As emphasis grows on managing data in pharmaceutical labs and plants—collecting and storing it, sharing it, mining it for pertinence—a basic question often goes unanswered: Is the data any good?

The quality and completeness of data associated with making drugs are, however, huge concerns at agencies such as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. And drug companies are being forced to pay attention to data in response to a sharp increase in the number . . .

As emphasis grows on managing data in pharmaceutical labs and plants—collecting and storing it, sharing it, mining it for pertinence—a basic question often goes unanswered: Is the data any good?

The quality and completeness of data associated with making drugs are, however, huge concerns at agencies such as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. And drug companies are being forced to pay attention to data in response to a sharp increase in the number . . .