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The next decade of drug development will depend on better ways of storing, using, and analyzing data, says CPhI advisor Bikash Chatterjee, president and chief science officer of Pharmatech Associates. But each of the following must be optimized: volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and value.
So far, the pharmaceutical industry has been conservative about embracing innovative technology, and particularly Big Data. However, business developments will demand that it change its practices, in order to be able to use data intelligently. The following changes are among the business forces driving the need for better approaches to data, says Bikash Chatterjee, president and chief science officer, Pharmatech Associates, whose views appear in the CPhI Annual Industry Report 2016:
Chatterjee expects the following to have the greatest impact on the industry’s approach to data and drug development:
Big Data is there for the pharmaceutical industry to mine, and projects are already underway in discovery, research, and development. However, Chatterjee writes, there is a need to balance and control each of the following: volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and value. When even one of these attributes is not controlled, problems will result.
Finally, he says, the industry will need to ensure data integrity and transparency and information security, especially as pharmaceutical companies move from yesterday’s vertical discovery to a collaborative model, in which companies that may compete in some areas, work together to innovate in others. The need to protect confidential patient records and clinical data integrity will also drive improvements in security.
Despite the challenges involved, Chatterjee writes, “the next decade of therapeutic drug development will be based upon new and more effective means of data mining and analytics.”
Source: “Intelligent Application and Management of Data Will Define Pharma for the Next Decade,” p. 64, CPhI Annual Industry Report 2016.