Lenovo Pharma Life Science Solution Software User Guide
- June 1, 2024
- Lenovo
Table of Contents
- Lenovo Pharma Life Science Solution Software
- Product Information
- Product Usage Instructions
- AI for All: Lenovo is your trusted partner in AI implementation
- Improve patient engagement during clinical trials
- Optimize manufacturing
- Upgrade your collaboration spaces
- How Lenovo empowers your digital evolution
- Protect your investments
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- References
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)
Lenovo Pharma Life Science Solution Software
Product Information
Specifications
- Brand: Lenovo
- Category: AI-enhanced solutions for life sciences
- Features: Accelerate research and development pipelines, AI adoption, regulatory compliance
- Benefits: Faster time to market, improved insights, manufacturing quality, and safety standards
How technology is helping life sciences progress
Address major trends facing the pharmaceutical and medical device industry now
to improve your time to market and avoid the high costs of catching up later.
Digital transformation
According to a study by McKinsey, the pharmaceutical industry ranked second-
tolast in digital maturity when compared to other industries.1 Yet…
80% of life sciences organizations say digital pathology gets new drugs to market faster.2
Realizing the advantages of digital transformation is taking longer than it should for life sciences organizations.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
AI adoption has reached 75% at healthcare and life sciences organizations.3
However,
53% of life sciences organizations report their infrastructure is not optimized to experience all the benefits AI offers.2
Regulatory complexities
Pharmaceutical companies are challenged by the increasingly complex
regulations of multiple agencies and governments around the world. Their
equipment, infrastructure, and processes must be secure, efficient, and
expertly implemented. From research and development to clinical trials and
manufacturing, Lenovo and Intel provide access to a unique ecosystem of
products, services, and expertise. Equip your life sciences teams with
cutting-edge technology to discover new therapies, gain faster time to
insights, maintain manufacturing quality and safety standards, and deploy go-
to-market launches.
Accelerate time to market for research and development
Data fuels drug development innovation, but processing this data requires a
large investment in time and resources. High-performance, scalable, flexible
tools are essential for accelerating time to market and boosting revenue in a
highly competitive landscape. This could be why 48% of biopharma companies say
they will increase their overall budgets in the coming year, with research and
development as their top focus.4
Are you ready for all the efficiencies of AI?
Research and development teams need AI-ready technology to accelerate time
to insights and time to market.
82% of life sciences organizations that use digital pathology are implementing AI.2
Nearly 70% of biopharma professionals say using generative AI for research and discovery is a top priority, and more than 90% say they expect generative AI to have an impact on their organizations in the next year.5
53% The challenge is that 53% of life sciences organizations that have embraced these digital transformations say their infrastructure is not properly optimized for AI.2
A solid data and technical infrastructure foundation ready to deploy AI is a critical first step toward reaching those milestones. Ask yourself the following to assess your organization’s data readiness.
Does your organization have:
- A standardized AI platform with infrastructure purpose-built for AI workloads — offering appropriate scalability, performance, software, and networking capabilities?
- A budget for AI workloads and provisioning that is well-matched to the job?
- Proper governance in place to ensure accountability, measurability, and transparency?
- Compliance policies and network security procedures for protecting proprietary data and patient information?
Product Usage Instructions
Accelerate Time to Market for Research and Development
Data fuels drug development innovation, and using high-performance tools is
essential for accelerating time to market.
Follow these steps:
- Ensure you have a standardized AI platform with infrastructure purpose-built for AI workloads.
- Allocate a budget for AI workloads that matches the job requirements.
- Implement AI-ready technology to accelerate insights and time to market.
- Assess your organization’s data readiness by evaluating infrastructure scalability, performance, and networking capabilities.
Are You Ready for All the Efficiencies of AI?
Here’s what you can do to prepare for AI integration:
- Ensure your organization’s infrastructure is optimized for AI.
- Implement a standardized AI platform with appropriate scalability and performance.
- Allocate a sufficient budget for AI workloads and provisioning.
- Equip research and development teams with AI-ready technology.
AI for All: Lenovo is your trusted partner in AI implementation
- Trust in Lenovo’s unmatched worldwide reach and AI expertise to accelerate your AI implementation.
