Black Swan
Causal Labs
Real-world evidence at the AI frontier: program design, study architecture, agentic systems, and the regulatory craft to defend them. Practitioner-led.
For centuries, the belief that all swans were white seemed justified. Then a single black swan proved otherwise. The metaphor is a reminder that even well-supported assumptions can change when new evidence comes into view.
Black Swan Causal Labs is built around that premise. In real-world health data, the signals that overturn assumptions are often the ones conventional methods miss.
Our Mission
We apply AI and causal inference to surface evidence hidden in real-world data, so better decisions reach patients sooner. Our work spans strategy, tooling, and training across the full evidence lifecycle.
What We Offer
AI & RWE Program Design
Strategic engagements that turn "we should be using AI" into a concrete operating model: which evidence questions to automate, what to keep human-led, where the regulatory line sits, and how to govern it.
Agentic AI Architecture & MCP
Multi-agent systems, orchestration layers, and MCP server development for pharmacoepidemiology and RWE workflows. Built to operate inside your data environment, with audit trails regulators can read.
Causal Inference & Study Design
Study design and causal inference that spans the product lifecycle from preclinical through post-licensure: burden of disease, natural history, risk factor characterization, effectiveness, safety, and target trial emulation.
AI Fluency & Enterprise Enablement
Practitioner-led training and advisory that scales RWE teams and the systems around them from AI-curious to AI-fluent, and eventually AI-native. Capability building, workflow redesign, and the governance scaffolding to make adoption stick.
Regulatory & Policy Strategy
Practical interpretation of AI and RWE guidance across the global evidence ecosystem: regulators (FDA, EMA, ICH), payers and HTAs, NITAGs, and bodies like WHO and CIOMS. What to document, what to validate, what to defend in evolving policy environments.
#CAUSALINFERENCE
A browser-based DAG editor and MCP server for pharmacoepidemiology and real-world evidence. Backdoor paths, adjustment sets, and identifiability checks, computed locally.
A second purpose-built tool for pharmacoepidemiology and real-world evidence teams is in active development. Details to follow.
Agent Architecture for RWE
Causal Inference in Practice
Whether you're exploring a consulting engagement, a research collaboration, or an industry partnership, we'd like to hear about your work.