordinate and faster launch mass vaccination programs.

VCH is built on the basis of the already existing global information hub, in SAP which data in biomedicine to pharmaceutics are stored and in, the public cloud resource provides a safe and trusted environment necessary when exchanging data between pharmaceutical companies necessary for identifications medical drugs. This hub will cover the entire process, from production and vaccines distributions to post-vaccine monitoring.

Michael Townsend, IDC Industry Analyst

COVID-19 put strong pressure on the medical and biological industry, significant gaps in supply chains opened up. A single center that aggregates all the necessary information from which biomedical companies can manage their vaccination-related activities will fill existing gaps, ensuring that patients receive vital drugs and devices.

Vaccine manufacturers, logistics providers, wholesalers, and many other companies involved in vaccinating can run their critical processes with SAP software. Based on deep industry expertise, SAP has developed VCH as an additional module for its business network that simplifies collaboration between network partners, with which it can better manage supply chains, monitor the execution of vaccine orders, tracking their path from the supplier to the point of delivery.

VCH is part of SAP's industry-specific cloud strategy to meet specific industry needs. Thanks to network and technological capabilities, the hub will support large-scale vaccination and drug distribution programs and create conditions for mitigating the effects of future emergencies.