- Lenovo Reference Design for Generative AI delivers a fully integrated Lenovo ThinkSystem solution that’s purpose-built to implement AI.
- Lenovo has an ecosystem of AI partners and an AI Innovators Program to vet each company before they become a partner. The AI Innovators Program includes more than 150+ turnkey AI solutions to accelerate development and implementation.
- Four Lenovo AI Discover Labs help you evaluate solutions, execute proofs of concept (POCs), and optimize configurations for AI solutions.
- The Lenovo Responsible AI Committee helps ensure that AI is used fairly, ethically, and responsibly.
AI is an investment in people, processes, and technologies, not just an off- the-shelf product. AI implementation doesn’t have to be daunting, though. Start from a strong foundation with an ecosystem of hardware, software, services, and trusted experts — and AI can be an integral part of your company’s success for generations to come. At Lenovo, our goal is to provide AI for All.
Find workstations built to accelerate AI workloads
Lenovo workstations fast-track and amplify results, providing fast and
reliable hardware for interpreting diagnostic images, patient data, and AI.
GPUs can accelerate the entire analytics workflow, and with NVIDIA®
Parabricks® on the Lenovo ThinkStation® PX workstation, genetic variants can
be uncovered in a matter of minutes instead of the hours or days a CPU-based
workflow takes.
NVIDIA® Parabricks® and the Lenovo ThinkStation PX
- Experience up to 100x speed increases over CPU-only solutions, reducing computing costs by up to 50%.
- Analyze up to 90 whole genomes per day on a single ThinkStation PX.
- Analyze a 30x whole human genome in just 16 minutes.
- Use the power of deep learning for customized, high-accuracy analysis with DeepVariant.
- Lenovo ThinkStation PX is the industry’s most powerful workstation and offers a rack mount option.
Accelerate your workflows with the Lenovo ThinkStation® P Series, powered by Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA processors for maximum workstation performance. Support your workflows on the go with the Lenovo ThinkPad® P1 and ThinkPad® P16 mobile workstations, powered by Intel vPro® with up to Intel® Core™ i9 processors, and blaze through heavy workloads.
Streamline the path from data to intelligence with edge computing
When milliseconds count, edge computing can help:
Improve responsiveness and reliability
Reduce bandwidth costs
Enhance security
Decrease risk from system failures
The Lenovo ThinkEdge portfolio, powered by Intel and AMD processors, is ushering in a new era of edge automation and management at scale with AI. AI applications can run in the cloud or on-premises, depending on your needs, with purpose-built server computing power closer to the source of the data. The Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3, powered by AMD processors, is the most powerful edge server on the market — delivering breakthrough efficiency to support the most intensive remote AI workloads. Coupled with Lenovo TruScale for Edge and AI services, organizations can have immediate, scalable access to next- generation AI from anywhere.
Boost drug development innovation
The optimization and scalability of processing genomics data drives innovation
in life sciences. Scaling up genomics production largely depends on scaling
high-performance computing technologies.
Performing the scope of analytics needed to gain timely, meaningful insight
across populations requires speed as well as processing capacity.
The Lenovo Genomics Optimization and Scalability Tool (GOAST) is optimized for
performance, usability, and cost — supporting the advancement of the lab of
the future.
Lenovo GOAST enables clinical researchers and developers to increase lab productivity, expedite data processing, and maximize profitability by:
- Running faster sequential workflows that require high core, high I/O, or high memory
- Using computational resources as efficiently as possible without cost-prohibitive GPUs and FPGAs or other specialty hardware
- Reducing the cost of analysis and the cost-per-genome equivalent
Explore immersive molecular modeling and design
AI is helping life sciences organizations identify and develop new drugs,
potential drug targets, clinical trial design and execution,and new methods
for drug delivery.
Generative AI models can generate new candidate chemicals,molecules, and
materials. These models, along with computational chemistry, are used to
develop new materials by analyzing unstructured data as well as structured
data that exists in virtual chemical databases.
Experience immersive molecular modeling and design with the Lenovo ThinkReality VRX headset and the Lenovo ThinkStation® P8 workstation, delivering maximum workstation performance for your AI workflows — including a 3D display for molecule viewing and interaction.
