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IT Insights for Life Sciences & Biotech

Practical guides on GxP compliance, SOC 2, 21 CFR Part 11, data infrastructure, and FDA audit readiness — written by engineers who live in these environments.

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Founder Insights
What Founders Get Wrong About IT Before Their Series A

The five IT decisions that come back to haunt biotech founders at Series A due diligence — personal accounts, missing access controls, unvalidated storage, no backups, and the costly habit of waiting until later.

📅 June 2026·8 min
21 CFR Part 11
5 Signs Your Biotech IT Is Not FDA Audit-Ready

Shared logins, unvalidated systems, modifiable audit trails — the warning signs inspectors find most often, and how to catch them first.

📅 June 2026·9 min
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity for Biotech: What Pharma Giants Do That Startups Skip

EDR, enforced MFA, privileged access — the controls that protect large pharma from ransomware, and how to implement them at a startup budget.

📅 May 2026·8 min
IT Strategy
Cloud Migration for Life Sciences: What Nobody Tells You

Vendor "compliance-eligible" ≠ you're compliant. What validation, data residency, and shared responsibility really mean when you move regulated workloads to Azure, AWS, or GCP.

📅 May 2026·9 min
21 CFR Part 11
What Is 21 CFR Part 11 and Does It Apply to Your Biotech?

A plain-English breakdown of FDA's electronic records rule — scope, who it applies to, and the three core requirements every regulated company needs to meet.

📅 June 2025·8 min
GxP
GxP IT Foundations: What Every Life Sciences Company Must Get Right

GLP, GCP, GMP each have distinct IT requirements. This guide covers the four non-negotiables that cut across all of them.

📅 June 2025·9 min
SOC 2
SOC 2 for Biotech: A 12-Month Roadmap to Your First Audit

Enterprise pharma and hospital systems increasingly require SOC 2 before signing. The full timeline from scoping to audit-ready.

📅 May 2025·10 min
Data Infrastructure
ELN + LIMS Integration: Connecting Your Lab's Data Pipeline

Most life sciences companies run their ELN and LIMS as islands. The integration patterns that unlock real-time traceability and audit-ready data flows.

📅 May 2025·9 min

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