Why smarter science starts with a “digital-from-day-one” strategy
During SapioCon 2026, speakers from across the industry returned repeatedly to a problem that is costing life sciences organizations more than they realize. Sapio Sciences research found that 65% of bench scientists repeat experiments not because the science demands it, but because they cannot find, trust, or reconstruct the context of previous work. The Pistoia Alliance offers a structural explanation. An estimated 55% of an organization’s scientific data is effectively dark, trapped in legacy systems, unstructured repositories, and the memory of people who have since moved on.
Both organizations brought survey data to back up what many in the room already suspected: that bottlenecks in modern scientific organizations are rarely a shortage of data or ambition but a challenge with the underlying digital infrastructure.
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