McCreadie Group
Advancing Clinical and Academic Pharmacy through Seamless Automation

McCreadie Group was founded over two decades ago by Scott McCreadie, a pharmacist with deep technical expertise, to address the operational challenges of research pharmacies. Today, the company continues to build on this vision, developing practical tools that help investigational drug services (IDS) sites operate more efficiently while advancing medical research.

McCreadie Group’s flagship cloud-based software, Vestigo^®, enables research pharmacies to move beyond paper logs and homegrown systems and adopt automated solutions tailored for their workflows. Designed with interoperability in mind, Vestigo^® can integrate seamlessly with electronic health records, clinical trial management systems and drug ordering platforms, creating an ecosystem that eliminates silos and improves data flow. This flexibility aligns with the growing emphasis on scalable, interoperable systems that support broader institutional goals.

Every member of McCreadie Group’s Customer Success team is a pharmacy technician with investigational drug study experience who has previously used Vestigo^® in research institutions. They leverage this first-hand expertise to work with clients as trusted peers, bringing an in-depth understanding of research pharmacy to every interaction.

“We invest in highly skilled professionals to help clients adopt and maximize Vestigo^®. Their hands-on research experience allows them to provide guidance that meets client specific needs,” says Sara Brueck Nichols, president.

With public funding for clinical trials and academic medical institutions declining even as research protocols are increasing in complexity, research pharmacies are asked to do more with less. Compliance requirements remain high, yet many still manage critical inventory tasks, from tracking stock levels and expiration dates to maintaining documentation and processing product returns. These manual paper-based methods slow operations, increase the risk of errors, consume valuable space and make report readiness challenging. Vestigo^® streamlines workflows in a single automated platform, enabling efficiency, accuracy, integration and audit-readiness.

Vestigo^® handles inventory, protocol tracking, compliance and documentation, automating tasks to help IDS teams run more trials with fewer resources. Remote trial monitors or preceptors securely review approved data, speeding approvals and strengthening compliance. Clients report a 50 percent reduction in binder storage and a 95 percent reduction in logging time, critical metrics increasingly important in resource-constrained research organizations.

Unlike traditional enterprise software deployments, Vestigo^® requires minimal IT involvement for implementation. IT teams only need to handle security reviews, while its design ensures rapid deployment without extensive configuration or heavy resource demands. Vestigo^® supports audit readiness, meets FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements and accelerates trials to bring treatments to patients sooner.

The results are best evidenced at research sites using Vestigo^®. For instance, a large Midwestern health system known for cutting-edge research has been managing hundreds of studies on Vestigo^® for over seven years. The organization achieved an 83 percent drop in documentation time and an up to 85 percent decrease in physical workbook usage. The move to a paper-free system eased storage burdens by 83 percent and significantly improved staff productivity.

In another instance, the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, saw measurable gains soon after adopting Vestigo^®. Initially using it for inventory management, they expanded into clinical trial billing, improving tracking, inventory management and recordkeeping. Manual re-entry across sponsor-provided logs is now automated, freeing staff for higher-value activities.

Client support goes beyond implementation with comprehensive training led by pharmacy technicians. Clients also have the opportunity to receive assistance with protocol builds, data migration and ongoing learning via webinars like client-led seminars, where users share how they maximize Vestigo^®’s benefits. McCreadie Group is also developing a digital library to promote shared insights across sites.

By embedding hands-on research pharmacy expertise into every facet of its solutions, the company delivers operational clarity and precision compliance that research sites trust. Its workflow automation and consultative client engagement cement McCreadie Group as the industry’s definitive clinical trial pharmacy management partner.