Datavant is acquiring Aetion, a competitor in the real-world data sector, as reported exclusively by Endpoints News. This acquisition will lead to Datavant doubling its life sciences team. Further details are expected to be announced by Datavant on Thursday.

Aetion's industry-leading platform integrates advanced analytics, scalable workflows and actionable insights empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of their data and achieve measurable impactNEW YORK, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetion , the global leader in real-world evidence (RWE) technology and analytics, today announced the availability of its Aetion® Evidence Platform (AEP) in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS. This launch removes implementation barriers, simplifies procurement and enables life sciences organizations, payers and regulators to harness scalable, cloud-based evidence generation with the security and reliability of AWS.AEP empowers organizations to analyze real-world data (RWD) to generate transparent, reproducible and regulatory-grade evidence for decision-making in drug development, market access, policy and pricing. By leveraging AWS Marketplace, Aetion streamlines access to its platform and reliable, fit-for-purpose solutions tailored to meet each organization's specific objectives, as well as accelerating time-to-insights and ensuring compliance with global regulatory standards.Aetion relies on AWS as its core infrastructure, leveraging services such as Amazon Bedrock to power its artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-driven capabilities in order to unlock hidden insights about patient populations and translate scientific intent to results. These technologies enhance AEP's ability to process complex RWD at scale, enabling sophisticated hypothesis generation and analysis automation for evidence generation."The availability of AEP in AWS Marketplace underscores our commitment to providing scalable, high-impact solutions that help organizations make real-world data work for them," said Jay Podence, senior vice president of Commercial Partnerships at Aetion. "By integrating with AWS, we offer our new and existing customers a seamless path to deploy and scale real-world evidence studies with enhanced efficiency and security. This is the first step in our vision to expand our collaboration with AWS to bring more value to our customers

NEC's CVC fund, NEC Orchestrating Future Fund, has invested in Aetion, Inc., a U.S. company providing a medical data analysis platform. This investment aims to enhance collaboration in utilizing real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) for drug development. Aetion's platform, Aetion Evidence Platform, is used globally by pharmaceutical companies and healthcare organizations to improve decision-making. NEC and Aetion will explore synergies to streamline drug development processes.