While many pharma companies have integrated digital tools like cloud services into their operations, some are later adopters. Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the most recent companies to announce a move to a cloud-based R&D platform as part of the company’s commitment to digital transformation. For those still considering how to go about the shift to digital, rolling things out in the right order is one important factor, an EY expert tells In Vivo.

Goldman Sachs backs CRO Aragen, which it believes is well placed to gain from the “secular trend” of an outsourcing uptick by biopharma. Aragen has a string of alliances and is also assisting with both vaccine and test kit development against SARS-CoV-2 for its customers.