Transparency is an issue that continues to pose reputational challenges for biopharma. A key flashpoint is the disclosure – under open access rules – of clinical trial data in a climate of mounting therapeutic competition. Still, some industry players are pushing the boundaries around open access. Project Data Sphere, a non-profit group backed by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, is taking advantage of new IT platforms and the rich target potential in discovery science to press for a larger industry consensus around new ways to release high-value data embedded in years of trials, all for the benefit of cancer patients.

Viz.ai is making artificial intelligence real and ready with an algorithm-based detection and diagnostics platform that is beating the clinical clock in fighting stroke. The start-up is now focused on positioning its joined-up AI software as standard-setter for broader patient engagement with big pharma on everything from participation in clinical trials to launching the next generation of high-touch specialty medicines.   

Rising Leader Christopher Jon Stokes of Eli Lilly explains how some early life lessons in the restorative powers of community has guided a distinctive career path marked by engaging widely, understanding intuitively and listening actively, all in the pursuit of forging productive human connections that strive to “meet the moment” for patients.