How Regeneron Is on Track to Save ~$10M a Year With Atorus™ Shiny App Development

Regeneron, a top 10 biopharmaceutical company, ran its safety, efficacy, and biomarker analytics on static SAS^® reports and visualization tools that were slow and costly to reproduce across studies. Atorus built four production-grade Shiny applications on Posit Connect, replacing those static workflows with interactive, GxP-validated clinical analytics. The reusable model is projected to save Regeneron roughly $10 million a year and replaces about 5,000 static reports annually.

Key results

• ~$10M in projected annual savings across Regeneron’s clinical portfolio, and counting
• ~69% projected cost reduction versus the previous static reporting approach
• ~5,000 static reports a year replaced with interactive Shiny dashboards
• 4 production-grade Shiny applications delivered, with database ingestion cut from months to days

In the Client’s Words

“Our teams were spending far too much time producing reports that no one could interact with. Moving to reusable Shiny apps changed how soon we could query the data and get an answer. Atorus understood the clinical side and the engineering side, which is why the work held up in a regulated environment.” 

— Ryan Yu, Director, Statistical Programming, Head of Scientific Computing Technology, Regeneron

Why Atorus for Shiny App Development

Atorus pairs strong statistical programming and biostatistical analysis experience with production R programming and Shiny app development built for regulated environments. Download the full case study to see how the four applications were designed, validated, and scaled study after study. For more on this work, explore our Shiny resources.

FAQs

What is Shiny app development in clinical trials?

Shiny app development turns R code into interactive web applications that clinical teams use to explore trial data in real time. For pharmaceutical use, Atorus builds these applications to be GxP-validated and hosted on enterprise infrastructure such as Posit Connect, so they can replace static SAS^® reports and legacy visualization tools without compromising compliance. 

How did Atorus help Regeneron modernize its clinical analytics?

Atorus led the engagement from system architecture and data access design through application development and ongoing managed services. The team delivered four production-grade Shiny applications on a shared, reusable model, covering adverse event safety monitoring, key-metrics and statistical review, biomarker visualization, and configurable statistical review of clinical data.

How much can Shiny app development save a clinical organization?

In Regeneron’s case, moving from static reports and legacy visualization to reusable Shiny dashboards is projected to save roughly $10 million a year, a projected reduction of about 69% versus the previous approach. Savings come from reusable components, a common data model, and standardized outputs that make figure generation faster and more consistent.

Can Shiny applications replace static SAS® reports and commercial visualization tools?

Yes. Atorus builds Shiny applications for regulated environments, so a validated application can move from development to production without compromising GxP compliance or regulatory readiness.

Are Atorus Shiny applications GxP-validated?

They can. For Regeneron, interactive Shiny dashboards replaced static SAS^® safety reports and a legacy commercial visualization platform, while connecting to existing SAS^® infrastructure so data teams could work across both environments.