Pilgrim Software, Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with Global Regulatory Services (GRS), a life science consultancy. By combining its automated solutions for risk management, regulatory compliance and operational and product quality with GRS’ clientele, Pilgrim will be able to serve an expanded range of organizations with its process automation platform.

The alliance aims to help customers operating in highly regulated, process-oriented life sciences environments increase their business efficiency, reduce costs, identify operational dangers and avoid negative outcomes, through the delivery of automated, quality and compliance-driven software solutions, according to a Pilgrim statement.

“Pilgrim and GRS share a vision of delivering successful software technology solutions, with the benefit of knowledgeable consulting and support, that help organizations address and overcome the pressure of globalization and expanding regulation,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim Software’s chief operating officer. “We look forward to building a very productive relationship between our two companies which will allow us to offer strategic and operational advice on regulatory development projects and overall compliance strategy in order to determine the best possible outcome for Life Sciences customers, both strategically and commercially.”