Merck Announces Foundry DevTools Data Library is Now Free on Github

March 8, 2023

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Merck KGaA has announced that its Foundry DevTools library, created with Palantir Technologies, will be freely available to users on Github, an open-source repository of code and software development resources. Merck and other pharma giants have used the platform for drug development and real-world evidence (RWE) analysis. This move marks a first for the platform.

According to Phil Taylor, “Foundry DevTools is said to be the first-ever customer-developed, open-source library for the platform and, according to Merck, “lowers the entry barrier to the data supply by stripping away complexity and providing a consistent set of developer tools that boost productivity and quality for data teams. Since starting their project, the German drugmaker and US tech company have produced software such as Syntropy for data management, governance, stewardship, and sharing in biomedical research, with an emphasis on oncology.”

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