Data drives the life sciences. Data supports the development of new products and enables agile decision making. But for a field so completely reliant on data, the industry is struggling to find methods to adequately handle that data. Ideally, there would be centralized repositories where data is accessible, safe, and organized regardless of the format or size. Instead, there are numerous data silos spread among the different contributors to a specific project.

Those who have worked in the life sciences industry have undoubtedly observed a sea of change in the discipline over the past twenty years. From new modalities (like CAR-T to microbiome) to external collaborations, the way drugs are developed in the 21st century is more complex, more distributed, and faster. Alongside fundamentally new discoveries is a pan-industry shift from on-premise computing to the cloud.

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), set to go into effect in January 2020, will have a big impact on companies that do business in California or collect the personal information of California citizens. Driven by growing public demand for privacy, CCPA is the latest in a line of regulations that gives individuals greater control over how their personal data can be collected, stored, purchased, or shared by private companies. Wondering what CCPA means for your business?