Kythera Labs

Kythera Labs provides healthcare data analytics through Wayfinder, a SaaS data science and analysis platform built on the Databricks Lakehouse paradigm. The company specializes in transforming healthcare claims data into actionable insights by automatically remastering raw data through de-identification, cleaning, standardization, and organization processes.

The platform manages over 34 billion claims records covering 310 million patients, 6.1 million practitioners, and 1.4 million facilities. Kythera Labs applies advanced methodologies including machine learning and statistical modeling to improve data accuracy and enable longitudinal patient journey analysis, rare disease patient identification, and market dynamics research. The company serves life sciences organizations, hospital systems, non-acute providers, and healthcare industry consultants.

The team includes data scientists, engineers, statisticians, and domain experts with backgrounds in operations research and system design. Kythera Labs was recognized on the Inc. 5000 list in 2024 and maintains SOC 2 Type II certification. The company partners with Databricks and Datavant to deliver its cloud-native data infrastructure solutions.

Choose Kythera Labs when your organization needs to extract insights from healthcare claims data but lacks the infrastructure or expertise to manage big data analytics internally. The platform is particularly valuable for life sciences companies conducting market research, identifying patient populations, or analyzing treatment patterns across large datasets.

Expect a managed service approach where Wayfinder handles the technical complexity of data engineering, allowing your team to focus on analysis and strategic decision-making. The partnership with Databricks and Datavant provides enterprise-grade infrastructure with established data privacy and security protocols.

Kythera Labs exclusively serves healthcare and life sciences organizations, focusing on the specific challenge of extracting accurate insights from healthcare claims data. The company addresses healthcare-specific issues including HIPAA compliance, patient de-identification, longitudinal patient journey reconstruction, and rare disease patient cohort identification.

The platform supports specific healthcare verticals including life sciences and biotechnology companies, hospital and health systems, non-acute providers, and healthcare industry consultants. Healthcare domain expertise is embedded throughout the organization with data scientists and statisticians who understand healthcare reimbursement mechanisms, clinical workflows, and regulatory requirements.

Organizations in life sciences, biotechnology, hospital systems, or healthcare consulting that require insights from large-scale claims data analysis. Best suited for teams conducting market research, epidemiological studies, patient journey analysis, or rare disease identification where data quality and standardization are critical to accurate results.