Therapeutic & Specialty Expertise

'One size fits all' has never applied in healthcare.

Neither should your clinical development strategy. That’s why IQVIA's Therapeutic and Specialty Centers of Excellence combines therapeutic expertise, regulatory strategy intelligence, evidence generation, predictive analytics, and global clinical experience to help address the unique challenges of each therapeutic area with greater precision and foresight. 

From therapeutic insight to patient impact

By combining deep scientific knowledge, regulatory intelligence, evidence generation, advanced analytics, and global clinical experience, IQVIA enables more informed decisions earlier, reduce uncertainty across the development lifecycle, and help accelerate the delivery of innovative therapies to patients.

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Asking the right questions

Decisions that shape clinical development success often begin with asking the right questions. From early development strategy through launch and real-world evidence generation, deep therapeutic expertise helps anticipate what comes next, challenge assumptions, and identify opportunities and risks before they affect development.

  • How can emerging science and therapeutic innovation translate into meaningful outcomes for different patient populations?
  • What regulatory and evidence requirements should inform development strategy today to support approval, access, and value tomorrow?
  • How can real-world data, advanced analytics, and AI help identify the right patients and inform smarter trial design and execution?
  • How can lessons from previous development programs and approvals inform better decisions for the next therapeutic breakthrough?

IQVIA was involved in the development of

75%

of all FDA-approved drugs between 2016-2025

81%

of all EMA drugs between 2020-2025

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Frequently asked questions

IQVIA provides expertise across a broad range of therapeutic and specialty areas, including allergy and respiratory, biosimilars, cardiovascular, cell and gene therapy, central nervous system, dermatology, endocrinology, GI and hepatology, infectious diseases and vaccines, nephrology, obesity, oncology and hematology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, rare diseases, reproductive health, rheumatology and early phase clinical trials.
IQVIA’s Therapeutic and Specialty Centers of Excellence bring together scientific expertise, therapeutic insights and clinical trial experience to help advance the development of new therapies. IQVIA has more than 15 Therapeutic and Specialty Centers of Excellence supporting therapeutic innovation and regulatory science.
IQVIA applies therapeutic expertise from the earliest stages of clinical development through launch and real-world assessment. This domain knowledge helps teams ask the right questions in areas such as patient identification, clinical trial strategy, reimbursement, real-world impact and the application of advanced analytics and machine learning.
Clinical development requirements vary considerably by disease, patient population and therapeutic area. For example, oncology development differs from infectious disease development, while regulatory pathways may differ between pediatric and Alzheimer’s treatments. Deep therapeutic knowledge helps provide the appropriate scientific and clinical context for development decisions.