A US-headquartered global pharmaceutical company with international operations
Harmonising international data transfers for a global pharmaceutical company
Strongest proof
International data-transfer governance
- Sector
- Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical
- Capability
- Data Privacy & DPO
- Geography
- Global
- Engagement model
- Defined-scope assurance
- Evidence
- Anonymised engagement · Public evidence
At a glance
- Who
- A US-headquartered global pharmaceutical company with international operations · Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical
- Why it mattered
- A global pharmaceutical company needed a defensible, documented approach to moving clinical and operational data across regions.
- IG-Smart's role
- Cross-border data-transfer advisory
01The exposure
A US-headquartered pharmaceutical company with operations across several regions, moving clinical, operational and patient data internationally.
Conflicting regional data-protection regimes made international transfers complex, with regulatory, contractual and operational exposure.
02The mandate
A harmonised, evidenced transfer strategy that global IT and compliance teams could operate.
Commissioned scope
- Analysis of interplay between regional regimes
- Transfer strategy using SCCs and transfer impact assessments
- Oversight process for documenting transfers
- SOPs for IT and compliance teams
03Environment
Organisation context
Describes the client organisation — not the size of IG-Smart's work.
- Global pharmaceutical company
Frameworks in scope
- EU GDPR
- UK GDPR
- Standard Contractual Clauses
- Transfer impact assessments
Scope boundary
- Governance and consultancy support; formal legal advice provided by the client's legal counsel where required
04IG-Smart's approach
- 01
Regulatory analysis
Analysed how data-protection regimes across operating regions interact and where handling practices conflicted.
- 02
Transfer framework
Developed a cross-border transfer strategy using Standard Contractual Clauses and transfer impact assessments.
- 03
Documented oversight
Introduced a process to document and justify international transfers.
- 04
Operational SOPs
Translated requirements into SOPs for global IT and compliance teams.
05Engagement scale
What IG-Smart's work covered
- International data-transfer mechanisms
06What we delivered
- Cross-border transfer strategy
- Transfer impact assessments
- Transfer documentation and oversight process
- SOPs for IT and compliance teams
07Outcome
Professional assessment
Provided a documented, operational basis for the international transfers in scope, supported by SCCs, transfer impact assessments and SOPs.
08What this demonstrates
Relevant to multinational regulated organisations that need defensible international data-transfer governance across differing legal regimes, supported by workable transfer mechanisms, assessments and operating procedures.
09What buyers can verify
Public
- Engagement scope
- Deliverable types described
Further evidence can be discussed subject to confidentiality and client permissions.
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