Can pharma companies use Skie for medical representatives' phones?

Skie for Enterprise · Updated

Short answer

Yes. A pharma company can give its medical representatives phones or tablets limited to the reporting app, detailing app, maps and calls, with web filtering and location on during work hours. Skie works on Android 12 or newer, and rules continue offline in areas with poor signal. Location needs staff consent and a written policy.

Medical representatives travel between clinics and chemists, record visits, show product material on a tablet and submit call reports. A device that does that and nothing else is easier to support and less likely to carry stray apps.

In Skie, a representatives group gets an app list: the field reporting app, the e-detailing app, maps, the dialer and perhaps an expense app. Hide the Play Store and the install guard removes anything else. Detailing material often sits inside an approved app, so the device stays in control without you having to manage the content.

Territories map to branches or groups, with a regional manager role that sees only their area. Location can be switched on with geofences for the head office or depot. It requires clear consent and a policy, and staff should be told what is recorded and who sees it. This is general information, not legal advice.

Reps often work in areas with weak coverage. Rules are cached on the device and keep working offline, and the offline mode can have its own allowed apps and a maximum duration set by the organisation. It ends automatically when the network returns.

Not available yet: automatic push install of an app to every device, and private app uploads. Make sure the apps you need are on Google Play and added to the list before enrolling the first batch.