While most technology- and innovation-oriented industries have followed the general principles of Moore’s Law, which holds that computing power would double yearly, while costs were cut in half, the life sciences industry appears to be spending more money developing fewer drugs.
According to the latest data, the cost to take a drug candidate from the discovery stage, all the way to market launch, hit $2.3 billion in 2022—a $298 million rise from 2021. Meanwhile, there were
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real-world data (RWD)
Unlocking Real-World Data to Advance Precision Medicine in 2025
The healthcare industry is a wellspring of data, from electronic health records to data from wearables, health insurance claims, and a multitude of real-world data (RWD) points. While RWD has been utilized to improve drug discovery and clinical services, recent technological advances in data management, artificial intelligence, and bioinformatics are beginning to reveal its transformative potential in healthcare, especially within precision medicine. As the industry seeks to employ new
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Ontada, Datavant Partner to Accelerate Oncology Innovation with Real-World Data
What You Should Know:
- Ontada, a McKesson business specializing in real-world data and clinical technology for community oncology, has announced a strategic collaboration with Datavant, a health data platform.
- The partnership aims to accelerate oncology innovation by providing life science companies with faster access to Ontada's comprehensive real-world data.
In October, Ontada partnered with Microsoft to utilize AI capabilities to extract actionable insights from vast
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Flatiron Health and Lifebit Partner to Enhance Cancer Care in Japan through Real-World Data
What You Should Know:
- Flatiron Health, and Lifebit Biotech Ltd (UK, London; hereafter “Lifebit”), are expanding their collaboration into Japan to transform cancer care, facilitating ground breaking research by allowing for safe and secure access to real-world data (RWD).
- Building on the success of their multi-year strategic partnership, Lifebit’s pioneering federated Trusted Research Environment (TRE) technology will enable safe and secure access to Flatiron Health’s high-quality
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Panalgo Partners with COTA to Enhance AI & RWD-Enabled Cancer Care
What You Should Know:
- Panalgo, a provider of healthcare data analytics solutions, has announced a partnership with COTA, an organization focused on providing real-world data (RWD) for cancer care.
- The strategic collaboration will enable COTA to make its high-quality hematologic oncology data available through Panalgo's Instant Health Data Analytics (IHD) platform.
Leveraging COTA's Real-World Data
COTA's RWD is derived from electronic health records (EHRs) and offers
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COTA and FDA Extend Collaboration to Advance Use of Real-World Data in Cancer Research
What You Should Know:
- COTA, a leader in real-world data and analytics solutions, today announced a five-year extension of its research collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE).
- The five-year extension builds upon a successful partnership established in 2018 and signifies a continued commitment to utilizing real-world data (RWD) to enhance cancer treatment and regulatory decisions.
Building on a Successful
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COTA & Sanofi Partner to Leverage Real-World Data and AI to Accelerate Cancer Trials
What You Should Know:
- COTA, a leading real-world data (RWD) and analytics company in oncology, has announced a new collaboration with Sanofi.
- The strategic partnership aims to leverage RWD and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate clinical trials specifically focused on multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting white blood cells. The findings from this partnership have the potential to significantly impact future clinical trial designs for multiple myeloma.
Unlocking
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Flatiron Health, NCCN Collaborate to Advance Cancer Care with Real-World Data
What You Should Know:
- Flatiron Health, a provider of real-world data (RWD) for cancer care, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), an alliance of top cancer centers, have announced a renewal of their long-standing collaboration.
- This decade-long partnership, dating back to 2014, focuses on leveraging RWD to improve cancer care and research.
The Power of Real-World Data in Cancer Care
Real-world data offers a valuable window into the realities of
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Verantos Bolsters Real-World Data Network with 7M Patient Records from CuriMeta
What You Should Know:
- Verantos, the leader in high-quality real-world evidence (RWE) forms a strategic partnership with CuriMeta to expand Verantos' Research Network with de-identified data from 7 million patients,
- The collaboration will enhance the depth and reach of real-world data (RWD) available to life science organizations.
Enhancing RWD Quality and Accessibility
The Verantos Research Network is a unique platform that gathers data from various sources, including academic
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Tempus Donates Over 3,000 Cancer Patient Profiles to Fuel National Cancer Institute Research
What You Should Know:
- Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence and precision medicine, announced a groundbreaking data contribution to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) today.
- The first-of-its-kind contribution will significantly enhance the NCI's planned Data Enclave, a secure repository designed to accelerate cancer research.
Unlocking Insights from 3,000 Cancer Diagnoses
Tempus is donating de-identified tumor profiles with limited associated clinical information from over
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