Improve patient engagement during clinical trials
Improve patient engagement, experiences, and retention during clinical trials while providing research teams with the tools needed to care for patients and deliver efficient feedback on treatment results.
Optimize clinical trials
Use AI to help choose the best patients for engagement in clinical trials.
Machine learning (ML) can compare data collected on an individual to data from
a group of patients. Along with the help of natural language processing (NLP),
which standardizes patient records into data sets from large numbers of
patients, ML can help predict the best candidates for clinical trials.
ML and NLP can also interpret volumes of study results, delivering insights
early on during trials — saving valuable time and resources.
Create immersive experiences
From revolutionizing frontline care to enabling remote monitoring and
diagnostics, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are breaking
industry barriers. VR and AR provide a variety of benefits in medical training,
diagnosis, and treatment while delivering extensive data tracking capabilities
and positive return on investment.
Patients can experience improved engagement that leads to increased clinical
trial retention during treatment for a variety of conditions by immersing
themselves in multisensory digital worlds. These experiences can decrease
agitation, frustration, anxiety, and depression in a variety of situations,
including patients who have cognitive impairment or dementia and those who
reside in senior living communities, veterans’ homes, and other outpatient
centers.
Lenovo ThinkReality VRX is a versatile, high-resolution, full-color VR/MR headset that provides a comfortable, well-balanced design for extended use sessions anywhere medical training, team collaboration, and patient care take place. The Lenovo ThinkReality VRX supports enterprise-grade security practices with a secure supply chain and manufacturing process.
Unlock the value of collaborative patient care
Meaningful interactions and collaborative relationships are essential to
delivering exceptional patient care during clinical trials.
Organizations must become engaging to boost patient engagement and clinical
trial interactions. Keeping patients connected with family members and their
care teams is critical for success.
AI enables users to complete tasks when and where they want, often on their
own devices — reducing costs, waiting times, and administrative errors while
increasing patient satisfaction.
Offer interactive online portals with natural language processing (NLP)-driven
chatbots to help with medication refills and other simple administrative tasks
for a personalized, always-available experience.
Lenovo’s industry-leading technology lays the groundwork for collaboration
with versatile, flexible solutions that combine enterprise-class performance
with the connectivity that clinical and research environments demand.
Lenovo ThinkSmart solutions improve collaboration spaces with immersive experiences anywhere, along with the mobile engagement opportunities offered by Lenovo tablets. Power hybrid meetings, research collaboration, specialist consultations, patient-family interactions, patient advocacy groups, and training programs.
Provide rugged and secure tech for clinical trials on the go
Keep your staff equipped to gather and share patient data in real time from
anywhere.
The Lenovo ThinkPad® T14 was designed with features that uniquely support
clinical care and research. With a starting weight of under
3 pounds and worry-free, all-day battery life, the T14 gives care providers
and health scientists the mobility and flexibility to work in a variety of
healthcare environments quickly and efficiently.
- Improved audio and new video cameras for virtual health conferencing and remote collaboration with colleagues
- Fingerprint reader integrated with the power button
- Single sign-on enabled with RFID/NFC integrated badge reader
- Lenovo Quick Clean — a simple application designed for remarkably easy cleaning by disabling all input for a preferred amount of time
Portable devices like the Lenovo ThinkPad® X1 Yoga and Lenovo ThinkPad® X12
detachable, or Lenovo K-Series Android tablets for remote check-ins and
updates, have
many advantages:
- Mobility-optimized for use anytime, anywhere
- All-day productivity with outstanding battery life
- Enable gamification in clinical trials
- Processing power to handle any task and multiple applications
- Secure access to safeguard patient data for HIPAA and regulatory compliance
- Easier disinfection preparation with Lenovo Quick Clean software
Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is the perfect companion for the ThinkPad. Boost productivity everywhere by seamlessly integrating mobile and PC experiences.
- With ThinkShield built in, ThinkPhone keeps data protected from malware and other threats with end-to-end security.
