Healthcare IT News April 1, 2021
With the new addition, combining Kantar’s research and consulting expertise with its own technology and real-world data, Cerner aims to further build out its Learning Health Network consortium.
Cerner on Thursday announced the completion of its purchase of Kantar Health for $375 million in cash – an acquisition it says will be a boost to its expanded efforts toward life sciences research capabilities.
WHY IT MATTERS
Kantar Health’s analytics expertise spans a wide array of therapeutic areas: Alzheimer’s, cancers, rare diseases and more. Its tools and policy expertise have been used by companies across the pharma and life sciences industries.
Cerner says combining those research and consulting bona fides with its own real-world data stores and portfolio of technologies can better...