Hanson Wade

Hanson Wade is a world-leading data, insights and collaboration platform for the global life sciences R&D community. Its services focus on tightly defined niches within their respective market verticals and provide an invaluable source of information and reference data to improve client decision-making, enabling cost-effective and results-orientated R&D.

Hanson Wade provides a comprehensive service covering the research-driven origination, development and delivery of high-quality B2B conferences. The majority of Hanson Wade’s conferences are based in the US, with the company also having a material presence in the UK and across Europe. Hanson Wade’s conferences attract the most esteemed speakers and Key Opinion Leaders in the world in these specialist fields, making them ‘must attend’ events. All Hanson Wade conferences provide a critical educational forum for industry participants to learn about the latest developments within their specialist areas, network with peers and connect with potential suppliers and customers.

The company continues to invest in developing Beacon, its market-leading and rapidly expanding research-based data product. Beacon provides access to a powerful database relating to clinical trials and scientific research across pharmaceutical and biotech niches. Significant investment has been made to replatform Beacon, to increase its scalability and enhance its user interface. The number of Beacon modules has more than trebled, significantly enlarging its addressable market. Its success has been heavily influenced by Hanson Wade’s understanding of and positioning in the market through its life sciences conferences, with the large majority of Beacon customers having also attended a Hanson Wade conference.