- Built tough with IP68 underwater protection, MIL-STD-810H resistance testing, aluminum frame and Gorilla® Glass Victus®
Optimize manufacturing
Increase manufacturing uptime, quality, and safety standards with smart
factory tools, technology, and leading-edge insights.
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) coined the
term Pharma 4.0, envisioning a digitally mature pharmaceutical industry with
higher product quality, greater delivery reliability, improved connectivity to
the entire process, and better patient outcomes.
Provide smarter AI-enhanced simulations and digital twin visualizations
With advancements in simulation, digital twins, digital fabrication,
manufacturing training, and generative design enhancing visualization — and
AR/VR improving collaboration and design — manufacturing
is seeing a shift in how products are being designed, developed, and built.
With AI and digital twins, organizations can better predict and optimize
operational performance, resulting in improved processes, faster development
times, and enhanced overall efficiency. The use of digital twins to improve
processes can also enable medical staff to communicate and collaborate with
each other more effectively no matter where they are — another cost-saving
feature.
The use of AI in product development is increasing, enabling engineers to gain
real-time insights for design, advance time-consuming simulation tasks,
improve data management, and use data to train machine learning models to
identify key design parameters.
Fully realizing the promise of digital twins and AI brings the healthcare industry much closer to connected care, revolutionizing how we manage health and wellness.
Gartner Inc. predicts that by 2025, 25% of healthcare delivery organizations
will include formalized digital twin initiatives within their digital
transformation strategy.6 Lenovo meets these needs by delivering an optimal
high-performance infrastructure for manufacturing and offering a complete
portfolio of hardware, solutions, and services for all your product
development workflows and applications.
In the data center, Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, powered by Intel® Xeon®
Platinum processors, provide the most versatile accelerated computing platform
on the market and are purpose-built for AI — ready to perform large-scale
training and execution with large language models.
Lenovo Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) | Lenovo US, powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum processors, combines Lenovo’s legendary, reliable ThinkSystem infrastructure with independent software vendor (ISV) features, support, and deployment services, maximizing efficiency and scalability.
Enhance manufacturing computing at the edge
As the volume of data produced by organizations continues to increase,so does
the demand on data storage.
With the increased demand for Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) solutions,
mobile devices, and real-time applications, there is a need for faster
processing, lower latency, and reduced bandwidth usage.
Powerful edge devices are needed to process and inference data locally.
Edge computing in manufacturing provides real-time insights to optimize
operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and improve overall productivity.
This enables quicker response times and more autonomous decision-making at the
local level.
Lenovo’s ThinkEdge portfolio is designed to be networked on-premises or embedded in solutions to give manufacturers the advantage in performance,security, and scalability.
With innovative fanless designs that guarantee efficient heat dissipation, ThinkEdge products support a wide thermal operating temperature range (-20°C to 60°C/-4°F to 140°F).
Bring information and computing power to the factory floor
Smarter technology and built-in intelligence give you more flexibility in the way you work, so you can optimize your production and deliver products to customers on time and on budget.
Digital signage
Keep the status of your equipment in view to help identify and solve problems
quickly. Lenovo digital signage can improve efficiency while monitoring the
health of your production line.
- Bring any form of digital media to life on your digital screens or point of sale (POS) with a simplified drag-and-drop tool.
- Content scheduling can be adjusted at the touch of a button, allowing for changes in scheduling and content at a moment’s notice.
- Signage comes with built-in firewalls, end-to-end encryption, and features like role-based security to help keep your systems safe and secure.
- A library of intelligent widgets enables you to show information where and how you want it.
- Lenovo’s cutting-edge solution management platform and world-class services enable a real-time view of health, automatic ticketing in the event of an outage, and immediate service response.
Asset tracking
Incorporating real-time locating system (RTLS) technology, our asset tracking
solution automatically identifies and tracks the real-time location of objects
or people. With targeted tracking and items equipped with tags and utilizing
wireless transmission technologies such as Bluetooth AOA and ultra-wideband
(UWB), our system provides accurate and reliable location tracking services in
various scenarios.
Efficient, reliable, ruggedized workspaces
Supervise and optimize your factory operations and analyze data in real time
with durability that guarantees a consistent user experience.
