Digital Biomarker Lab
See more, treat better
We reveal health patterns of daily life through patient-centric digital biomarkers.
How we create value:
- Enable better outcomes and greater empowerment for patients
- Provide deeper insights for more precise treatment for healthcare professionals
- Drive faster, smarter clinical trials for pharma
- Accelerate technology adoption and real-world impact for MedTech
The challenge: why digital biomarkers matter
Current clinical measures are episodic, burdensome, and often fail to capture how people actually live. But the bigger challenge sits deeper: research on digital biomarkers is scattered, inconsistent, and difficult to trust. Many projects generate data, yet few produce actionable evidence that can move reliably from early research to scale-up, implementation, or adoption.
A vast amount of potential remains untapped.
Our solution: the TNO approach
The TNO Digital Biomarker Lab turns fragmented efforts into reliable, actionable evidence.
Our approach is rigorous, independent, and patient-centric, ensuring that digital biomarkers are fit for the specific research or development question our clients need to answer.
We bring together science, technology, and trusted collaboration to transform sensor-derived data into validated insights that organisations can build on. Rather than producing isolated pilots or exploratory signals, we deliver robust digital biomarkers that stand up to scrutiny, support decision-making, and are ready for the next step - whether that is scale-up, implementation, or real-world adoption.
As a long-term innovation partner, we provide the expertise, infrastructure, and methodological depth needed to move from data to evidence with confidence.
Our credibility
The TNO Digital Biomarker Lab builds on 20+ years of experience measuring health in real-world contexts. As a trusted, regulator-aligned, and technology-agnostic partner, we combine scientific depth with practical expertise. Our independence, methodological rigour, and proven track record ensure that the evidence we generate is both reliable and ready to use.
Our services: from data to decision
The TNO Digital Biomarker Lab offers four complementary services that support partners throughout the full digital biomarker journey. We identify promising signals, develop and validate reliable measures, ensure meaningful patient involvement, provide certified infrastructure for remote data collection, and generate the scientific evidence required for adoption.
Service pillars
Remote data collection platform
Collect high-quality sensor data through a certified, device-agnostic infrastructure.
Digital Biomarker Discovery & Development:
Identify new digital signals and meaningful behavioural or physiological patterns.
Service Pillars
Validation & clinical studies
Turn signals into reliable, clinically relevant digital biomarkers.
Patient engagement
Involve patients effectively to ensure meaningful, real-world measures.
Our team: meet the people behind the lab
Our team brings together scientists, engineers, data specialists, and business experts dedicated to making digital biomarkers work in the real world.
Our work is strengthened by partnerships with clinical centres,
Our collaborations: lets work together to accelerate digital health innovation
We collaborate with pharmaceutical, MedTech, and healthcare partners to advance digital biomarker development – from early discovery to validation and deployment – in various collaboration modes:
- Joint research and development projects
- Industry partnerships and service contracts
- Clinical validation and pilot studies
- Strategic advisory and training
Our portfolio: turning evidence into impact
The TNO Digital Biomarker Lab builds on TNO’s long-standing expertise in measuring health and behaviour, combined with the team’s focused experience over the past five years developing digital biomarkers across multiple therapeutic areas. Our projects span chronic inflammatory, cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, and sleep-related conditions, carried out together with partners from industry, academia, and healthcare. Through scientific rigour and practical, fit-for-purpose digital measures, we turn complex sensor-derived data into meaningful evidence that drives innovation in medicine.
Ready to explore what digital biomarkers can do for your organisation?
Partner with us to develop, validate, and deploy fit-for-purpose digital biomarkers.