Blog
Pharmaceutical industry
We’re working collaboratively with the pharmaceutical industry to drive positive change at scale and pace across the healthcare landscape.
Get in touch View all productsThe pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role in the development of cutting edge treatments that improve and save the lives of millions of people.
Over the next decade, the government aims to turn the UK life science ecosystem into a global centre of excellence to help the NHS address pressing health challenges. Collectively, the healthcare technology sector, NHS, research and life sciences industries have the ability to work together to drive positive change at scale and pace.
We believe that through collaboration we can create positive change in healthcare, and help to bridge the gap between patients, healthcare clinicians and researchers. Through innovative healthcare technology, we’re uniquely positioned to support ethical research and the effective uptake of new treatments and care pathways to improve lives.
We have over 35 years of experience delivering innovative digital solutions to healthcare organisations and patients. This means that we understand the complexity and importance of healthcare data and technology as well as the potential for creating change at scale.
As trusted custodians of more than 40 million patient records, we have a long history of safely and securely managing clinical data, and can support GDPR compliant, secure data analysis and complex queries at speed and scale.
Accessed via our market leading clinical system for primary care, we’re empowering clinicians to easily identify and connect with eligible patients that meet the criteria for clinical research studies.
With 18 million registered users of Patient Access, the UKs #1 independent patient services app, we’re able to directly communicate with patients and provide them with support to manage their conditions.
Working with 10,000 organisations across every major healthcare setting means that we can support the deployment of innovative solutions at scale and pace, by embedding the latest evidence and decision support directly into our clinical systems.
We’re proud to have sponsored the 2024 report 'Harnessing primary care data for clinical research and trial recruitment' from Newmarket Strategy. This paper explores how primary care data can transform clinical research and improve patient outcomes. It features expert insights, novel research, and recommendations to drive progress in the sector.
Find out more and read the full reportLife sciences
Underpinned by our powerful data analytics platform, EMIS-X Analytics, our solutions harness the power of the rich healthcare data stored in clinical systems to drive improvements and enhance patient outcomes.
Find out how our Recruit platform is enabling primary care teams to source quality clinical trial candidates at speed and scale.
Clinical trial recruitmentFind out how our Pathway solution is supporting proactive healthcare interventions with powerful data insights.
Proactive care with Pathway
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.
Find out moreNews & insights
Blog
Customer story
Article
Article
Products
Product
Explorer delivers self-service business intelligence by enabling you to query, explore and analyse data to optimise healthcare delivery.
Discover moreProduct
For life sciences professionals
Source quality clinical trial candidates at speed with Recruit, embedded in our primary care clinical system.
Discover moreProduct
For life sciences professionals
Identify groups of at-risk patients from within primary care data for proactive healthcare interventions.
Discover moreFeature
For healthcare professionals
Requires EMIS-X
Enabling primary care teams to easily identify and invite patients to take part in clinical trials.
Discover moreFeature
For healthcare professionals
Requires EMIS-X
Easily identify at-risk patient groups for proactive healthcare interventions through referral onto the appropriate care pathway.
Discover moreFeature
For research and life sciences professionals
Requires Recruit
Supporting smarter site selection for your clinical trial
Discover moreFeature
For research and life sciences professionals
Requires Recruit
Streamlining healthcare record sharing to accelerate clinical trial recruitment
Discover moreFeature
For research and life sciences professionals
Requires Recruit
Instant, compliant access to UK primary care data to accelerate your research.
Discover more© 2026 Optum. All rights reserved.