
Pipeline Analysis
A systematic overview and analysis of the development landscape within a defined indication or disease. Supporting all our stakeholders to better understand new and emerging trends and allow for the timely consideration of how to prepare the system for innovation of value.
Our Pipeline Analysis offers important and immediate intelligence about the future of health technology within a disease or condition. Underpinned by robust horizon scanning methodology, at the core of our pipeline analysis are an analysis of trends in clinical development that allows for the examination of both their cause and potential impact on healthcare systems. Our methods are reproducible and address clinically relevant questions. Our outputs can be used to steer development reports, inform gaps in ongoing research, address unmet needs, and prepare healthcare systems for upcoming waves of technological innovation.
Rapid Technology Scan: Polygenic Risk Scores

The Innovation Observatory performed a scan of PRS in March 2021, using robust horizon scanning methods to identify promising innovations and to anticipate technological trends. We developed a detailed dataset of technologies by formulating search strategies for PRS, based on a comprehensive list of terms and input from expert panels. Primary and secondary sources were […]
DownloadRapid Technology Scan: Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) and the Prevention of the Generation of Aerosols

The Innovation Observatory performed a scan of respiratory technologies that prevent/mitigate aerosol generation in May 2021, using robust horizon scanning methods to identify promising innovations and to anticipate technological trends. We developed a detailed dataset of technologies by formulating search strategies for respiratory technologies, based on a comprehensive list of terms and input from expert […]
DownloadHorizon Scan for Histology Independent Technologies

Histology-Independent Therapies (HITs) for cancer, or Tumour-Agnostic Therapies are recent innovations in oncology wherein treatment is based on the cancer’s genetic and molecular alterations rather than cancer type and/or site of origin.
DownloadRapid Technology Scan: Radioligand Technologies

The Innovation Observatory performed a scan of radioligand technologies (imaging and therapeutic) in May 2021, using robust horizon scanning methods to identify promising innovations and to anticipate technological trends. We developed a detailed dataset of technologies by formulating search strategies for radioligand, based on a comprehensive list of terms and input from expert panels. Primary […]
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