Research systems · Public data · Clinical operations · Company infrastructure

Map the work
before the software

Life-sciences companies do not buy one “biotech stack.” A drug developer, device manufacturer and care-services operator have different evidence chains. This screened map keeps commercial systems, public data and research organizations in separate lanes, then shows where each may become useful

Sector lenses03
Research organizations07
Source policyOfficial pages
Last checked23 Sep 2026

01 · Decision path

Start with the record you need to defend

The stack grows when a company must reproduce a decision, a study result, a device history or an operating metric for someone outside the team. The first question is what evidence exists and who owns it

Biotech / pharma

From hypothesis to clinical claim

Connect literature and molecular evidence to experiment records, study data, regulatory submissions and the financing narrative. AI discovery tools help interrogate evidence; they do not replace traceable source data

CSO · CMO · clinical operations · CFO
Device / diagnostics

From design input to field performance

Trace device identity, design controls, risk files, quality events and clinical evidence. A public device database is a reference layer; the manufacturer's controlled quality record is a separate system

Regulatory · quality · product · CFO
Healthcare services

From encounter to operating proof

Keep patient care and revenue-cycle systems distinct from public reimbursement datasets, then explain payer exposure, site-level economics, compliance and acquisition integration in investor materials

COO · CFO · clinical leadership · GC

02 · Source-led technology map

Explore by sector and job

Each entry answers one practical question and links to the owner of the underlying resource or product. Filters narrow the examples; all entries remain readable without JavaScript

22 examples shown

Public evidence · Literature01

PubMed

Use it to find biomedical citations and abstracts while checking the literature behind a mechanism, endpoint or clinical claim. PubMed is a literature search resource; its record does not by itself validate an issuer's interpretation

NIH / NLM · Public resourceOfficial description ↗
Public evidence · AI-derived structures02

AlphaFold Protein Structure Database

Search predicted protein structures as a research input. A prediction can support exploration, but experimental validation and program-specific interpretation remain separate evidence

EMBL-EBI / DeepMind · Public resourceOfficial database ↗
Public evidence · Trial registry03

ClinicalTrials.gov

Check registered study status, design, sponsor, endpoints and posted results. Sponsors or investigators submit the records; registry presence is not government approval of a study's scientific quality

NIH / NLM · Public resourceOfficial explanation ↗
Public evidence · Drug approvals04

FDA drug databases

Use FDA's approval and product databases to check drug and biologic status, approved labeling and related records. The exact database depends on the product type; a pipeline asset should never be described as approved from a registry entry alone

FDA · Public resourceFDA database index ↗
Public evidence · Device identity05

AccessGUDID

Search or download FDA-submitted device identification information tied to unique device identifiers. It helps identify marketed devices; it is not a substitute for clearance, approval or a manufacturer's design-history and quality files

FDA / NLM · Public resourceOfficial database ↗
Public evidence · Reimbursement06

CMS Data

Explore Medicare and Medicaid program use, payments, provider and beneficiary datasets. These public aggregates can frame reimbursement exposure, but company-level unit economics still require internal records

CMS · Public resourceOfficial data portal ↗
Public evidence · Capital markets07

SEC EDGAR

Find registration statements, amendments, prospectuses, exhibits and ongoing issuer filings. This is the public filing backbone for checking what a comparable company actually disclosed, not a substitute for its private diligence record

SEC · Public resourceOfficial filing search ↗
Commercial system · Scientific AI08

Causaly

The company describes an enterprise AI workspace for scientific evidence retrieval, biomedical knowledge graphs and research workflows. Evaluate source traceability, private-data boundaries and output review before using generated conclusions in a regulated decision

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · R&D records09

Benchling

Benchling describes a connected environment for experiment records, biological registry, samples, inventory and research workflows, with separate AI capabilities. Ask which records are controlled, which remain exploratory and how data moves into regulated processes

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Scientific data10

Dotmatics

Dotmatics presents a scientific software portfolio spanning informatics, lab workflows, analysis and AI-supported data management. Map the specific product to the experimental data type instead of treating the entire portfolio as one interchangeable system

Vendor-described capabilityProvider portfolio ↗
Commercial system · Study data11

Medidata Rave EDC

Medidata describes Rave as an electronic data capture system for collecting, managing, cleaning and reporting clinical trial data. Assess study setup, data provenance and extraction needs separately from trial-operations document control

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Trial operations12

Veeva Clinical Operations

Veeva lists CTMS, eTMF and related applications for study management and trial documentation. A trial master file and an EDC dataset answer different review questions even when systems connect

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Medtech quality13

Greenlight Guru

The company describes a medical-device quality system connecting document control, design controls, risk, CAPA, complaints and post-market work. Verify the precise modules and validation evidence needed for the device's regulatory pathway

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Regulated quality14

MasterControl

MasterControl lists connected quality processes including document control, training, change control, audits, risk and quality events. Those workflow categories describe the product family; they do not establish whether a particular deployment satisfies a company's validation duties

Vendor-described capabilityProvider portfolio ↗
Commercial system · Ambulatory care15

athenaOne

athenahealth describes an integrated electronic health record, billing, practice-management and patient-engagement platform for ambulatory practices. In diligence, separate clinical documentation from revenue-cycle and payer-performance evidence

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Health systems16

Epic

Epic describes electronic health record software used by health systems and clinics. Its presence in an organization does not, on its own, explain reimbursement, clinical quality or the economics of a multi-site healthcare-services company

Vendor-described capabilityProvider overview ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence17

