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This report captures insights from talks, panels, and open discussions held at this year's Spring Conference in London.
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE COMPLIANCE IN 2026
A widening rulebook, a shifting supply chain, and very small teams
With controls widening and the global supply chain shifting, the teams responsible for compliance and shipping of controlled substances face increasing operational complexity. A new article unpacks the three pressures converging on compliance in 2026. Those pressures are the backdrop of this year's Controlled Substance Compliance & Shipping Conference in Cork, 29–30 September. Will you be there?
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WHAT ROLE SHOULD AI PLAY?
Designing AI's role, not just explaining its decisions
AI is quietly appearing across enterprise tools, framed as a helpful colleague. But do we really know what it's there to do? In the first article of a UXLS series on AI, Stijn Janssen (Novo Nordisk) argues the harder challenge isn't explaining how AI decides, but designing the role it plays. And he proposes how to think about it. Don't miss it!
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WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE DATA FAIR?
A shared map of the FAIR data ecosystem
At the FAIR Forward workshop in London this year, around 40 experts from across the pharma and life sciences ecosystem mapped what it would take to make data truly FAIR. The result was an interactive landscape of 28 challenges and enablers, plotted by the effort they demand and how soon they're within reach, showing where collective action can move fastest.
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SOCIAL MEDIA AS REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE
Making the patient voice count in drug development
In a new Clinical Leader interview, Pistoia Alliance project leaders Thierry Escudier and Aditya Tyagi discuss how social media listening captures the patient voice, reaching larger, more diverse populations. They share thoughts on patient openness, regulatory perspectives, and how social media can be a credible, structured source of real-world evidence.
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VERSION 1.7 OF THE IDMP ONTOLOGY
New structured packaging for the shared language of medicines data
The IDMP Ontology reaches Version 1.7. The core update is packaging modelled to EMA and ISO guidance, proper handling of composite packs and combination products, and new units of presentation mapped to EMA SPOR reference data. Every update answers a real-world industry need.
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