UX in Life Sciences: What’s Actually Different — and Why It Matters
In life sciences, the product isn’t the software — it’s the therapy. This opening UXLS article explores why that makes UX fundamentally different, and increasingly strategic.
From Projects to Products: Why UX in Life Sciences Needs a Mindset Shift
Brought in late, forgotten after launch — that’s the project mindset. This UXLS article shows how a product mindset involves UX earlier, measures value continuously, and keeps it embedded.
Beyond Silos: The Power of Communities of Practice in Pharma
Fragmented organizations leave UX potential untapped and practitioners isolated. This final UXLS article reveals what makes Communities of Practice thrive, what derails them, and how to start one.
Pistoia Alliance Releases Version 1.7 of the IDMP Ontology
The latest release of the industry’s shared digital language for medicinal product data adds structured packaging support, answering change requests raised by the group of experts who guide the ontology’s development.
The IDMP Ontology Explained
This article explains how the IDMP Ontology bridges the gap between ISO IDMP standards and real-world implementation, enabling trusted, interoperable medicinal product data.
FAIR4Clin: Is Your Clinical Data Working Hard Enough?
Clinical trial data is often difficult to find, integrate and reuse. This article introduces FAIR4Clin, the Pistoia Alliance’s practical guide to implementing FAIR principles across the clinical study lifecycle, helping organisations build data that is ready for regulatory use, cross-study analysis and AI.
Introducing a New Book Club for Pistoia Alliance Members
Calling all Pistoia Alliance members — we’ve got a new book club idea, and we want your input before we get it off the ground.
Pistoia Alliance advances IDMP Ontology to help companies prepare for tightening European medicines data requirements
IDMP-O gives regulators, manufacturers and healthcare providers a shared digital language for cross-border prescriptions, pharmacovigilance and medicine shortage monitoring
Pistoia Alliance Releases Version 1.0 of the Pharmaceutical CMC Process Ontology
A major milestone for digital pharmaceutical manufacturing, version 1.0 delivers a standardized, machine-readable framework for CMC processes and is now available to Pistoia Alliance members.
Half of clinical trial professionals cite trust and regulatory gaps as barrier to AI adoption, Pistoia Alliance poll finds
Regulators keen for earlier engagement from pharma on AI, while poll reveals social media’s growing role in patient-centric drug development
Pistoia Alliance releases IDMP Ontology v1.6
The latest release strengthens regulatory compliance capabilities and deepens integration with the wider life sciences data ecosystem.
London 2026 Conference Press Release
New Pistoia Alliance poll finds regulatory teams benefit most from AI, but just 1% see value in the wet lab.