Veeva Systems news and updates

Veeva's Vault AI release AI.2642 opens the Query Agent to programmatic use through the Vault API and MCP, without a person in the loop, and lowers its token use. The same release lets Vault AI agents call other agents' actions as tools during orchestration, set up in code through the Java SDK or without code in the admin interface, and lets customers point the AI tab's main agent at their own custom agents.

Our read

Life sciences IT teams can build their own agents on Vault data and chain them together, which moves Vault AI from a chat feature toward a platform. Programmatic queries without a person reviewing them need governance rules of their own.

Veeva announced Study Builder Agent, which configures Veeva EDC forms, visits and edit checks and Veeva DQS listings directly from a study protocol, reusing an organization's existing standards and the CDISC USDM model, and generates test data. Veeva says it can bring study configuration down to as little as one day. It is planned for early adopter availability in December 2026, is included in EDC with no additional license, and is delivered as a Claude Cowork plugin.

Our read

Study build is one of the slowest steps in trial startup, so the one day claim is worth testing on a real protocol once early adopter access opens. Sponsors should ask which study designs the agent handles and what a person still reviews before a build goes live.