Boehringer Ingelheim and Lifebit Extend Collaboration to Accelerate Clinical Data Reuse in Early Discovery

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Ingelheim, Germany & London, United Kingdom — 1 September 2026

Boehringer Ingelheim and Lifebit today announced a new three‑year agreement to further extend and deepen their partnership. Building on more than four years of successful work, the renewed agreement reinforces both companies’ shared commitment to enabling fast, secure, and scalable reuse of clinical trial data to accelerate early discovery research.

At the core is a secure, federated Trusted Research Environment (TRE) — a next‑generation computing environment that seamlessly connects Boehringer Ingelheim’s data ecosystem and governance capabilities with the Lifebit platform. Together, they provide scientists with a single, secure, and researcher‑friendly interface for discovering, accessing, and analyzing patient-level data, while maintaining the highest standards of data protection and compliance.

The Lifebit platform is fully integrated into Boehringer Ingelheim’s internal IT landscape and establishes a robust data management foundation for transparent, auditable, and reproducible analyses. Critically, all data always remains under local custodianship and never leaves the secure environment, ensuring that sensitive clinical data is protected while still being made accessible for advanced research use cases.

“The Trusted Research Environment represents a core capability for enabling our scientists to work with clinical data in a secure, compliant, and highly efficient way — ultimately helping us develop novel solutions for the benefit of patients,” said Oliver Wissdorf, Head of IT RDM CI at Boehringer Ingelheim. “Lifebit has proven to be a reliable and innovative partner throughout this journey, delivering a TRE that is purpose-built to meet our specific scientific, technical, and governance requirements.”

“Boehringer Ingelheim has demonstrated a clear and forward‑looking vision for unlocking the full potential of clinical data in discovery research,” said Dr Maria Dunford, Chief Executive Officer of Lifebit. “We were particularly impressed by their decisive move away from generic, horizontal tools toward purpose‑built systems co‑developed with Lifebit — and by the speed and agility with which they established a modern, secure internal data infrastructure.”

Looking ahead, the continued business partnership will focus on enabling faster and more comprehensive translational studies by seamlessly combining clinical insights with additional data types within governed, auditable workflows. This approach is designed to further inform drug development, enhance data‑driven decision‑making, and ultimately improve patient outcomes — all while preserving rigorous data governance and security standards.

Notes to editors

For more information:
Boehringer Ingelheim — press@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Lifebit — nate@lifebit.ai

About Lifebit

Lifebit is the global leader in federated, secure, and AI-powered health data intelligence platforms and trusted research environments. It helps governments, health systems, and biopharma organizations unify, govern, and unlock biomedical data for real-world research, clinical impact, and life-saving discovery and decisions.

The Lifebit Platform is trusted by the largest number of governments and leading commercial organizations, to securely manage and analyse over 275 million patient records across 30+ countries. This includes USA’s NIH, UK’s Genomics England, Singapore’s Ministry of Health, Boehringer Ingelheim, United Health Group, Flatiron Health and 23andMe, among others.

With operations across the U.S., Canada, UK, Singapore, Japan and Australia, Lifebit powers national precision medicine programs, enterprise data infrastructures, and AI-driven research initiatives worldwide.

About Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry’s top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,300 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow.