Jun 25, 2025 5 min read

In Life Sciences, Being First Matters—Here’s How AI Helps You Get There

Sunnie Southern
Chief Executive Officer

Timing Isn’t Just a Metric. It’s a Mandate.

In life sciences, timing has consequences. It determines who publishes first, who patents first, and who moves discoveries from bench to bedside ahead of the curve. But being first doesn’t mean being rushed. It means being ready—scientifically, operationally, and commercially.

That kind of readiness takes more than innovation. It takes consistency, clarity, and shared momentum. And for many life sciences teams, that’s where progress gets slowed—by fragmented processes, inaccessible expertise, and work that’s repeated instead of advanced.

At Viable Synergy, we help life sciences organizations move faster by working smarter. We implement AI for scientific discovery in a way that supports how teams already operate—reinforcing what works, connecting what’s missing, and creating systems that scale without adding complexity.

When Expertise Is Hard to Access, Everything Slows Down

The challenge isn’t lack of talent. It’s that high-value knowledge is often informal, inconsistent, or dependent on a handful of people.

  • Protocols vary team to team
  • Onboarding is slow because there’s no single source of truth
  • Regulatory responses are rewritten from scratch—again and again

These issues show up as small delays, but they accumulate quickly. When processes aren’t repeatable, and information isn’t shareable, momentum stalls. And in an industry where timing shapes outcomes, that’s a risk no leader can afford.

We don’t solve this with off-the-shelf automation. We solve it by partnering with your team to make what they already know easier to access, easier to apply, and easier to scale—without adding disruption.

How Viable Synergy Supports Faster, Aligned Progress

Our work is not just about adopting AI. It’s about building durable systems that make life sciences teams more prepared, more precise, and more agile. We meet you where you are—and help you move forward with confidence.

AI-Powered Deliverables

We help you document the processes, protocols, and methods your experts rely on—then turn them into structured, practical tools. Templates, smart guides, internal playbooks—each designed to reduce rework, increase consistency, and keep teams aligned without relying on one person to explain it all.

Foundational AI Solutions

Our Smart Spaces and assistants surface the right version of the right process, when and where it’s needed. Whether it’s a regulatory policy, a research method, or a historical submission, your team gets instant access with no bottlenecks, no guesswork. These are the kinds of AI solutions that translate complex work into faster, repeatable actions.

AI Strategy Services

We assess where friction exists across research, regulatory, and commercial workflows—then design a clear, achievable roadmap to address it. Every recommendation we make as part of our AI Strategy Service offering is grounded in your scientific priorities and compliance needs.

Enablement & Upskilling

We ensure your team can apply these tools with confidence. Training is practical, role-specific, and embedded into existing workflows. The goal isn’t to teach your team how to use AI. It’s to help them do what they already do—faster, with less burden, and more focus on high-value work.

Expertise Doesn’t Need to Be Repeated—It Needs to Be Extended

The goal isn’t to “capture” knowledge. It’s to make it scalable—without undermining the people behind it.

We work with scientific experts, not around them. Their judgment, nuance, and experience aren’t replaced—they’re preserved, structured, and made usable across the organization. When that happens:

  • Senior staff are freed up from daily troubleshooting
  • Teams make faster, more consistent decisions
  • New hires ramp with clarity—not tribal knowledge

This isn’t knowledge extraction. It’s infrastructure that gives your experts space to focus, grow, and lead—while the rest of the team benefits from what they’ve built.

From Disconnected Workflows to Shared Momentum

When knowledge, tools, and teams are connected, life sciences organizations gain:

  • Speed without short-term tradeoffs
  • Resilience when schedules shift or experts step away
  • Insight that’s easier to act on across departments

Whether you’re looking at accelerating drug discovery with AI or simply reducing repeat work across regulatory submissions, the key is to structure your knowledge so teams can act purposefully.

This isn’t about digitizing the past. It’s about equipping teams for what’s next, with systems that scale, outputs that align, and a foundation that supports science and strategy.

Faster Progress. Same Integrity. Greater Impact.

Viable Synergy partners with life sciences leaders who prioritize both scientific excellence and operational strength. Whether you’re using AI in medicine to support regulatory processes or looking to accelerate innovation in life sciences, we provide the practical structure to make AI work in context—not just in theory.

We don’t bring AI hype. We bring solutions that help your teams move faster, reduce rework, and stay audit-ready without burning out your best people.

Together we move forward at your pace, with the structure to support what comes next, without any compromise. Begin Your Journey Today

Sunnie Southern

Chief Executive Officer

Sunnie Southern is the Founder and CEO of Viable Synergy, an AI strategy and solutions company helping business leaders grow through the effective and responsible use of AI. She’s led product and go-to-market strategy at Google, launched startups, and built enterprise platforms across healthcare, life sciences, and technology. Known for making complex technologies practical and actionable, Sunnie works closely with organizations to unlock real business value with AI—bridging strategy and execution to drive competitive advantage and long-term success.