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Optum Life Sciences helps organizations overcome challenges across the drug development lifecycle through real-world data, advanced analytics and clinical insights.

The need for trusted, actionable evidence has never been greater

With our robust life sciences solutions, we can help you navigate the interdependencies and conflicting incentives within the current health care ecosystem.

Generate evidence

Unlock insights from the industry’s largest repository of longitudinal, linked real-world data.

Elevate your value story

Engage our experts to anticipate and address the demands of payers, providers, patients and regulators throughout the product lifecycle.

Put theory into practice

Leverage our enterprise connections across all sectors of health care to accelerate clinical development and improve population health.

What’s shaping your strategies in 2026?

The life sciences industry is at an inflection point. As pharma companies face mounting pressure they must adapt faster and more strategically. Explore key trends shaping commercial strategy in 2026 and gain actionable insights to stay competitive in an evolving health care landscape.

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Our data and insights help to accelerate adoption to improve patients’ lives.

Data

Clinicogenomics for Greater Data Insights

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  • Manufacturers

Better understand diseases and drug development opportunities.

Data

Engage Payers with Value-Based Contracts

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  • Manufacturers

Generate valuable evidence, leverage real-world data and analytics and track clinical outcomes over time.

Research

Enhance Clinical Trial Design and Performance

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  • Manufacturers

Modernize your approach to protocol design and patient finding.

Data

Generate Evidence with Real-World Data

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  • Manufacturers

Derive evidence from the unmatched depth and scale of our data assets.

Service

Partner with Our Epidemiology Consultants

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  • Manufacturers

Advance public health and safety with our trusted experts and data.

Data

Patient and Provider Research

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  • Manufacturers

With advanced patient analytics and deep healthcare data, we help uncover insights to understand how to best connect the right patients to the right treatments.

Research

Strengthen Your Value Story with HEOR

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  • Manufacturers

Tap into our expertise in health economics and outcomes research.

Optum Life Sciences named 2025 Leader in Real-World Evidence Solutions by Frost & Sullivan

Optum Life Sciences named 2025 Leader in Real-World Evidence Solutions by Frost and Sullivan

Industry insights

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Integrated RWD: The key to accelerating innovation

To maximize the value of clinical innovations, you need dimensional, robust data. Learn about leveraging integrated cost and clinical data.

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Reassessing the Inflation Reduction Act with real-world evidence

Cut through the noise of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with key points aimed to help life sciences leaders leverage impactful data.

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Break down silos in clinical trial design

Clinical trial protocol design and feasibility often occur in silos. Learn how to make the overall trial design process more effective with RWD and other tools.

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