Pistoia Alliance

We are honoured to have won a 2025 Bio-IT Innovative Practices Award for our FAIR Maturity Matrix and to have also received an Honourable Mention for our In Vitro Pharmacology (IVP) project in this year’s awards. These awards reflect the dedication and collaboration of all our members who have participated in our FAIR and IVP initiatives and we look forward to presenting our winning submissions and accepting the awards at the Bio-IT World Conference and Expo, April 2-4, Boston. #BioITExpo We have been awarded the Lighthouse Award for achieving an industry first with the creation of our FAIR Maturity Matrix - an easy-to-use self-assessment tool that measures organizational leadership and technical maturity. Our IVP project which has established a public-private partnership with regulators at the FDA and working collaboratively with biopharmaceutical industry stakeholders, has been highlighted as ‘one to watch’ by the judges in the years to come. The Bio-IT World Innovative Practices Awards highlight outstanding examples of technology innovation in the life sciences and are judged by a panel of expert, peer judges. The Award program recognizes partnerships and projects pushing our industry forward, promoting strategies that can be widely shared and implemented across the industry to improve the quality, pace, and reach of science. Read the full press release here https://lnkd.in/esfiSYNW

Thank you Abigail Beaney, the alliance would like to echo Thierry Escudier's comments

📊 Webinar: Transforming R&D with Integrated Human Health Data 📈 Join our thought-provoking panel discussion with ZS Associates on April 9, 2025 as we explore the future of health data integration in R&D and personalized medicine. Distinguished speakers include: Becky Upton, President, Pistoia Alliance Julie Huxley-Jones, VP Research + Manufacturing Technology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals William Mayo, Senior Vice President IT, Bristol Myers Squibb Bruce Press, Partner/Principal, ZS Associates Register here: https://lnkd.in/ePfKcwFB

This week we kicked off the Pistoia Alliance US Life Science Informatics Forum series in Boston. More than 25 people from across the Life Science community came together to openly discuss the theme of 'value creation in pharma', how pharma recognizes and prioritizes the value of projects and initiatives. Our speakers gave a variety of perspectives and examples, all of which led to great discussions amongst the attendees. Thanks to Mike Stapleton, Stephen Wing, Jake Janey, and Mark Borowsky for sharing your insights. It was truly valuable. The purpose of these meetings is to bring together a small group of people to share their thoughts on a business-critical topic in Life Science, and ideally from that, see if there is an opportunity to address the topic through a pre-competitive collaborative lens. By keeping the meetings small, we foster a tremendous amount of interaction. The event was held at EPAM Systems' Continuum site in Seaport, and a special thanks to Ted Slater for the amazing and gracious hosting. These events would not be possible without the support of our global Informatics Forum sponsors, ZS and Zifo. Thank you so much and we were very happy to have you attend and participate in the discussion! We are already in the process of getting our next forum together. If you would like information on an upcoming event, or you have thoughts on topics of interest, please feel free to reach out to me or one of my Pistoia Alliance colleagues!

This week we kicked off the Pistoia Alliance US Life Science Informatics Forum series in Boston. More than 25 people from across the Life Science community came together to openly discuss the theme of 'value creation in pharma', how pharma recognizes and prioritizes the value of projects and initiatives. Our speakers gave a variety of perspectives and examples, all of which led to great discussions amongst the attendees. Thanks to Mike Stapleton, Stephen Wing, Jake Janey, and Mark Borowsky for sharing your insights. It was truly valuable. The purpose of these meetings is to bring together a small group of people to share their thoughts on a business-critical topic in Life Science, and ideally from that, see if there is an opportunity to address the topic through a pre-competitive collaborative lens. By keeping the meetings small, we foster a tremendous amount of interaction. The event was held at EPAM Systems' Continuum site in Seaport, and a special thanks to Ted Slater for the amazing and gracious hosting. These events would not be possible without the support of our global Informatics Forum sponsors, ZS and Zifo. Thank you so much and we were very happy to have you attend and participate in the discussion! We are already in the process of getting our next forum together. If you would like information on an upcoming event, or you have thoughts on topics of interest, please feel free to reach out to me or one of my Pistoia Alliance colleagues!

🧠 What does it mean to build "human-in-the-loop" agentic systems for clinical development from day one? This was the focus of my talk last week at the Royal Society of Medicine. We often talk about automation, scalability & AI but the real challenge is in designing systems that augment expert decision-making, not replace it. In practice, this means: * Embedding clinical & operator judgement directly into closed-loop systems. * Prioritising feedback-rich interpretable AI. * Building with real-world deployment in mind from day one, not just as an afterthought. This shift is essential if we are going to transform trials from bespoke individual programs into scalable learnable systems. I'm grateful to the Pistoia Alliance & to everyone who joined the conversation. The energy in the room was a reminder: the future of clinical trials is not just about being digital. It is a truly human endeavor. #TechBio #AgenticSystems #HumanInTheLoop

