# PreScouter: Custom Intelligence, On\-Demand

> PreScouter delivers expert\-driven research and validated insights, helping teams interpret complex information and make defensible decisions\.

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## Pages
- [Decision Briefs](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/)
- [Articles](https://www.prescouter.com/articles/)
- [Media](https://www.prescouter.com/media/)
- [Our Insights \& Work \| PreScouter \- Strategy Consulting That Drives Results](https://www.prescouter.com/our-insights/)
- [Strategic Consulting \- Decision Diligence That Drives Results](https://www.prescouter.com/consulting/)

## Posts
- [Why the food industry is shrinking, on purpose](https://www.prescouter.com/2026/02/why-the-food-industry-is-shrinking-on-purpose/)
- [Paper\-Based Packaging: A Sustainable Packaging Strategy for Brands](https://www.prescouter.com/2026/08/paper-based-packaging-a-sustainable-packaging-strategy-for-brands/)
- [Meta AI vs ChatGPT: Which Performs Better in 2026?](https://www.prescouter.com/2026/10/meta-ai-vs-chatgpt/)
- [Why the physics of rare earth recycling will defy 2030 policy mandates](https://www.prescouter.com/2026/03/physics-of-rare-earth-recycling/)

## Press
- [Strategies for Overcoming Chip Shortage Challenges](https://www.prescouter.com/press/strategies-for-overcoming-chip-shortage-challenges/)
- [The Time to Prepare for Quantum Disruption is Now](https://www.prescouter.com/press/the-time-to-prepare-for-quantum-disruption-is-now/)
- [PreScouter Joins Science Exchange to Offer Online Access to Technology Scouting Services](https://www.prescouter.com/press/prescouter-joins-science-exchange-to-offer-online-access-to-technology-scouting-services/)
- [Achieving Greenhouse Gas Goals](https://www.prescouter.com/press/achieving-greenhouse-gas-goals/)
- [Innovative Recycling Solutions for Thermoset Plastics](https://www.prescouter.com/press/innovative-recycling-solutions-for-thermoset-plastics/)

## Inquiries
- [Fermentation chemicals: The next green chemistry disruptor](https://www.prescouter.com/inquiry/fermentation-chemicals-the-next-green-chemistry-disruptor/): With a market projected to reach billions, discover how fermentation chemicals offer a sustainable alternative and impact green chemistry\.
- [Uncovering hidden opportunities in the GLP\-1 era](https://www.prescouter.com/inquiry/beyond-appetite-uncovering-hidden-opportunities-in-the-glp-1-era/): GLP\-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are curbing more than hunger\. Their ripple effects are already being felt across pharma, food \& beverage, supplements, and wellness, opening the door to white space innovation\.
- [Microplastics in the brain: The $7T risk reshaping food \& consumer markets](https://www.prescouter.com/inquiry/microplastics-in-the-brain/): Microplastics are no longer a distant environmental issue, with evidence now showing their presence in the human brain and food systems\.
- [The future of banned ingredients: After Red Dye 3, what’s next?](https://www.prescouter.com/inquiry/the-future-of-banned-ingredients/): The FDA’s ban on Red Dye 3 is just the beginning\. More ingredients face possible restrictions driven by growing health concerns, rising consumer pressure and changing regulations\.
- [Current state of PCR PP suppliers in the US](https://www.prescouter.com/inquiry/current-state-of-pcr-pp-suppliers/): As brands face mounting pressure to integrate recycled plastics, post\-consumer recycled polypropylene is gaining traction in the U\.S\. market\.

## Reports
- [Unlocking CCUS: Technology, collaboration, and commercial readiness](https://www.prescouter.com/report/unlocking-ccus/): Explore the key barriers and solutions required to advance CCUS beyond pilot stages and achieve commercial use\.
- [The top 10 carbon capture technologies in 2025](https://www.prescouter.com/report/top-10-carbon-capture-technologies-2025/): With every carbon capture technology promoted as a “breakthrough”, decision makers face real difficulty separating practical options from optimistic claims\. This report cuts through the noise by examining the leading carbon capture technologies in 2025 that have progressed beyond concepts into active industrial deployment\.
- [The top 10 \(\+1\) carbon capture projects in 2025](https://www.prescouter.com/report/top-10-carbon-capture-projects-2025/): This report explores the leading carbon capture projects of 2025, featuring details on capture capacity, technologies, storage routes, and more\.
- [Reformulating food products for regulatory success](https://www.prescouter.com/report/reformulating-food-products-for-regulatory-success/): Rising regulatory scrutiny, shifting consumer sentiment, and misinformation are reshaping how food companies reformulate products\.
- [How a new wave of weight loss drugs is poised to change healthcare](https://www.prescouter.com/report/new-wave-of-weight-loss-drugs/): Weight loss drugs offer benefits beyond obesity treatment by lowering chronic disease risks, improving patient outcomes, and reducing treatment costs\.

