Clarivate acquires Global QMS

Clarivate Plc has acquired Global QMS, known as Global Q, a provider of cloud-based solutions that enable life sciences clients to automate regulatory reporting and compliance management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Global Q supports leading pharma, medtech and biotech companies by providing comprehensive access to linked and standardized workflow-ready data via its SaaS platform, Optiqs360 Digital. The platform includes solutions that provide clients with interconnected data visibility and common user interfaces, across internal and external sources of record. The addition of these cloud-based solutions will serve to embed Clarivate into critical client workflows and enable the expansion of Clarivate services into new markets. The acquisition of Global Q enables Clarivate to tap into the digital thread market, allowing for proprietary data and insights gleaned from Clarivate solutions to be integrated into customer workflows.