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Orbic takes real-world data from raw source to submission-ready output in one governed workspace. Connect, validate, harmonise, build cohorts, analyse, review and report, with every number traceable to its source.

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    Study overview / Table 1Illustrative data

    Table 1. Baseline characteristics

    Full analysis population
    CharacteristicSMD

    SMD: standardised mean difference. Values under 0.10 are generally read as well balanced. Percentages use the cohort total as the denominator.

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    Evidence trail
      Epidemiologists

      Define the question, not the query

      Describe a cohort in plain language, review the logic it produces, and see attrition at every step.

      Biostatisticians

      Methods that are already there

      Baseline balance, propensity weighting and standard summaries, with the choices recorded next to the result.

      Programmers

      Code you can read and lock

      Work in R, Python, SAS Viya or SQL. Programs are reviewed and approved, and what ran is what was approved.

      End to end

      From raw data to submission-ready output

      Real-world studies slow down in the gaps between tools and teams. Orbic covers the whole path in one governed workspace. Select a stage to see the problem it removes.

      Platform

      From raw data to a table a reviewer can trust

      Most teams stitch this together from notebooks, spreadsheets and email. Orbic keeps the whole chain in one workspace, so reviewers see how a result was made, not only the result.

      Cohorts

      Describe the population. See who is left at every step.

      Type the cohort you want in plain language. Orbic drafts the definition, shows each inclusion and exclusion, and counts the patients that remain.

      Governance

      AI drafts. People decide.

      A named reviewer signs off each program before it runs. The sign-off is recorded and locks that exact version.

      Approved and locked before run
      Methodology

      Balance you can see

      Weighting and diagnostics follow accepted practice, with the choices recorded beside the result.

      BeforeAfter weighting
      Outputs

      A paper trail on every page

      Tables export in the formats reviewers expect. The program, run time and inputs are printed on the page and kept in a run log.

      RTFHTMLPDFRun log
      Outputs

      Tables, figures and live dashboards

      Orbic produces the full set a study needs, from submission-style tables to survival curves, forest plots and interactive dashboards. Every one carries the same evidence trail.

      Study outputsIllustrative data

      Figure 2. Overall survival by cohort

      Kaplan-Meier estimate with number at risk

      Figure 3. Subgroup hazard ratios

      Cohort A versus Cohort B, with 95% CI
      Team workflow

      Assign it. Build it. Check it. Release it.

      Statistical programming is a team effort with a paper trail. Every deliverable gets an owner, an independent QC step and a clear status, in the language your team already writes.

      Work assignments and QC

      Know who owns what, and where it stands

      Assign each table, figure and listing to a programmer and an independent QC reviewer. Click a status to move it along.

      Illustrative example. Names are roles, not people.

      Languages

      Write in the language you know

      Programmers keep their tools. Datasets move between languages in open formats, so a SQL step can feed an R model and a Python figure.

      RModels, tables and graphics
      PythonData prep and machine learning
      SASSAS Viya programs and macros
      SQLQuerying large source data
      t01_baseline.RRRunSave versionSend to QC
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      Create, edit and update programs in the built-in editor. Every save is a new version.

      Step 1Assign

      Give each deliverable an owner, a QC reviewer and a due date.

      Step 2Program

      Build in R, Python, SAS Viya or SQL, with AI drafting if you want it.

      Step 3QC

      An independent reviewer checks the output and records findings.

      Step 4Approve

      A named lead signs off the exact version, and that version is locked. Electronic signatures are part of the first release.

      Step 5Release

      Outputs ship with the program, inputs and run log attached.

      Why Orbic

      More than a place to run code

      A statistical computing environment gives your team somewhere to run programs. Orbic adds the epidemiology: how cohorts are defined, how follow-up is judged, and how different data sources behave.

      Time zero, aligned

      Cohorts are built around a target trial. Eligibility, treatment and the start of follow-up meet at one index date, which guards against immortal-time bias.

      Follow-up that knows its source

      Claims have enrollment records. EHR data does not. Orbic detects which you have, tells you when follow-up is inferred, and keeps the assumption on record.

      One engine, many sources

      The same cohort logic runs across claims, EHR-derived, genomic and registry data, with no rewrite for each vendor.

      Private by design

      AI drafting runs on a model inside your own environment. Each organisation can run an isolated deployment with its own users, data and logs.

      Know what is out of date

      When a definition or input changes, every dependent table and figure is flagged, so nothing stale gets sent out.

      Data cuts, with a freeze

      When a new data cut arrives, dependent outputs are flagged. Re-run on the new cut, or freeze the study to the cut you submitted on.

      Licence-aware data lifecycle

      Track when each data licence ends. Expired data is quarantined and a signed deletion certificate is produced for the vendor.

      Checks before anything runs

      New data is checked for structure, duplicate keys and implausible dates before any analysis is allowed to use it.

      The foundation reviewers expect

      Everything a statistical computing environment should do, in one place.

      • R, Python, SAS and SQL
      • Versioned programs and datasets
      • Lineage from data to table
      • Assignments, QC and approval
      • Role-based access and run log
      • Private deployment
      Change tracking

      Change one input. See everything it touches.

      Studies change. A definition is tightened, a dataset is refreshed. Orbic maps what depends on what and flags every output that is now out of date. Nothing re-runs behind your back.

      Everything is up to date.
      Trust

      Built for the way evidence is judged

      Regulators, HTA bodies and internal reviewers ask the same questions: where did this come from, who approved it, and can you reproduce it?

      Works with the data you already license

      Bring licensed claims, EHR-derived and registry datasets into one governed environment. Orbic does not sell data. It connects through APIs, and we work with your team to integrate any data source you license.

      Administrative claimsEHR-derivedOncology real-world dataGenomic dataDisease registriesTrial and external control data
      Designed for data licensed from
      Flatiron HealthOptumMarketScanTempusOther EHR and registry data

      Names are shown to describe the data you may license. They are trademarks of their owners, and Orbic is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

      Guardrails that stay on

      • Patient-level values stay put. AI drafting works from your specification and variable names, not from patient records.
      • No unapproved code runs. Programs execute only after a person approves them.
      • Every result is reproducible. Inputs, program and run details are kept with the output.

      Sign-offs record who approved which exact version. Electronic signatures, with identity re-confirmation at signing, and validation documentation are part of the first release and covered in demos.

      See Orbic in action, end to end.

      Request a demo and tell us what you would like to see. We will walk you through it live.

      • A 30-minute walkthrough tailored to your role
      • From a plain-language question to a table, with the evidence trail open
      • Deployment options for your environment

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