Datasite

Datasite describes healthcare and life-sciences rooms for diligence, fundraising, licensing and IPO work. Compare the actual workflow and quote before selecting a project configuration

Provider-described capabilitySector brochure ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence18

Firmex

Firmex describes biotech and pharma rooms for financing, licensing and confidential collaboration. Test partner separation and activity reporting with a representative package

Provider-described capabilitySector page ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence19

Ideals

Ideals describes life-sciences workflows for clinical-trial sharing and clinical archiving. Establish whether a transaction room or a controlled archive is the primary need

Provider-described capabilitySector page ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence20

Intralinks

Intralinks describes a life-sciences deal platform for secure collaboration and diligence, including business-development and licensing work

Provider-described capabilitySector page ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence · Site operator21

Peony

Peony describes NDA-gated access, watermarks, granular permissions, activity history and AI-supported search for biotech sharing and review. Peony operates this site; these are its own claims

Provider-described capabilitySector page ↗
Commercial system · Secure diligence22

ShareVault

ShareVault describes confidential rooms for biotech, pharma, medtech and CRO teams, including licensing, fundraising and regulatory review

Provider-described capabilitySector page ↗

03 · Research institutions

Follow the usable resource, not the institution's name

These are organizations with a specific public data resource, research method, collaboration route or funding entry point. An institution is not a software vendor, and its presence here does not imply that a company can obtain funding, data access or a partnership

Translational research · Tools and collaboration01

NCATS

The NIH center offers preclinical and clinical research toolboxes, funding information and a separate licensing route. Start at the relevant resource or opportunity rather than treating NCATS as a single open dataset

Molecular biology · Data infrastructure02

EMBL-EBI

Its services catalogue links molecular data resources, analysis tools and submission services. Check each resource's access and licensing terms separately; an institute-wide label does not establish the terms for every dataset

Oncology · Research data03

NCI Genomic Data Commons

The NCI program provides a repository and knowledge base for cancer genomic studies, including standardized molecular and clinical research data. Some records require controlled access; exploratory research data are not product-specific clinical proof

Biotech · OncologyOfficial GDC overview ↗
Health services · Quality measures04

AHRQ

Its NHQDR data tools provide national and state healthcare-quality measures and benchmarks. These are system-level context for care delivery; they do not reveal a particular operator's quality performance or unit economics

Healthcare servicesOfficial data tools ↗
Medtech · Regulatory science05

MDIC

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium is a public-private collaboration in medical-device regulatory science and publishes a resource library. Its reports can frame a device-development question; membership and project participation are separate decisions

Device · DiagnosticsOfficial consortium site ↗
Clinical trials · Methods06

CTTI

The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative convenes trial stakeholders and publishes trial-design practices and resources. Use a specific recommendation or tool for a study-design question, not the organization's name as evidence that a protocol is valid

Patient-centered research · Funding07

PCORI

PCORI funds patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research and publishes funding opportunities and funded-project information. An open opportunity is not a general operating grant; eligibility and scope must be checked in the specific call

Healthcare services · ResearchOfficial funding and research ↗

04 · Screening method

A relevant name is not enough to earn a listing

The first pass asks whether a sector-specific decision maker can actually use the resource, verify its stated function and identify the record it produces. This is a curated entry cohort, not an attempt to enumerate every company or institution in life sciences

Include

Specific job, official path

A resource enters the public map when an official page identifies a concrete tool, dataset, method or collaboration route and the corresponding workflow is clear. Commercial claims remain attributed to their providers

Hold

Deferred categories

General-purpose AI or cloud software, CRO and CDMO services, market-intelligence subscriptions and individual university labs stay in the research queue until an exact use case, access route and source page can be documented

Exclude

No verifiable decision value

Paid placement lists, unsupported rankings, generic prestige signals and claims inferred from a missing webpage do not enter this map. Absence from the map says nothing about a provider's quality or capability

Secure diligence rooms are now included as a distinct workflow layer. Use the life-sciences data room selection guide to compare their documented use cases and run a consistent buyer test. Peony operates this site and is included in that cohort

05 · Selection questions

What should a buyer ask before adding a system?

These questions make tools comparable within their own category. A public registry, AI research workspace, electronic health record and controlled diligence room should not share one score

Record ownership

Which system owns the source record?

Identify the system of record, the reviewer, the correction path and the export format. A polished summary cannot replace the experiment, study, quality or encounter record behind it

Evidence chain

Can a claim be traced back?

For every AI conclusion or board-level number, preserve the source, version, date and human approval. Ask what survives when the vendor account, model or team changes

Access boundary

Who can see which material?

Internal R&D, regulated quality, patient data and investor diligence have different access needs. Document the handoff between systems before buying another shared workspace

Operating fit

Where will work actually happen?

Test the workflow with the people who generate records. The CFO's reporting view depends on the scientist, clinician or quality team's ability to keep the underlying data current

06 · Methodology and limits

Source first. Scope visible

This is a curated map of 22 technology and data examples across seven workflow layers, plus seven research organizations, checked against official pages on 23 September 2026. Selection illustrates distinct jobs in the evidence chain and is not exhaustive market coverage. A vendor's description is attributed to that vendor; no capability has been independently tested here

The map contains no price estimates, implementation-time claims, compliance certifications or relative performance ratings. It does not establish procurement suitability. Public databases may contain submitted or incomplete records, so material decisions require verification against the primary record and the company's own controlled evidence

Editorial boundary No provider is ranked or scored. Peony operates this site and is among the listed providers. Each secure-diligence entry links to a provider source and a buyer validation question appears in the selection guide