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The Hyve

A Dutch boutique consultancy and open-source software specialist that helps life science organizations unlock the full potential of their biomedical data.

Last updated September 27, 2026

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Overview

The Hyve is a Netherlands-based boutique company that provides data and informatics services to life science organizations, including global pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and research institutions. Its mission is to enable open science by developing and implementing open source solutions and by making data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The company combines domain expertise in biomedical informatics with active participation in global open science communities, allowing it to advise on and implement customized open source solutions while clients remain in control of their data and vendor choice. The Hyve's service portfolio spans FAIR data management, data engineering, knowledge graphs, data modeling, and data and AI integration. It is particularly known for its work with widely used open-source platforms in the biomedical domain, including cBioPortal for cancer genomics, Open Targets for target identification and prioritization, OHDSI (Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics) for real-world data harmonization and evidence generation, and RADAR-base for remote research studies and virtual clinical trials. The company offers consultancy, training and workshops, data quality assessment, and OMOP CDM conversion, among other services. As a boutique firm, The Hyve employs an international and multidisciplinary team of data and IT specialists who share a common mission to enable open science. Its vision is to break down data silos in life sciences, since having more data available speeds up research and creates more value for better health. The company collaborates with clients, partners in grant projects and consortia, and the open-source communities around the tools it supports. It has established an international reputation within the biomedical informatics domain, from open standards such as OHDSI to working with FAIR principles, and has been involved in numerous projects including the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN). The Hyve is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, and operates across Europe and the United States, serving a client base that includes more than 20 European and US-based life science organizations that have adopted the OMOP CDM and the OHDSI tool suite through its training programs. The company remains a private entity.

History

The Hyve is a Netherlands-based boutique company that provides data and informatics services to life science organizations. It was founded to enable open science by developing and implementing open source solutions and FAIRifying data in life sciences. The company has grown into an international and multidisciplinary team of data and IT specialists who share the mission to enable open science. From its base in Utrecht, The Hyve has built a reputation within the biomedical informatics domain, particularly for its work with open standards such as OHDSI and FAIR principles. It has been involved in numerous projects including the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN). The company serves global pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and research institutions, helping them align their data infrastructure and research needs. Over the years, The Hyve has developed deep expertise in several open-source platforms. It supports cBioPortal for visualizing and analyzing large-scale cancer genomics datasets, Open Targets for target identification, validation, and prioritization, OHDSI for harmonizing real-world data and generating evidence through large-scale analytics, and RADAR-base for enabling remote research studies and virtual clinical trials. Its workshops have trained more than 150 participants from over 20 European and US-based life science organizations that have adopted the OMOP CDM and the OHDSI tool suite. The company remains a private entity headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, operating across Europe and the United States. It continues to collaborate with clients, partners in grant projects and consortia, and the open-source communities around the tools it supports, with a vision to break down data silos in life sciences and accelerate research for better health.

Products and positioning

Boutique consultancy and open-source software specialist enabling open science in life sciences through FAIR data and biomedical informatics.

  • cBioPortal

    Visualizing and analyzing large-scale cancer genomics datasets.

  • Open Targets

    Target identification, validation and prioritization on a user-friendly platform.

  • OHDSI

    Harmonizing real-world data and generating evidence through large-scale analytics.

  • RADAR-base

    Enabling remote research studies and virtual clinical trials with an open source stack.

  • FAIR Data Management

    Accelerate your research with FAIR data.

  • Data & AI Integration

    You use AI. We make your data ready for it.

  • Data Engineering

    Scalable infrastructure, ETL, end-to-end support for multi-source research.

  • Knowledge Graphs

    Understand your data and maximize its value with a Knowledge Graph.

  • Data Modeling

    Unlock the meaning behind your data.

  • FAIR by Design

    Design your own scalable research data management solution.

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