• Unified Under a Universal Language: The Pistoia Alliance’s IDMP Ontology

    Bio-IT World | Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) implementation greatly varies across organizations and regulatory jurisdictions, which impacts drug safety and pharmacovigilance. To ensure that organizations around the world can use a universal semantic interoperability based on FAIR data principles, the Pistoia Alliance has built an IDMP Ontology (IDMP-O Release 1), augmenting existing ISO IDMP standards set by the European Medical Agency.

    Jun 25, 2024

  • When Banks Say ‘No’ to Equipment Financing, It’s Not the End of the Story

    Bio-IT World | Thanks to emerging technologies, from generative AI to data platforms and robotic solutions, companies in the biotech and life science sectors are achieving amazing advances. But for every headline showcasing a success, there is a reminder of the abiding industry reality: countless promising companies are still struggling to acquire the equipment and technology they need to fuel product development and platform growth.

    Jun 21, 2024

  • Avoiding the Traps and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence Development

    Bio-IT World | Artificial intelligence (AI) was the main topic at the 2024 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. While there was much excitement over new developments, there were also many discussions covering the obstacles that block the path to further progress—many of which have nothing to do with technology or data.

    Jun 19, 2024

  • Regeneron’s Platform Play for Protein Prediction at Scale

    Bio-IT World | AlphaFold was revolutionary to protein scientists and their work, but as soon as the new capabilities became clear, scientific demand exploded. Regeneron engineers used the AlphaFold2 model to create a custom, cloud-based solution to allow analysis of thousands of protein binding partners in parallel.

    Jun 18, 2024