October 2023 Pistoia Alliance Activity Update

• Keynote presentations from Roche Diagnostics’ Bryn Roberts and Pfizer’s Enoch Huang
• Pistoia Alliance projects in action plus breakout streams aligned with our strategic priorities
• Two networking receptions with our community of senior pharma R&D thought leaders

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Lab of the Future Survey Findings

What does the lab of the future look like? Find out in our survey conducted in partnership with the Lab of the Future Congress how AI and ML will be the top tech investment over the next two years and why we need to work together to accelerate the safe adoption of AI technologies.

Chan Zuckerberg and Every Cure

Earlier this month, our President Becky Upton had the honour of representing Pistoia Alliance at a prestigious Chan Zuckerberg and Every Cure meeting. Passionate individuals and organizations committed to making an impact for every patient and every disease convened to exchange ideas and expertise, fuelling a united determination to deliver better outcomes for all.

Register for our in-person training: Demystifying Ontologies for Life Science Leaders

Join us as we embark on an exciting journey to understand how ontologies can revolutionize knowledge management, AI/ML model training, metadata capture, and enterprise search. We are running this in-person half-day training session ahead of our Boston conference on November 14 at Hilton Back Bay. Whether you’re a seasoned life science professional or just starting your journey, this event will equip you with the knowledge to leverage ontologies effectively.

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We have identified a common industry need for a flexible technology platform that has the functionality to enable pharma companies to easily access, analyse and gain insights from different sources of clinical data with a comprehensive audit trail to ensure traceability of every data access or data modification point as part of GxP compliance for regulatory submissions. If you are interested in joining this new community where you will have the opportunity to share your requirements and work together with other companies to develop a shared solution, please email Thierry Escudier

Streamline Data Exchange for Complex Biomarker Assay and High-Dimensional Biomarker for Human Studies 

We are planning to host a roundtable discussion to explore a new project idea focused on defining an industry standard for implementation of existing standards including a minimal set of metadata for data exchange of complex bioassay data and high-dimensional biomarker data. This could serve as a baseline framework for data exchange across the biomedical industry. This would benefit labs, CROs, and pharmaceutical companies by streamlining data exchange and harmonizing datasets within and between different labs, CROs and pharmaceutical companies and is an important step for capitalizing on AI/ML technologies. To take part in our roundtable discussion please email Thierry Escudier

NEW Lab of the Future Community

We are looking to relaunch our Lab of the Future Community in Q1 2024 to support the growing need for the pharma industry to work together to deliver a clear vision, strategy, and roadmap to guide laboratory investments and accelerate the adoption of disruptive technologies. If you are interested in getting involved in helping to shape the future of R&D laboratories and sharing best practices, insights and knowledge on the journey of technology advancement, please get in touch with Anca Ciobanu 

• The Current State of Quantum Computing in Life Science Research and Development, October 25, 13.00 BST

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• Fireside Chat: Implementing FAIR Data Principles in Life Sciences, October 26, 15.00 BST
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• Playing FAIR with AI: Supporting Scientific Discovery, in conjunction with SciBite November 7, 15.00 BST

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• Unpacking Unstructured Data: Extracting Insights from Neuropathological Reports of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Using Large Language Models – 8 November, 16.00 BST 
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• Pistoia Alliance Members Conference –
  Collaborate. Innovate. Educate.
  November 14/15, 13.00 BST
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There has never been a more important time to collaborate to innovate as an industry and our projects and communities are a great example of this. If you would like to find out more about the benefits of Pistoia Alliance membership and how you can get involved with all the different projects and communities we run, please register for our open session on November 8, 2023, 14.00 BST, your hosts for this webinar will be Grant Dench and Becky Upton.

Catch up on these trending topics and more in our Knowledge Libraries:

• The Final Frontier of Lab of the Future – Digitizing In Vivo Research
• Enterprise Named Entity Realizing the Promise of Foundation Models in Healthcare
• The Application of Large Language Models in Life Science R&D