News | November 19, 2015

Zephyr Health And Veeva Systems Form Strategic Partnership

Zephyr Illuminiate to Power Veeva CRM Suggestions with Precise and Predictive Customer and Market Insights

Zephyr Health and Veeva Systems recently announced a strategic partnership designed to supercharge sales effectiveness in the life science’s industry. By formally joining each other’sinteroperability partner programs, the companies are kicking off joint development efforts that will incorporate the predictive analytics and data-driven businessrecommendations of Zephyr Illuminate into Veeva CRM Suggestions. Together these products will equip field teams to make faster, more confident decisions about multichannel customer engagement and deliver sales growth.

“Today’s announcement with industry leader Veeva Systems is another solid step in Zephyr Health’s journey to transform the way life science companies do business,” said William King, founder and CEO, Zephyr Health. "This partnership will help us realize that goal by delivering on our strategy to harness the power of global health data to improve customer targeting, accelerate sales and enhance field productivity and satisfaction. Ultimately, this process will support a product’s market success.”

“Effective CRM takes an ecosystem of partners who recognize that no single solution is capable of collecting and synthesizing the overwhelming abundance of data available to deliver effective, multichannel customer engagement,” said Matt Wallach, president and co-founder of Veeva Systems. “This partnership is a strong, strategic fit for us and represents a powerful opportunity to enrich Veeva CRM Suggestions with analytics and insights that will equip field teams to deliver an unprecedented customer experience.”

In June,the Veeva Data Science Partner program was launched with the addition of leaders ZS Associates and Aktana as its first partners. Data Science Partner solutions will be pre-integrated to Veeva CRM Suggestions making it easy to get started.

About Zephyr Illuminate
Zephyr Illuminate is the world’s first all-in-one insights engine to integrate global health data from thousands of disconnected sources to provide deep and actionable customer and market insights for faster, more confident business decision-making.

About Veeva CRM Suggestions
Veeva CRM Suggestions is a new functionality of Veeva CRM that leverages the power of data science to deliver a better, more coordinated customer experience by offering recommendations on the best action and right channel for that next customer interaction.

About Zephyr Health
Founded in 2011 by William King, Zephyr Health is the leading insights-as-a-service company harnessing the power of global health data to address critical business and patient needs. From clinical trials to market strategy and sales, Zephyr Illuminate helps Life Sciences companies – pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics – make confident decisions faster across the entire product lifecycle with precise and predictive customer and market insights. Zephyr Health's customers include Fortune 100 biopharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device companies Amgen, Genentech, Gilead, GSK, Medtronic, Onyx and Stryker.

Zephyr Health is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London, UK, and Pune, India. Zephyr Health is venture backed by Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Icon Ventures. For more information, visit www.zephyrhealth.com.

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 300 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.

Source: Zephyr Health