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IBM's AI technologies and consulting services for the life sciences sector enable accelerated product development and product launches, drive digital reinvention, help build resilient and sustainable supply chains, and help optimize commercial strategy, go-to-market and market access.

Our life sciences consulting services offer solutions and technologies that help advance initiatives, and optimize the business lifecycle and pharma value chain. Generative AI technologies and consulting services can been used to drive innovation across life sciences industry sectors such as:

  • Information security
  • Biotech
  • Supply chain 
  • Sales 
  • Procurement
  • Product development (including research of therapeutic areas)
  • Patient medical devices and other diagnostic machines
  • Customer service including digital health, marketing, human resources and finance

Our clients in the life sciences industry span North America and Europe, and include pharmaceutical companies, large drug multinationals, biopharmaceutical firms, life science research and clinical diagnostics and more.

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Life sciences technology solutions Generative AI

Unlock the value of your life sciences data and transform your organization with readily built, custom AI applications. Manage all data sources and accelerate responsible AI workflows—all on one platform.

Strategy consulting services

Grow and transform your life sciences business, corporate strategy, business processes and bring your digital transformation strategy to life.

Quantum computing service

See how Quantum computing adoption can revolutionize life sciences research, development and clinical trials, so that you can launch new products and enhance your market access.

Supply chain solutions

Build resilient and sustainable life sciences supply chains with IBM technology, enabling intelligent, end-to-end global supply chain visibility and transparency.

Sustainability solutions

Connect your sustainability strategy with day-to-day operations to embed sustainability into your digital transformation, in line with global life sciences trends.

Security and Identity

Employ IBM data and identity-centric security controls and expertise across AI, hybrid cloud, and quantum. With IBM Guardium, get visibility, compliance and protection throughout the data security lifecycle, and protect your track records.

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