## White Papers
- [AI workflow transformation in chemicals](https://www.prescouter.com/white-paper/ai-workflow-transformation-in-chemicals/): The chemicals industry supports products used daily, such as smartphone coatings, yet its core workflows often slow progress\.
- [How AI is spreading across industries](https://www.prescouter.com/white-paper/ai-spreading-across-industries/): Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) refers to the ability of computer systems to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence\. AI, and one of its heavily researched subsets, machine learning, are both poised to radically transform a multitude of industries ranging from transportation to pharmaceuticals\. According to Accenture, AI will double the annual economic growth rate in 12 developed economies \(including the US\) and boost labor productivity by up to 40 percent by 2035\. In this white paper, we discuss how AI is redefining various industries\.
- [Why a Blanket Ban on Fluoropolymers is Not the Answer: The Vital Role of PTFE in Life\-Saving Applications](https://www.prescouter.com/white-paper/why-blanket-ban-fluoropolymers-not-answer-vital-role-ptfe-life-saving-applications/)
- [Top 3 Challenges Procurement Teams Face](https://www.prescouter.com/white-paper/procurement-challenges/)
- [Hydrogen as a Fuel for Combined Heat and Power \(CHP\) Plants](https://www.prescouter.com/white-paper/hydrogen-as-a-fuel-for-combined-heat-and-power-chp-plants/)

## Infographics
- [Uncovering key trends in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from global experts](https://www.prescouter.com/infographic/uncovering-key-trends-in-alzheimers-disease-insights-from-global-experts/)
- [The Importance of Workplace Testing](https://www.prescouter.com/infographic/the-importance-of-workplace-testing/)
- [Battery technologies that could revolutionize energy storage in the next five decades](https://www.prescouter.com/infographic/battery-technologies-revolutionizing-energy-storage/)
- [How Uber and Amazon are transforming the logistics industry](https://www.prescouter.com/infographic/uber-amazon-transforming-logistics-industry/)
- [Green seems to be the new black with today’s companies](https://www.prescouter.com/infographic/green-seems-to-be-the-new-black-with-todays-companies/): Going green would appear to be the trend among today’s companies all over the world for several reasons\. Whether they are just looking out for the planet, or they’ve all gradually come to the consciousness that the Earth’s resources weren’t made to last forever, the big brands are total digging the “go green” trend\. It even seems to be better for business profit\-wise, which is probably the biggest reason companies like Walmart are trying to save the planet by investing in renewable energy\. After all, that’s why they are in business in the first place \- to profit\.

## Case Studies
- [Reimagining footwear cushioning beyond today's foams](https://www.prescouter.com/case-study/footwear-cushioning-innovation/): Prescouter scored 80 candidates with 15 experts to map 19 routes to lighter, more responsive footwear cushioning for a global athletics brand\.
- [Evaluating a new polymer fiber for functional textiles](https://www.prescouter.com/case-study/polymer-fiber-functional-textiles/): Prescouter mapped 18 players, screened 599 patent families and shortlisted 4 partners to bring a new polymer fiber into functional textiles\.
- [Scouting next\-generation textile\-to\-textile recycling technologies](https://www.prescouter.com/case-study/textile-to-textile-recycling-technologies/): Prescouter scored 60 textile recycling technologies for a global apparel brand and recommended six next\-generation mechanisms with 12 partners\.
- [Sizing new industrial markets for premium FFKM seals](https://www.prescouter.com/case-study/ffkm-seal-market-expansion/): Prescouter sized about $156M in new opportunity for a maker of FFKM seals, using bottom\-up models to rank industrial markets beyond semiconductors\.
- [Assembling a partner slate for a naval energy magazine](https://www.prescouter.com/case-study/naval-energy-storage-partners/): Prescouter screened 98 naval energy storage, cooling and maintenance providers and built a slate of 11 partners for a destroyer energy magazine\.

