Verana Health

Verana Health is a real-world data (RWD) and evidence company that assembles large clinical databases to support research and improve patient care. The company combines AI and machine learning technology with deep clinical expertise and direct access to near real-time data, delivering actionable insights to physicians, life sciences organizations, and pharmaceutical companies across the health continuum.

Verana Health serves a range of stakeholders in the life sciences sector, including pharmaceutical organizations working across clinical development, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), medical affairs, commercial strategy, and market expansion. The company offers Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions, SaaS applications, and insights research, and maintains partnerships with leading medical societies to provide access to some of the largest clinical databases in medicine.

Society Partnerships and Data Access

• Verana Health partners with leading medical societies to build and maintain exclusive clinical databases.
• Partnerships are established in two primary therapeutic areas: ophthalmology and urology.
• These partnerships provide access to longitudinal, near real-time data spanning multiple years and covering millions of de-identified patients.
• The company holds exclusive data access across multiple therapeutic areas, enabling research that draws on physician-generated clinical records.

Core Solutions and Capabilities

• Clinical Development: Verana Health supports pharmaceutical organizations in designing and executing clinical development programs using real-world data, including the use of RWD in clinical trials and natural history of disease studies.
• HEOR and Medical Affairs: The company provides longitudinal insights to support health economics, outcomes research, and medical affairs functions.
• Commercial Teams: Solutions are available to support launch strategy, commercialization, and market expansion decisions.
• Ophthalmology: Verana Health maintains a well-established ophthalmic registry, which has been enhanced to include imaging data. The platform leverages AI to analyze ophthalmologists' clinical notes and supports frequent data refreshes and compliant handling of electronic health records.
• Urology: The company has introduced end-to-end urologic-oncology datasets and has enhanced its Site Explorer tool to expedite urology clinical trials.
• Tokenization: Verana Health applies tokenization to bridge the patient journey and connect real-world outcomes across data sources.

Technology and Data Infrastructure

• The platform uses secure AI and machine learning to process and analyze real-world clinical data at scale.
• Data is sourced directly from physician-generated electronic health records, providing a high degree of clinical specificity.
• The company is capable of conducting more frequent data refreshes compared to traditional data vendors.
• All data handling is performed in a compliant and consistent manner, with de-identification of patient records.
• Verana Health positions itself as an integrated, single-vendor solution capable of handling data sourcing, AI-driven analysis, and insights delivery under one roof.

Notable Research and Publications

• Verana Health has published research on the increasing value of real-world data in clinical trials.
• The company has produced content on leveraging AI to unlock the full potential of RWD in healthcare.
• Published resources address MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) submissions and their impact on reducing administrative burden for medical practices.
• The company has been recognized in the 2025 Frost Radar for Life Sciences Real-World Evidence Solutions as a growth and innovation leader.
• Verana Health has supported postmarketing safety studies, enabling pharmaceutical partners to meet regulatory safety requirements that would otherwise require large, costly clinical trials.

Customer Use Cases

• Sight Sciences worked with Verana Health to conduct a real-world evidence project in ophthalmology, citing the company's ability to consolidate multiple data and vendor needs into a single engagement, perform frequent data refreshes, and apply AI to clinical notes analysis.
• Ocular Therapeutix collaborated with Verana Health on a real-world postmarketing study to fulfill safety requirements that would have been impractical to address through a traditional clinical trial.

Verana Health continues to expand its clinical databases and data capabilities across ophthalmology and urology, with ongoing development of registry infrastructure, imaging integration, and tools designed to accelerate clinical trial site identification and real-world evidence generation for life sciences partners.