1 Product Overview

The Argus Affiliate Module enables users from a company's local affiliates to manage and track cases that are specific to their workflow. It is the complete and seamless solution that allows for case data from affiliates to be entered at the source, a complete case review, acceptance of the case into the central database, and determination if a case is reportable at the local level.

Argus Affiliate Process Overview

The following table lists some of the main tasks that users perform when using Argus Affiliate.

Task	Description
Log on to Affiliate	Log on to the Local Affiliate Module using a Local Affiliate account.
Enter Local Event Information	Enter information about local events.
Route Events to Central	Send the events to Central Safety for review.
Log on to Argus Safety Web	Log on to Argus Safety Web as a regular Argus Safety user.
Review and Accept Local Events	View events sent by local affiliates around the world and accept these events.
Encode Events	Encode the events sent in by Local Affiliates.
Perform Local Labeling	Label events for cases that are pending labeling.
Submit Reports	Submit reports according to the requirements of local regulatory authorities.

User Types

The following two broad categories of Argus Affiliate users can exist:

Central Users - These are users that belong to the Central Safety site of a pharmaceutical company.

Affiliate Users - These are users that belong to other global sites of the company or its local affiliates. Affiliate sites may fall under different regulatory reporting requirements compared to the Central Safety site and other affiliate sites.

Getting Started

Refer to the following sections for information about required fields and standard buttons used in Argus Affiliate.

Required Fields

Fields that are marked with a red flag image and have an orange boundary are required fields. These fields must be filled in to proceed with the configuration requirements.

Standard Buttons

The standard buttons used in Argus are described in the table below:

Button	Purpose
Save	Use this button to save changes associated with an event.
Cancel	Use this button to cancel changes associated with a section.
Print	Use this button to print information associated with an event, in PDF format.
Add	Use this button to add an item associated with a section.
Delete	Use this button to delete an item associated with a section.
Copy	Use this button to create a new editable copy of an item within a section.
OK	Use this button to confirm an action associated with a section.
Yes	Use this button to confirm an action associated with a section.
No	Use this button to cancel an action associated with a section.
Help	Use this button to launch the online manual.