Category: Life Sciences

Healthcare and Life Science organizations have a mission to improve human health and make groundbreaking scientific discoveries. More often than not, they leverage genomic, transcriptomic or other omics data to achieve this goal. They use a collection of bioinformatics tools and methods to process this data and derive scientific insights. Bioinformatics workflows enable orchestration of […]

AWS HealthOmics is a HIPAA-eligible AWS service and provides fully-managed compute that helps customers process genomic, proteomic, and other varieties of -omic data securely and at scale in AWS. It supports common workflow definition languages—including WDL, Nextflow, and CWL—and secure access to data stored in Amazon S3 and AWS HealthOmics Storage. In this blog post, we cover […]

EVERSANA is a leading provider of commercial services to the life sciences industry. The organization is building generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications to help pharmaceutical organizations drive efficiencies and business value while improving patient outcomes. Scott Synder, chief digital officer at EVERSANA, recently spoke to Ujjwal Ratan, data science and ML leader for healthcare and […]

Cancer remains the leading cause of death from disease for children, with nearly 10,000 cases diagnosed each year and over 1,000 children dying annually in the United States alone. The most common solid tumors are brain tumors, with 4,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with a primary brain tumors each year. The White House’s re-ingited Cancer […]

Life Sciences companies are facing mounting pressure to reduce go-to-market time while retaining high quality standards in their products, labels, and leaflets. In such a demanding market that is prone to change, these companies need the right solutions to streamline their processes. Esko has been investing in R&D and working with key Life Sciences customers […]

Ethical marketing compliance is critically important for pharmaceutical companies operating in Japan to prevent the miscommunication of wrong or outdated information. In a country known for its strict regulations and emphasis on consumer protection, these companies must adhere to a set of ethical guidelines to maintain trust and make sure of the well-being of patients. […]

Large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way we interact with technology, and AWS HealthLake is no exception. HealthLake is a secure, HIPAA-eligible data lake that allows healthcare organizations to store, transform, and analyze their health data at scale. By combining HealthLake with an LLM, healthcare providers can interact conversationally with their data, gaining insights and making decisions […]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across life science, healthcare, and electronics. More than 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From providing products and services that accelerate drug development and manufacturing, well […]

Whether advancing evidence-based policy, value-based healthcare, or community wellness, access to longitudinal health data is a force multiplier for progress. Dr. Jay Schnitzer, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at MITRE, recently sat down with Valerie Delva, Worldwide Head, Data/AI ML Strategy and Solutions at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to discuss the […]

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, has been using generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) to push the borders of data science and analytics in life sciences. Harish Nankani, Associate Vice President, Data and Analytics, Merck, and Suman Giri, Executive Director, Data Science, Merck, recently spoke […]