Life Sciences Blog

August 23, 2023

Meet the Team: Sara Snell Taylor

Get to know Sara Snell Taylor, Senior Epidemiologist at PicnicHealth and discover how she leverages real-world data to improve patient outcomes

PicnicHealth Announces Entry into Market for Oncology-Focused Real-World Data

PicnicHealth is thrilled to announce our entry into the real-world data market for oncology. Leveraging our successes in chronic and rare diseases, we're now dedicated to advancing oncology research by collaborating directly with people living with cancer.

Alzheimer’s Disease: How real-world data can answer big questions for drug developers

Roche has selected PicnicHealth as its partner to study Alzhemier’s disease (AD) in real world patients through their latest project, EMPOWER AD. The partnership leverages PicnicHealth’s end-to-end patient-centric approach to building registries from recruitment, to medical records retrieval, and machine learning (ML)-driven, human-curated data abstraction.

Team Spotlight: Justin Maslin

Welcome to PicnicHealth’s Team Spotlight series, where we introduce you to the talented people that are working behind the scenes at PicnicHealth. Today you’ll get to know Justin Maslin, the Engineering Manager for the Care Experience team at PicnicHealth

June 28, 2023

The Latest from the FDA Regarding DCTs

In the era of telehealth and increased inclusivity, the FDA's recommendations pave the way for more patient-centric trials held at non-traditional locations. This game-changing guidance provides invaluable insights into DCT design, remote trial visits, electronic informed consent, safety monitoring, and leveraging digital health technologies.

June 14, 2023

Top 5 RWE Trends in Health Economics and Outcomes Research

The global health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) market continues to grow year over year and is estimated to reach 2.46 billion by 2026. Read on for a breakdown of the top 5 trends driving this exciting industry growth.

Events

May 25, 2023

ISPOR 2023: 4 key RWE themes we saw at this year’s conference

Whether or not you had the opportunity to attend the three action-packed days of ISPOR this year, we’ve got you covered with a summary of 4 major themes that emerged.

Real-World Data By Design — Incorporating Different Data Types into Clinical Trials

With increasing applications of real-world data (RWD) upstream in the drug development lifecycle, it’s critical to recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. So how can one incorporate different types of data from patients into clinical trials? Through conversation with a panel of experts from the biopharma industry and health technology companies, we will discuss scenarios when patient-mediated, tokenized and/or site-based approaches are warranted. Gaelan Ritter, Sneha Kishnani, and Andrew Larsen share their unique perspectives on the importance of a tailored yet flexible strategy and the potential value this can unlock for researchers and patients alike.Watch the recorded webinar or read the transcript below to explore design considerations for incorporating different types of real-world data into clinical trials.

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April 24, 2023

PicnicHealth Announces Continued Real-World Data Strategic Partnership with Roche and Genentech to Advance Neurological Disease Research

PicnicHealth is excited to announce that we are expanding our long-term partnership with Roche and Genentech to better understand brain health and accelerate neurological disease research using real-world data.

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April 17, 2023

FDA Sets a High Bar for Externally Controlled Trials: Does Your Data Measure Up?

This year, the FDA shed light on important, cross-cutting considerations for patient-level, real-world data to serve as an external control arm. Our new blog post highlights what you need to know - and the data you need to have - to conduct an externally controlled trial.

CureDuchenne Partners with PicnicHealth to Advance Research and Simplify Patient Experience by Incorporating Electronic Health Records into Data-Integrated Biobank

CureDuchenne and PicnicHealth Announce Real-World Evidence-Focused Partnership to Incorporate Participant Medical Records into CureDuchenne Link

HTRS 2023: PicnicHealth recaps this year’s Scientific Symposium on hemostatic and thrombotic disorders

The studies presented at the HTRS Scientific Symposium showcase some of the many ways PicnicHealth is partnering with leading researchers to deliver robust real-world evidence and improving patient care across different therapeutic areas, including rare diseases, hematology, immunology, neurology, and oncology

Does a recent FDA approval signal changes for the wider industry when it comes to RWE?

PicnicHealth | Does a recent FDA approval signal changes for the wider industry when it comes to RWE?FDA approvals supported by Real-World Evidence (RWE) are rising. Life science companies would be remiss not to consider including evidence on the natural history of disease, unmet medical need, and/or patient-reported outcomes in their regulatory strategies. PicnicHealth has extensive experience helping life science companies execute strategies to leverage Real-World Data (RWD) and incorporate RWE into their research and business planning. Uncovering experiences and outcomes from real patients is at the heart of it all. Contact us to discuss how we can partner on confirmatory evidence studies to strengthen your regulatory submission.

