Medidata reported the launch of a research partnership between the Medidata Institute and Project ALS. The program is designed to gain a greater understanding of the ALS disease process and develop new therapeutic strategies. Medidata Institute engages and partners with research organizations, life science companies, researchers, regulatory agencies, and patient advocates to deliver insights that redefine how data, technology, and expertise improve lives and inspire the next generation of treatments, with a special emphasis on rare (orphan) diseases. The research efforts will use Medidata Rave Omics, a biomarker discovery solution which streamlines omic (including genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic) data capture within the clinical study process. Rave Omics, part of the Medidata's Acorn AI portfolio, uses machine-learning methodologies to identify subsets of patients based on omic biomarkers.