Big Nasty Pharma (BNP)

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Scenario Snapshot

Field	Detail
Start here	Discovery index
Scenario source	Community scenario
Current status	Live
First public date	2021-02
Primary source	Open primary source
Coverage available	Scenario brief + Discussion or analysis

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The section below contains public follow-up links, board-call material, and AI-assisted notes compiled from those public sources.

Open follow-up links, Q&A, and analysis

Follow-Up Links

• Discovery index
• Analysis reference

Board Insights & Common Pitfalls

Generalized Judge Questions

• Clinical Trial Data: “How do you handle the requirement for CNS vs. Psychoactive team data silos? Why choose Private OWD for the Compound object?”
• Dose History LDV: “With 5M+ dose records per trial cycle, how will your ‘Patient Adherence’ reports remain performant? What is your Big Object query strategy?”
• SLA Milestones: “The scenario requires side-effect reviews within 8 hours. Why use Entitlement Management over simple Flow-based alerts?”
• Identity for Patients: “Which identity license did you choose for the 100k patients? Is Social Sign-on appropriate for clinical trial participants?”
• Sentinel Integration: “Describe the technical handshake between Salesforce and the Sentinel Safety API. Is this Request-Response or a Polling pattern?”

Common Mistakes

• PII/PHI Security Gaps: Using standard Chatter for “Patient-Staff Messaging” without addressing HIPAA compliance or Shield encryption-at-rest.
• Missing Recruitment Hard-Gates: Failing to make the “Government Permit Verification” a mandatory gate in the onboarding flow before clinical activity can start.
• Vague Archiving: Simply saying “we will archive data” without explaining how staff will access 7 years of regulated dose history for FDA audits.
• Data Load Sequencing: Not loading Compounds and Trials before Participants. This creates orphan records and migration errors.

Strong Patterns

• Health Cloud Program Model: Using the Health Cloud Care Program and Care Plan objects to map naturally to trial protocols and patient tasks.
• Shield for HIPAA: Mandating Shield (Deterministic Encryption and Field Audit Trail) to satisfy strict pharmaceutical regulatory requirements.
• Mobile Publisher for Patients: Providing a branded mobile app with “Store and Forward” capabilities for patients to log side effects in areas with poor connectivity.

Strategic Insights

• The “Life Sciences” Test: BNP probes the architect’s ability to handle highly regulated global environments (FDA/EMEA) alongside massive transactional dose data.
• Global Governance: Requires a strong CoE to maintain a unified global drug development process while allowing for regional regulatory differences.

Additional Notes

• Focuses on clinical trials, drug development lifecycles, and strict security silos for CNS vs. Psychoactive drugs.

Related Study Topics

• Sharing Model & Visibility
• Domain 3: Data Architecture
• Integration Patterns

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