Keynote announced for our Boston Conference,
November 14 & 15 2023

We are delighted to announce that Enoch Huang, Vice President, Machine Learning and Computational Sciences, Pfizer will be giving a keynote presentation on Applying AI/ML to Bring Transformative Medicines to Patients. The adoption of AI, Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence will be a key focus of our Boston conference. Our speakers will include Tom Plasterer, Data Strategy Lead, Oncology Translational Medicine, AstraZeneca; Julia Fox, Director, Data & Analytics, Takeda; and John Overington, Chief Data Officer, Exscientia.

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Thanks go to our sponsors Elucidata, Biovia, Benchling, Elsevier, ChemAxon, Tetrascience, Accenture, CAS and Rancho Biosciences. To find out more about our last remaining sponsorship opportunities contact Event Lead zahid.tharia@pistoiaalliance.org .

Take part in our Lab of the Future Survey

Can you spare 5 minutes to help with our Lab of the Future Survey? We are conducting a study into the adoption of emerging technologies and the skills that will be needed to enable innovation and collaboration in the lab of the future and will be launching the findings at Lab of the Future Europe. All participants will receive a copy of the report.

New Ontology Training Program starts September 2023

The Pistoia Alliance is a running a new training program to demystify ontologies for life science leaders. Starting on September 13th it comprises of five bi-weekly webinars and a half-day workshop at our Boston conference on November 14th and is focused on use cases and best practices. For further information on how you can attend contact vladimir.makarov@pistoiaalliance.org.

Project & Community Developments + New Ideas

Exploiting Real-World Data From Social Media in Patient-Focused Drug Development

With the need to diversify the source of real-world data for regulatory purposes, the Pistoia Alliance and a few of its members set up a Community of Experts to evaluate interest in using social media for patient listening. Having identified that there is a clear need to define guidelines and best practices, the Pistoia Alliance is now launching a project that will evaluate regulators’ expectations, patients’ acceptance, data collection and analysis challenges. If you are interested in joining this new project, please contact thierry.escudier@pistoiaalliance.org.

SEED Project

Our SEED project which has brought together a rich set of expertise from industry and academia and a shared ethos that data standardization efforts should be collaborative has now closed having successfully delivered new ontology standards for ADME and drug safety which are available via BAO. The Journal of Biomedical Semantics will be publishing a paper on the project (≈Q4, 2023, “An extension of the BioAssay ontology to include Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic terminology for the enrichment of scientific workflows”). Our thanks go to project champion Steve Penn from Pfizer and everybody else who has contributed to this three-phased initiative including AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Scibite, Bayer, Biogen, Southampton University, GSK, CDD, Elsevier, Linguamatics, Merck, Sanofi, Takeda, ABBVIE, Chemaxon and Miami University. Steve will continue to advocate for shared data strategies and the consolidation of ontologies as a Pistoia Alliance steering committee member and can be contacted via steven.penn@pfizer.com.

D&I in STEM Leadership Program: Join our next cohort

Diversity and inclusion are critical to the success of the life sciences industry. Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in our next D&I in STEM Leadership cohort. This 12 week program educates new and experienced leaders on the many different aspects of diversity and helps them to proactively support D&I efforts with their teams and organizations. It also provides an opportunity for participants to build a diverse network of pharma leaders around the world. Find out more here.

New ideas for collaboration

If any of these new initiatives spark your interest or you have a new idea for a pre-competitive collaboration project get in touch.

Up & Coming Events

Don’t forget to visit our events page to discover the many different events the Pistoia Alliance and its members are hosting.

• Lab of the Future Webinar
  September 13, 2023, 13.00 BST
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• Lab of the Future Europe Congress – September 26 – 27, 2023
  As a long-term partner and sponsor we look forward to speaking at the European Congress. You can also join us at the Pistoia Alliance pre-registration drinks on the evening of September 25
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*Please note, all events listed on the website are displayed in your local time zone.

• Get to know the Pistoia Alliance – September 6, 3pm BST
• UX for Life Sciences Conference – October 10, 8.30am BST
• Lab of the Future Panel Debate – October 18, 13.00 BST:
• Diversity of Thought – Neurodiversity & Mental Health Event – November 14, 13.00 BST
• Pistoia Alliance Members Conference – Collaborate. Innovate. Educate. – November 14/15, 13.00 BST

Membership Corner

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

• Enterprise Named Entity Realizing the Promise of Foundation Models in Healthcare
• Recognition (NER) and Linking with KAZU – A Deep Dive 
• The Application of Large Language Models in Life Science R&D