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February 28, 2023

The Transformational Value of Real-World Data for Drug Development and Regulatory Decision-Making

This webinar explores relevant examples of how Data Science and Digital Health are accelerating pharmaceutical innovation and driving impact for patients. Bringing together global experts with diverse perspectives spanning regulatory, R&D and health tech, this conversation highlights innovative, RWD-driven approaches to drug development and regulatory decision-making. Najat, Noga, Jesper, and Evelyn discuss the need for different types of data to construct a complete clinical picture – and how a data-driven approach can drive impact across both research and clinical practice.

January 17, 2023

A Conversation About Wearables: Successes, Limitations, and the Potential Opportunities

We sat down with Evelyn Pyper, Senior Evidence Strategy Manager at PicnicHealth, to talk about successes, limitations, and areas for growth within the wearables industry.

Events

January 12, 2023

PicnicHealth Launches Webinar Series: The RWE ROI

PicnicHealth is launching a four-part webinar series that aims to reframe the “ROI” for RWE generation and tackle the question: beyond the return on investment for RWE, what is the risk of inaction?

January 9, 2023

2022: A Year in Review

2022 was the biggest and most exciting year yet for PicnicHealth - not only for our team, but for our Change Champions, PicnicHealth users, and research partners. We want to thank everyone for being a part of this incredible community and making this past year possible. Before we jump into 2023, join us as we look back at our favorite moments of last year. We raised $60 million in Series C funding! PicnicHealth is ecstatic to have raised a $60m Series C to help build deep, complete, and clinically-rich real-world datasets in several new diseases. The team spent the year growing our research program portfolio, connecting with new patient populations to initiate new studies; introducing new capabilities to our patient app to make it easier for patients to tell us more about their experiences by completing surveys, diaries, and more; and building new data features to help researchers gain new insights faster.

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December 20, 2022

At the Intersection of Mental Health and Chronic Disease

Mental health can mean a lot of different things to different people with seemingly vague definitions. MentalHealth.gov takes broad strokes to include emotional, psychological, and social well-being at the interface of how a person thinks, acts, and feels. Indicators that something is out of balance can present with a number of uncomfortable behaviors including having low or no energy, having unexplained aches or pains, or experiencing severe mood swings. It would be difficult to look through the entire list of possible symptoms and not relate at some level at some point in time, suggesting that mental wellness is just one fabric to the many layers that influence how we function on any given day. Unresolved or persistent mental health issues can lead to a diagnosis of mental illness, but it feels more fluid than other conditions or diseases that use more measurable diagnostic criteria such as abnormal lab values or imaging modalities to diagnose.

PicnicHealth Hemophilia A Data Presented at ASH 2022

PicnicHealth’s research partners Roche-Genentech and other key opinion leaders in the hemophilia space presented data from PicnicHealth’s Hemophilia Cohort in an oral podium presentation and poster session at ASH 2022.

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Dan Drozd, MD, MSC and Darcy Hodge

November 29, 2022

PicnicHealth Gives Back this Holiday Season 2022

PicnicHealth Gives Back has returned for another year! Every time a patient contributes to a PicnicHealth research study, PicnicHealth will donate to a patient advocacy group until December 31, 2022.

Closing the Gaps Left by Structured Data

Patient-centric real-world data and evidence are especially conducive to accelerating research of neurodegenerative diseases.

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) recently accepted two of our abstracts for the upcoming 63rd ASH Annual Meeting, which will be held December 11-14, 2021.

Get Ready for ACR Convergence - New Reports Leveraging Unstructured Data in Lupus Nephritis Real-World Data

The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that 1.5 million Americans, and at least 5 million people worldwide, have a form of Lupus.

PicnicHealth Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

We’re excited to announce the formation of our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and welcome inaugural members, including Robert Kaplan, PhD, Jeffrey Brown, PhD, and Milena Gianfrancesco, PhD, MPH.

The Evidence Base and PicnicHealth put Data Completeness In Focus

he Evidence Base and PicnicHealth partnered to put Data Completeness In Focus. Dan Drozd, MD, PicnicHealth’s Chief Medical Officer sat down with Darcy Hodge, Editor of the Evidence Base to talk about the importance of data completeness, unstructured data and additional factors that impact the generation of high-quality real-world evidence. Listen to the podcast, part of the In Focus feature by visiting The Evidence Base. A transcript of the interview appears below.

Research Spotlights

October 26, 2021

Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 100,000 people are living with sickle cell in the US

PicnicHealth Partners with Komodo Health

PicnicHealth is excited to partner with Komodo Health to enrich its patient-centered real-world data Research Platform. This collaboration will enable PicnicHealth to unlock rich new insights about complex diseases and treatment outcomes.

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