✨ Reflecting on the Pistoia Alliance Conference in London! ✨ It’s been a week since I returned, but I’m still energized by the rich discussions and collaborative spirit that define this community. 💡💬 The event kicked off with insightful workshops and I had the pleasure of attending the FAIR workshop run by Giovanni Nisato at the Royal Society of Medicine - an inspiring venue to start thought-provoking conversations on FAIR & the FAIR Maturity Matrix, an easy-to-use self-assessment tool that measures organizational leadership and technical maturity. Over 20 industry experts collaborated to create the tool. The Hyve included! which won this year’s BIO-IT World Innovative Lighthouse Award! 🏆 Bio-IT World The keynotes set the stage for impactful discussions: 🧠 Brian Martin (AbbVie) emphasized the responsible development of AI in pharma, the need for human oversight and bridging technology with domain expertise to improve patient lives. 📊 Mathew Woodwark (AstraZeneca) shared how strategic standardization enables businesses to embrace data governance without constant refinement. 🌐 Markus Hartmann, PhD (Merck) provided insights into semantic data layer through reuse of existing standards, leveraging AI and the power of collaboration internally & externally. Day 2 continued the momentum: 🔬 Sophie Ollivier & Renan P. (Servier) showcased how their R&D and Data Science teams work in tandem to fuel innovation, accelerate therapies and enhance operational efficiency. 📈 Thibaut Snollaerts, PhD, MBA from Servier's presentation on centralizing data management through a semantic layer was inspiring. Unlocking data contexualization through this semantic layer is fundamental especially on your journey to gaining valuable insights from a knowledge graph. Our own Eelke van der Horst , The Hyve co-presented, demonstrating how structured, collaborative efforts fuel real progress in biotech and pharma. The conference closed on a powerful keynote with Yvonne Diaz Oncogene Cancer Research : "Patients don’t live in silos, so neither should their data and your work." A strong reminder of why we do what we do breaking barriers to drive data-driven innovation in healthcare. ❤️ Beyond the sessions, the real magic was in the connections—pharma, vendors, consultancies, and academia coming together to advance science. 🤝🚀 Grateful to be part of this incredible community! Thank you so much Pistoia Alliance for once again bringing collaboration together. Becky Upton Thierry Escudier Nick Lynch Cristina Fasca J Christian Baber -true visionaries here! #DataScience #FAIRData #AIinPharma #Innovation #Collaboration #PistoiaAlliance

Excited to be at Bio-IT World again this year. Our FAIR project leader Giovanni Nisato has a full house for his two day hackathon on the FAIR Maturity Matrix Assessment - The Data Dimension. Participants are learning about our ground-breaking FAIR Maturity Matrix which has won a 2025 Bio-IT Innovative Practices Award 🏆 and are busy working on methods and tools to assess the state of FAIR data sets. 

🏆 We’re proud to announce the 2025 Innovative Practices Awards (IPA) winners and honorable mentions—and invite you to celebrate their achievements with us at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, taking place April 2–4 in Boston! Organizations driving the winning entries—including Genmab, Genedata, NHS England, IQVIA, Pistoia Alliance, Regeneron, and Quris-AI—will be recognized during the Friday morning Plenary Keynote (April 4 at 8:05am). Immediately following, join us for a dedicated presentation session from 10:30am–12:10pm in the Data Management track, where each team will share the strategies and technologies that made their entries stand out. From patient privacy and FAIR data tools to AI-powered in vitro testing and digitalization in process development—these projects represent innovation at its finest. This session is a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of these award-winning collaborations and discover what set them apart in this year’s highly competitive selection process. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: 🌟 FAIR Maturity Matrix (Giovanni Nisato, PhD – Pistoia Alliance) 🌟 Unified Namespace for Preclinical Manufacturing & Process Development (Matthew Conway & Angela H. – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) 🌟 NHS Privacy Enhancing Technology (Khaldoun Zine El Abidine – IQVIA) 🌟 Accelerating Chromatography Workflows (Rik Rademaker, PhD – Genmab) 🌟 BioAI—De-Risking, Accelerating & Personalizing Drug Development (Amir Bein, RD, PhD – Quris-AI) 🌟 FAIR In Vitro Pharmacology (IVP) (Tim Hoctor – Pistoia Alliance) WEBLINKS: 🔷 Track & Session Details: https://lnkd.in/g5Ae2Pq6 🔷 Press Release: https://lnkd.in/gWDrnjDR 🔷 Editorial Coverage: https://lnkd.in/gzEr4MeS #BioITWorld #InnovativePracticesAwards #IPA2025 #LifeSciencesInnovation #TechForHealth #PrecisionMedicine #DataManagement #FAIRdata #PatientPrivacy #AIinBiotech #BioITExpo

Excellent presentation at the Pistoia Alliance 2025 spring conference by Nisha Bhudia on Advancing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, highlighting how an ontology can standardize CMC processes for enhanced digital tech transfer. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eMvBpN8W