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A golden age in pharma?

Discoveries. Breakthroughs. Innovations. The life sciences sector is a promising landscape filled with opportunity.

Today, advances in the life sciences and the accelerating evolution of computing, automation, and artificial intelligence are fueling a new wave of innovation—faster than ever before—aimed at driving better health outcomes.

Our suite of MSCI Life Sciences Indexes aims to represent long-term, future-focused themes that are expected to disrupt the life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. These indexes can be used to benchmark growth, facilitate portfolio construction, enhance research or support new product development. They are designed to measure performance of companies delivering exciting health-focused solutions, and to help investors focus on trends shaping tomorrow.


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Our offerings

Bringing together our data and insight, with the industry expertise of Royalty Pharma, our new indexes focus on the biopharmaceutical and life sciences disruption. From preventative and personalized medicines to cancer breakthroughs, new antivirals and digitized assessment, diagnosis and treatments, our initial indexes are focused on virology, immuno-oncology and broad biotech.

 

MSCI ACWI IMI Virology Index

Companies associated with the research, development and commercialization of anti-viral and vaccine products

Factsheet (PDF, 148 KB) | Methodology (PDF, 258 KB)

 

MSCI ACWI IMI Immuno-Oncology Index

Companies contributing to or benefitting from accelerated healthcare digitalization, new clinical trial models, advantageous regulatory environments and technological advancements

Factsheet (PDF, 130 KB) | Methodology (PDF, 130 KB)

 

MSCI ACWI IMI Broad Biotech Index

Companies working at the nexus of the healthcare revolution, including genetic sequencing and engineering

Factsheet (PDF, 130 KB) | Methodology (PDF, 130 KB)

 


Life Sciences - Featured content

Featured content

MSCI Thematic Insight: Virology: A therapeutic science transformed by biotechnology
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The advancements during the pandemic were impressive. From anti-infectives and anti-virals, to vaccines, there still is a wide range of needs to be met.

MSCI Thematic Insight: Immuno-Oncology: Harnessing Immunity in the Fight Against Cancer
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Despite many recent advances that have revolutionized cancer care for patients, oncology remains one of the areas with the largest unmet need in medicine. The field of immuno-oncology is now consolidating its presence in the frontline of treatments for most major types of cancer.

Infographic: The forefront of innovation: Vaccines and Antivirals

The global population is growing and ageing. To match it, there’s a faster pace of disruption, with a greater number of breakthroughs in less time than ever before.

 


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