BioSpace Insights

The BioSpace Insights team performs research and analysis on industry trends for BioSpace and clients, producing industry reports, podcasts, events and articles.

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With 88% of life sciences organizations using or planning to use AI in recruitment and/or hiring, AI regulation is a priority for the industry.
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Unravel the business of science with BioSpace.
In this episode of Denatured, BioSpace’s Head of Insights Lori Ellis and Miruna Sasu, CEO of COTA, discuss life sciences investment and the potential for disruption.
In this episode, presented by the Genscript Biotech Global Forum 2025, BioSpace’s Head of Insights Lori Ellis and Tom Whitehead continue to discuss the patient and caregiver experience, where Tom gives his insights to the future of CGTs.
In this episode, presented by the Genscript Biotech Global Forum 2025, BioSpace’s Head of Insights Lori Ellis talks to Tom Whitehead, co-founder of the Emily Whitehead Foundation, about how standard care, cell and gene therapies and their impact on patients.
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Upcoming Events
Drug development is already complex, but in this regulatory landscape, risks lurk at every turn. Join us for a roundtable where our guests give their observations and recommendations on how to navigate uncertainty during turbulent times.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11am–12pm EDT
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Virtual
This webinar, tailored for scientists in academia, biotech, and pharma, will explore how intelligent mRNA designs can reduce experimental workloads and improve mRNA performance and efficacy.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11am–12pm EDT
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Virtual
BioSpace sits down with former FDA Chief Information Officer Vid Desai to discuss the potential advantages and pitfalls of deregulation stemming from one of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders. We will uncover what this shift means for drugmakers, compliance and patient safety.
Thursday, October 16, 2025 2–3pm EDT
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Virtual
Research teams around the world are focused on the power of mRNA. As mRNA continues to enter and be adopted by the global healthcare community, the need to quickly validate and scale these therapeutics becomes more critical. This discussion focuses on how sequencing-based insights can power AI-driven design and data-driven validation, helping to develop safe and effective drugs for treating and preventing disease.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 12–1pm EDT
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Virtual
BioSpace at 2025 SCOPE Summit
Events
In this live panel discussion, speakers focused on the EU AI Act’s global regulatory implications for medical devices & QARA’s future. An executive summary is available.
FROM BIOSPACE INSIGHTS
Lori and guests address clinical trial design, which if done without careful consideration of the patient population can exclude patients from clinical trials instead of being inclusive.
At a private event held amid the fallout from the CrowdStrike incident, cybersecurity issues took a front seat, with the consequences of the evolving EU AI Act and the Loper Bright and Corner Post decisions also raising concerns for quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals.
In this episode, Lori and guests discuss the pursuit of adequate representation and how clinical trials are being shaped by the legal environment they operate within.
This is the third episode of Denatured’s discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion. Here, our guests discuss imperatives around access and accountability.
FDA
The groundwork being done in 2024 is building the foundation for global collaboration in the future.
DEI
This week on Denatured, Head of Insights Lori Ellis and guests discuss the implications of not addressing the DE&I data gaps for the future.
Expansion across its network will mean hundreds of new employees in Cincinnati, increased ability to get complex medicines to patients and more.
DEI
This week on Denatured, Head of Insights Lori Ellis and guests discuss the persisting challenges of diversity, equity and inclusion when designing clinical trials.
In this second episode of our collaboration with DIA, we discuss the challenging, collaborative process of regulating advanced therapy product development with guests James Wabby, AbbVie and Rob Schulz, Suttons Creek, Inc.
BioSpace’s Lori Ellis discusses the risks and challenges of cell and gene therapy combination products with DIA speakers James Wabby, AbbVie and Rob Schulz, Suttons Creek, Inc.