InterSystems announced the signing of a strategic partnership aimed at advancing research for new treatments in the field of oncology. In a context characterized by an exponential growth of data volumes over the last 20 years, the quality and use of health and research data have become two critical issues for all healthcare stakeholders. The current health crisis has only reinforced the importance of an agile and decompartmentalized strategy for health data governance. As part of this partnership, Oncodesign has chosen to combine its proprietary platform for the identification and validation of new therapeutic targets, called OncoSNIPER, with InterSystems' unified health data management platform, known as InterSystems IRIS for Health. This alliance will allow both companies to develop and optimize essential synergies between the two platforms. The InterSystems IRIS for Health data platform will be integrated into Oncodesign's recently established Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Unit for the storage and management of various preclinical and clinical data sources, which are highly valuable to each of the businesses involved in the drug discovery process. By analyzing and better exploiting the data consolidated through InterSystems IRIS for Health, Oncodesign'sAI BU will optimize the development of OncoSNIPER, notably through more accurate functioning of its algorithms. In addition, InterSystems will provide Oncodesign with the benefit of its international network of strategic academic partners generating health data (hospitals and universities), particularly in North America. For InterSystems, this partnership is part of a strategic approach to healthcare players through its access to Oncodesign's solid expertise in drug discovery and reflects its historical commitment to oncology. With a solid domestic network, InterSystems has been working for many years with major cancer centers (known as CLCC in France) through its patient administrative and clinical management solution, InterSystems TrakCare (especially in Dijon, Nice and Reims), as well as with the Toulouse University Cancer Institute - Oncopole (IUCT-O) with InterSystems HealthShare, for comprehensive patient management and better coordination of the various private and public players in the region. The company has also made its expertise in health data exploitation available to innovative partners such as the start-up MyPL and the Guerbet Group.