As a relatively new means of conducting research in the life sciences, RWE, or real-world evidence, is data that comes from “real world settings” such as a clinical practice. Studies driven by real world evidence, or real-world data (RWD), can utilize data from medical records or claims databases, be conducted prospectively in observational studies or adhere to a mixed, hybrid-design approach.

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The direct and indirect impact of sourcing human biological samples present serious risks for the scientific research community. Through Compli™ -a governance process that provides standardization, transparency and ensures ethical sourcing through one single service- researchers can now mitigate risk and reduce overhead while implementing a formal compliance process.

A few readers of this blog series might recall the thrill of operating the so-called Genetics Computing Group “Wisconsin Package” running on the OpenVMS operating system. Subsequently, its GUI SeqWeb became a precursor to today’s cloud computing concept.

In the first of a series of posts, Tech Snapshot will explore subsets of Data Sciences—life sciences data services, omics analytics and health IT—followed by an overview of three different organizations to assist scientists in furthering their research in this burgeoning area.