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Atharva Manjrekar

Leveraging machine learning and XAI to forecast and understand data

2023-07-13 With the growth of machine learning models, we have seen these provide unparalleled performance when predicting and forecasting outcomes from our data. Moreover, with the implementation of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), we can now understand how these models make predictions...

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Atharva Manjrekar

How data science can help overcome imbalanced data

2023-07-13 In the healthcare industry, one primary concern when doing research or creating a machine learning model to improve patient care is handling imbalanced data. For example, most individuals do not suffer from heart failure yearly, which is excellent. However, when...

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Douglas Vargo

Automation in life sciences can speed innovation while lowering costs

2023-05-24 Life sciences companies are no strangers to change, but the past several years have presented unprecedented challenges to the industry. As we’ve seen through the CGI Voice of our Clients interviews, the pandemic accelerated trends that were already underway, particularly...

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Aaron Tenenbaum

Using FDA’s Computer Software Assurance guidance to improve innovation and quality in life sciences

2022-10-19 For several years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the life sciences industry have collaborated to develop guidelines for improving quality best practices in validating computer systems and harmonizing with international standards. The FDA’s release of the CSA...

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Ryan Patrick Parker

Want to achieve health equity? Start by eliminating data bias

2022-06-06 Although data and knowledge of the disproportionate application and access to health amongst minority populations are well known, data regarding the impact of the virus on exacerbating health disparities wasn’t immediately available.

Rehana Wolfe
Rehana Wolfe

Building your digital infrastructure from start-up to commercialization

2022-02-04 Picture it - it’s been years since your vision of bringing a new therapy to market was set in motion. The team was small with an immediate focus on the product development stage. As the clock ticks away, the clinical...

Rehana Wolfe
Rehana Wolfe

Digitizing the pharmaceutical and biotech value chain

2021-09-13 I’ve been having a lively debate with a few of my colleagues about the digital value chain: a holistic view, of how technology enhances, connects and integrates the entire organization to deliver superior customer outcomes. We’ve been trying to pinpoint...

Rehana Wolfe
Rehana Wolfe

Enabling effective, population-centric COVID-19 vaccination programs

2020-12-16 How will jurisdictions confidently and efficiently predict demand, order vaccines, and inoculate populations to meet their goals? Fortunately, there are proven practices, tools and technologies that can help organizations improve their effectiveness in these endeavors.

Rehana Wolfe
Rehana Wolfe

Applying Human Centered Design to drive a successful SARS-CoV-2 vaccine mindset

2020-09-10 Scientists and life sciences companies around the globe are racing to find an effective vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. The sheer magnitude of funding and effort applied to this process is staggering. It is a mobilization of the scientific community, the likes...