Combining power, performance, security, and speed, the Lenovo ThinkCentre®
Tiny and ThinkStation® Tiny in One desktops pack rich features into a small,
space-saving form factor with sleek cord management. Tiny offers flexible
mounting options in and around the factory floor. The small footprint delivers
big productivity and processing capability for data-heavy applications, along
with robust security to protect critical data.
Streamline sales and marketing with on-the-go innovation
Deploy drug launches and go-to-market strategies by providing sales and
marketing teams with mobile technologies to better facilitate meetings with
physicians, pharmacy procurement, and patient services.
Presentations
Provide sales teams with solutions to create and deliver mobile presentations.
The Lenovo ThinkPad® T14 starting weight of under three pounds makes it easy
to grab and go. Dolby Audio™ and new Dolby Voice™ AI noise suppression deliver
clarity in videoconferencing as well. Enable on-the-go presentations and order
signatures with Lenovo K Series tablets.
Call notes and orders
Help sales teams complete call notes from anywhere with the flexible Lenovo
ThinkPad® X1 Yoga, and capture signatures with the secure ThinkPad® companion
— the Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola.
Road-ready reinforcements
Keep your field reps, clinical educators, and mobile professionals connected
and productive with Lenovo accessories including battery packs, mice and
keyboard combos, and backpacks.
Enhance fleet management and device intelligence
Deliver proactive device insights and AI-driven predictive analytics for field
fleet technology. Put Lenovo in the driver’s seat with our Lenovo Device
Intelligence (LDI) Plus Managed Services — a purpose-built managed service to
save you time and money without the need to hire specialized personnel.
LDI Plus Managed Services is an offering that combines Lenovo’s digital
experience monitoring software with our managed services to help you monitor
the health of your device fleet, remediate issues, improve internal customer
experience, and optimize IT resource utilization.
Upgrade your collaboration spaces
Lenovo ThinkSmart solutions provide flexible collaboration options for in-room consultations, research collaboration, and clinical instruction.
- Use ThinkSmart View Plus to join Microsoft Teams meetings and connect with colleagues face to face with one click — whether they’re across town or across the globe.
- Create an immersive space where everyone is fully engaged and working together virtually with ThinkSmart One + Controller.
- Power smarter collaboration technology in meeting rooms of all sizes with ThinkSmart Core + Controller.
Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager enables IT operations teams to manage the complex needs of hybrid collaboration environments without adding to their workloads or requiring them to go to the office. With ThinkSmart Manager and the Intel vPro® platform, IT teams can:
- Access, update, and control ThinkSmart devices remotely, even when they’re powered off or unresponsive.
- Perform bulk configuration management as well as rotate BIOS, Windows, and Microsoft Teams passwords.
- See real-time device status and register new devices with the ThinkSmart Manager Android or iOS mobile app.
Embrace the consistency and security of VDI
Lenovo virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can increase data security and
deliver a consistent user experience across all Intel-based devices.
For IT, centralized control enables better visibility and management. This is
a significant advantage not only for daily operations, but also for continuity
and disaster recovery. VDI also provides easier deployment and scalability.
Together with our partners, Lenovo delivers IGEL-certified VDI solutions tailored for the unique sales and CRM needs of your organization. Lenovo also offers a range of services to help you start and scale your VDI deployment — from workshops and consulting to installation, deployment, and management.
How Lenovo empowers your digital evolution
Lenovo offers modular, scalable, end-to-end lifecycle management of services and flexible pay-as-you-go models.
Keep it all secure
Lenovo ThinkShield delivers peace of mind to your employees, leadership, and
organization with our intimate knowledge of technology, our global presence,
and our security professionals. Our approach solves the evolving complexity by
addressing every step of a device from manufacture to deployment and beyond —
wherever the work happens.
Tracking and ensuring the integrity of the technology from manufacture to
deployment and beyond
Protecting information with solutions that use an open ecosystem of partners,
evolving as security threats evolve
Solving expertise and talent gaps with customizable global security services,
making the most of Lenovo’s intimate familiarity with technology
Pay as you go
Keep your life sciences teams competitive with the most up-to-
date technology and infrastructure modernization. Lenovo TruScale
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Lenovo TruScale Device as a Service
(DaaS) offer all the power and strategic advantages of the latest data center
hardware through a pay-as-you-go business model.
