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Supporting the life sciences industry

Unlocking powerful insights to support clinical research and improve healthcare delivery.

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Shaping the future of healthcare together

With our broad reach across the healthcare sector, we’re uniquely positioned to support ethical research and accelerate the adoption of new treatments and care pathways that improve lives.

Our various point-of-care systems seamlessly stream information into our EMIS-X Analytics data platform. This cloud-based technology suite underpins our solutions for the life sciences industry, providing secure and seamless access to data along with powerful tools to generate meaningful insight.

Together, we can drive transformative change at scale and speed, revolutionising healthcare delivery.

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Our solutions

We’re unlocking the potential of healthcare data to drive positive change at scale and pace

  • Targeted clinical trial recruitment

    Connect with our vast network of healthcare professionals and patients to source quality clinical trial candidates at speed with our Recruit solution.

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  • Case finding for proactive care

    Identify cohorts of at-risk patients using primary care data to deliver proactive interventions with our clinically intelligent Pathway solution.

    Pathway
  • Gain market insights and generate evidence

    Query, analyse and extract large scale near real-time health data at speed to optimise healthcare delivery with Explorer.

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  • Communicating with your target audience

    Deliver information at the point of care through our market leading healthcare technology, with alerts, guidance and educational content.

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Life Sciences

Our customers

Find out how we support different organisations across the Life Sciences sector.

  • Academic research

    We’re supporting academic researchers to deliver best in class data analytics and actionable insights.

    Academic research
  • Pharmaceutical industry

    We’re working collaboratively with the pharmaceutical industry to drive positive change at scale and pace across the healthcare landscape.

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Our ethical principles

We have decades of experience in handling data in the safest and most ethical way, and are committed to the highest clinical standards in every product and service in every healthcare setting. Our ethical principles guide us in ensuring our collaborations with the life sciences industry are focused on providing positive, ethical solutions that improve clinical safety and patient outcomes.

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