| Data Driven Innovations Conference, Boston, November 11-12, 2025 This year we have a fresh new format for our two day Boston conference. Day one will feature keynote presentations. Day two will feature four streams including a showcase of our new ideas, projects and communities. Day 1 – Keynotes include: Julie Huxley Jones, Vice President Research + Manufacturing Technology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Jagat Adhiya, VP, Head of IT & Digital for Pharma R&D & CGT, Bayer Steven Wining, Executive Director at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) Day 2 Agenda Steam 1 – Agentic AI and Human Agency, Who’s in Whose Loop Steam 2 – Beyond the Cage – Reimagining Drug Development without Animals and In-Silico with the 3Rs Steam 3 – Smart Data: Smarter Science Steam 4 – Fast Forward Late Stage Development: Digital Trials and Real World breakthroughs. If you would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities for our conferences or webinars please get in touch with Catherine Maskell, Marketing and Event Lead via catherine.maskell@pistoiaalliance.org Member news spotlight: Scitegrity wins the King’s Award for Enterprise We are proud to share the news that our long-term member Scitegrity has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise, the highest UK accolade for international trade and innovation. This achievement demonstrates how Pistoia Alliance membership drives growth through collaboration. Scitegrity Director Joe Bradley said: “We are extremely honoured to receive this award in recognition of the years of hard work and dedication by our small, tight knit team. When we first started working with the Pistoia Alliance on a project to identify controlled substances in large chemical libraries, it wasn’t clear whether what we planned was technically feasible. However, our Controlled Substances Squared software is now used by 5 of the world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies and dozens of other research organizations around the world. Working with the Pistoia Alliance and pharmaceutical companies early on was crucial to this success. I’m incredibly proud of my team and all that they have achieved over the last 10 years.” .png?width=306&upscale=true&name=Blue%20Modern%20Start%20Your%20Journey%20Email%20Header%20(4).png) PROJECTS & COMMUNITIES New FAIR Business Survey ReportFrom Research and Beyond: The Biggest Business Drivers of Life Science FAIR Initiatives Our FAIR for Business Working Group has undertaken an extensive survey to assess the impact of FAIR data in life science companies. Our new report examines the biggest business drivers for implementing FAIR data principles and key outcomes being delivered. Pharmaceutical companies are applying FAIR in research, and are also extending into development, clinical, and operational functions. FAIR initiatives that started five or more years ago are now delivering tangible improvements in data management processes and enhanced operational efficiency. Thanks to all our members who contributed to this important research. Read the report here. To get involved in our FAIR initiatives contact: giovanni.nisato@pistoiaalliance.org. Pistoia Alliance contributes to FDA Draft Guidance on AI One of the many benefits of being part of the Pistoia Alliance is the opportunity to help shape regulations. Our AI community members have worked together to submit comprehensive feedback to the FDA Draft Guidance on AI which includes guidance on benchmarking of models, the requirement for an AI/ML management system, the use of FAIR data and the inclusion of additional standards. You can read our feedback which has been published by the FDA here. Life Science Informatics Forum Our Life Science Informatics Forum, sponsored by ZS Associates and Zifo and guided by our expert steering committees, is a global forum with in-person meetings in the UK, Europe and the USA. Each meeting explores a hot topic facing the biopharma R&D informatics sector with lightening talks from thought leaders, roundtable discussions and networking. In February, Johnson & Johnson hosted our Benelux meeting focused on ontology adoption and last month MSD hosted our UK meeting at The Crick on laboratory digital transformation and instrument integration standards. Read more about both events and get in touch if you are interested in attending our next event in Switzerland. For more information on sponsoring our Life Science Informatics Forum contact Marketing and Event Lead:catherine.maskell@pistoiaalliance.org Have your say in our Lab of the Future 2025 Survey For the third year running we are gathering insight into the adoption of emerging technologies in the lab and investment strategies for our annual Lab of the Future survey. We’d love your input into the world’s largest global Lab of the Future survey in life sciences. Take the five minute survey here and join us at Open Pharma Research’s Lab of the Future Europe Conference, Sept 30th & October 1st, 2025 where we will be speaking about this year’s key findings. Membership Fees Our membership fees will be increasing from July 1st 2025 so that we can continue to provide exceptional value to our members through our industry-leading programs and initiatives. Our new fees are detailed on our website membership page. To assist with the transition, we are offering an opportunity for existing members to lock in the current 2024 rates. For more information please contact membership@pistoiaalliance.org WEBINARS, EVENTS & TRAINING Don’t forget to visit our events section to discover the many different events the Pistoia Alliance and its members are hosting. Sign up below to receive this newsletter and the events bulletin every month! Please note, the Pistoia Alliance only accepts business email addresses and does not accept gmail, hotmail or any other free email domains. |
May 2025 Pistoia Alliance Newsletter
