SAS Clinical Acceleration

SAS Clinical Acceleration is a regulated, cloud-native statistical computing environment (SCE) built on SAS Viya, offered through Notilyze for life sciences organisations involved in clinical research. It is positioned as the most complete and most compliant option among the SAS Viya-based platforms Notilyze provides, targeting organisations that require low regulatory risk and full governance out of the box.

The platform automatically enforces audit trails and logging of user actions, as well as data and program changes, within a regulated environment. This removes the reliance on individual users to manage compliance manually, and is designed to help organisations streamline regulatory submissions and improve collaboration across teams.

Key Features

• Centralised global repository for clinical data and programs
• Single, open, cloud-native statistical computing environment
• Built-in regulatory compliance and data security controls
• Flexible and scalable shared platform architecture
• Access to SAS Viya capabilities within a controlled, validated environment
• Embedded AI functionality
• Integration with other systems and tools

How It Compares to Other SAS Viya Options

• SAS Viya is the general-purpose SAS analytics and AI platform supporting SAS, Python, R, and AI/ML workloads. It supports collaboration and enterprise analytics but does not include a full clinical repository or governance framework by default, and requires additional configuration to reach regulatory compliance levels.
• SAS Pro on Viya is a lightweight SAS programming environment suited to small teams of approximately one to five users. It offers minimal governance and automation, no full clinical repository, and no full regulatory framework, but carries a lower cost and simpler deployment. It is described as best suited for start-ups and small teams.

Positioning and Use Case

• SAS Clinical Acceleration is described as the most complete, most compliant, and most expensive of the three options
• It carries the lowest regulatory risk among the available platforms
• It is intended for organisations that cannot rely on manual compliance management and need a fully governed clinical environment from deployment

SAS Clinical Acceleration is available through Notilyze B.V., based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Notilyze positions itself as a reseller and consulting partner with expertise in data management, clinical research, and analytics within the life sciences industry, and holds membership on the SAS Partner Advisory Board.