Novartis calls on Covance to help with Big Data

By Gareth Macdonald

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Novartis teams with Covance on big data
Novartis teams with Covance on big data
Covance’s collection of drug development data is set to get bigger though a collaboration with Swiss drugmaker Novartis.

The agreement – financial terms of which were not disclosed – with see Covance work with scientist at Novartis’ research arm – the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) to develop a data warehouse for preclinical and clinical data.

The project will focus on expanding NIBR’s existing data storage architecture, which already houses results from the Swiss drugmakers research projects, into a platform capable of accommodating more results and allowing researchers to access them more easily.

For Covance the main driver for using NIBR’s existing system as a basis is “that it can effectively store both preclinical and clinical data in a single repository​,” according to Covance’s chief data officer Dimitris Agrafiotis.

He explained that: “Integrating data across the preclinical and clinical divide is critical for advancing a molecule along the development pipeline and for enabling translational research​.”

Specifics of the agreement have not been disclosed, although according to Covance any technology developed will be an important component of its “clinical data integration services​” and underpin its “risk-based, centralized and medical monitoring solutions​.”

The deal comes weeks after the preclinical trial focused contract research organisation (CRO) teamed up with Fresenius unit Frenova Renal Research​ on a data focused project.

Like the Novartis agreement, the Frenova deal granted Covance access to a large collection of data, however, the focus was on using the CROs analytical capabilities to design better protocols for studies of chronic kidney disease.

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