Lenovo TruScale’s end-to-end service includes initial consultation, analysis,
and configuration through ongoing assessment and maintenance services, and
remote monitoring and system health to billing and administration. Pricing
structures are simple and include all associated services in one monthly bill.
Protect your investments
Lenovo Premier Support Plus provides faster issue resolution, protects your investment, extends the lifecycle of devices for improved sustainability, and prevents IT issues before they become problems.
Advanced technical support available 24/7/365
Break/fix support for broken machines
Single point of contact for simplified end-to-end case management
AI insights powered by Lenovo Device Intelligence deliver proactive and predictive alerts
Retain ROI on your technology investments
VIP coverage for both IT staff and end users
Reduce downtime to maximize end-user productivity
100%
of commercial notebooks (ThinkPad®) and desktops (ThinkCentre®) are ENERGY
STAR® certified.
97%
of commercial monitors (ThinkVision®) are ENERGY STAR® certified.
Nearly 250 Lenovo products contain closed-loop PCC sourced from recycled end- of-life IT and electronics equipment.
Our low-temperature solder (LTS) technology benefits the environment while improving reliability, efficiency, and cost.
Many Lenovo products are also certified under EPEAT™, TCO, and 80 Plus programs.
Lenovo topped the Green500 list with the world’s most energy-efficient supercomputer.
All company-owned manufacturing sites (not including new locations with less than one year of labor data) have undergone audits by independent auditors using the latest version of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) standards.
#8
Lenovo was ranked #8 on the Gartner Global Supply Chain Top 25 list for 2023.
Lenovo’s innovative shipping efficiencies include a low-carbon transport service to deliver IT equipment via air freight by using sustainable aviation fuel. This service upgrade helps our enterprise customers enjoy faster delivery with less environmental impact.
Lenovo Neptune™ direct water cooling delivers 95% heat removal efficiency and up to 40% lower power consumption, eliminating the trade-off between performance, energy efficiency, and cost savings. The captured heat can be used as a recyclable commodity for a variety of purposes, including supplemental building hot water and radiant heat systems.
Lenovo offers a circular-first approach that gives a second lease on life for IT assets
Lenovo Asset Recovery Services keep resources circulating by reusing parts when possible, refurbishing devices, and recycling outdated assets in an environmentally responsible way. Plus, Lenovo Recertified helps give IT a second lease on life.
Lenovo CO2 Offset Services make it easy to offset the estimated carbon emissions associated with each Lenovo device across your fleet. Offsets support climate action projects verified by independent third-party organizations like United Nations, CDM, Gold Standard®, Climate Action Reserve, and more.
Lenovo Commercial Vantage application guides and encourages users to enable settings designed to help reduce power consumption and extend component lifespan.
Lenovo TruScale DaaS and Lenovo TruScale IaaS help avoid over-provisioning, reducing energy consumption for a lower carbon footprint and keeping your organization outfitted with the most cutting-edge technology.
Extend device lifecycle with warranty services such as Lenovo Premier Support Plus, Sealed Battery Warranty, and Accidental Damage Protection.
Find out how Lenovo can help empower the future of pharmaceutical and medical
innovation.
Talk to your Lenovo pharma team or business advisor and visit
www.lenovo.com/Healthcare
Sources
- McKinsey, “Top ten observations from 2022 in life sciences digital and analytics,” January 2023
- Proscia, “2023 Life Sciences Digital Pathology Adoption Survey,” June 2023
- Zeitgeist, “2023 AI Readiness Report,” April 2023
- FTI Consulting, “BioPharma in 2024: At a Crossroads,”December 2023
- Deloitte, “2024 Health Care and Life Sciences Outlook,”December 2023
- Forbes, “How Digital Twins Can Accelerate Healthcare Transformation,” August 2022
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: How can I assess my organization’s data readiness for AI
integration?
A: To assess your data readiness, consider the following:
- Do you have a standardized AI platform with infrastructure purpose-built for AI workloads?
- Is your budget for AI workloads well-matched to the job requirements?