## News
- [Early Findings from Fitbit COVID\-19 Study Suggest Fitbit Devices Can Identify Signs of Disease at Its Earliest Stages](https://www.prescouter.com/news/early-findings-from-fitbit-covid-19-study-suggest-fitbit-devices-can-identify-signs-of-disease-at-its-earliest-stages/): Fitbit, a company that manufactures and markets health\-tracking watches, announced that early results from their May study seeking to create an algorithm that could detect COVID\-19 before symptoms appeared could detect almost 50% of COVID\-19 cases a day before participants in the study reported the onset of symptoms, and they do so with 70% specificity\.
- [Regeneron and Roche Collaborate to Significantly Increase Global Supply Antibody Cocktail for COVID\-19](https://www.prescouter.com/news/regeneron-and-roche-collaborate-to-significantly-increase-global-supply-antibody-cocktail-for-covid-19/): Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc\. and Roche announced that they are teaming up in the fight against COVID\-19 to develop, manufacture and distribute REGN\-COV2, Regeneron's investigational anti\-viral antibody cocktail, to people around the globe\.
- [Pfizer and BioNTech Share Positive Early Data on Vaccine Candidate Against COVID\-19](https://www.prescouter.com/news/pfizer-and-biontech-share-positive-early-data-on-vaccine-candidate-against-covid-19/): Pfizer Inc\. and BioNTech SE have shared additional Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity data from their ongoing U\.S\. study of the BNT162 mRNA\-based vaccine program against SARS\-CoV\-2, which has advanced into Phase 2/3 evaluation\.
- [GSK and Medicago announce collaboration to develop a novel adjuvanted COVID\-19 candidate vaccine](https://www.prescouter.com/news/gsk-and-medicago-announce-collaboration-to-develop-a-novel-adjuvanted-covid-19-candidate-vaccine/): GSK and Medicago announced a collaboration to develop and evaluate a COVID\-19 candidate vaccine combining Medicago's recombinant Coronavirus Virus\-Like Particles \(CoVLP\) with GSK's pandemic adjuvant system\.
- [Regeneron Announces Manufacturing and Supply Agreement for REGN\-COV2 Anti\-Viral Antibody Cocktail](https://www.prescouter.com/news/regeneron-announces-manufacturing-and-supply-agreement-for-regn-cov2-anti-viral-antibody-cocktail/): Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc\. announced that, as part of Operation Warp Speed, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority \(BARDA\) and the Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense have awarded Regeneron a $450 million contract to manufacture and supply REGN\-COV2, their investigational double antibody cocktail currently in two Phase 2/3 clinical trials for COVID\-19 treatment and in a Phase 3 trial COVID\-19 infection prevention\.

## Videos
- [The Expert Series Ep 3: Hidden challenges of developing next\-gen scientists](https://www.prescouter.com/video/the-expert-series-ep-3/): Brian Babcock shares insights on his career, the value of cross\-disciplinary knowledge, and training next generation of scientists\.
- [The Expert Series Ep 2: Can AI language models truly innovate?](https://www.prescouter.com/video/the-expert-series-ep-2-can-ai-language-models-truly-innovate/): Can AI language models generate original ideas and truly innovate, or do they rely on existing knowledge to support innovation?
- [The Expert Series Episode 1: Valerie J\. Jurik \- Founder of The Ageless Home](https://www.prescouter.com/video/the-expert-series-episode-1/): Valerie J\. Jurik shares her expertise on Aging in Place and Universal Design, offering thoughts on collaboration, professional advice, \& tips
- [AlphaFold 3: Google DeepMind’s latest AI tech in drug discovery](https://www.prescouter.com/video/alphafold-3-google-deepmind/): This video examines how AlphaFold 3 accurately predicts protein structures and biomolecular interactions, surpassing other AI models\.
- [Boosting productivity with ChatGPT](https://www.prescouter.com/video/boosting-productivity-with-chatgpt/): Learn about enhancing productivity with ChatGPT, its advanced uses, and its role in the future of jobs in this video\.

## Podcasts
- [From Science to Strategy Ep 2: Inside debonding\-on\-demand techs](https://www.prescouter.com/podcast/from-science-to-strategy-ep-2-inside-debonding-on-demand-techs/): Learn how debonding adhesives enable repairable, recyclable products, transforming industries like electronics for sustainability\.
- [Enhancing healthcare with ChatGPT](https://www.prescouter.com/podcast/enhancing-healthcare-with-chatgpt/)
- [The Monkey Pox\-cast](https://www.prescouter.com/podcast/the-monkey-pox-cast/)
- [Where are we in the COVID\-19 pandemic journey?](https://www.prescouter.com/podcast/where-are-we-in-the-pandemic-journey/)
- [Pharmaceutical data management](https://www.prescouter.com/podcast/pharmaceutical-data-management/)

## Decision Briefs
- [The Drug That Ate Your Business Model](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/the-drug-that-ate-your-business-model/)
- [Green Cement Exists\. So Why Isn't It Widely Used](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/green-cement-exists/)
- [Ocean Innovation: Where to Look?](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/ocean-innovation-where-should-you-actually-be-looking/)
- [The $300B Venezuela Oil Decision: Rebuild, Expand, or Walk Away?](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/the-300b-venezuela-oil-decision/)
- [Bio\-Based Chemicals Are Ready\. Most Strategies Aren't\.](https://www.prescouter.com/decision-brief/bio-based-chemicals-are-ready/)

## Events
- [Coming Soon](https://www.prescouter.com/event/upcoming-test/)
- [Unlocking CCUS: Technology, Collaboration, and Commercial Readiness](https://www.prescouter.com/event/unlocking-ccus-technology-collaboration-and-commercial-readiness/)
- [Beyond Chat: Real AI Wins](https://www.prescouter.com/event/beyond-chat-real-ai-wins/)
- [The 2025 AI Playbook: How Gen AI Works, Its Limits, and How to Harness It](https://www.prescouter.com/event/the-2025-ai-playbook-how-gen-ai-works-its-limits-and-how-to-harness-it/)
- [Future\-proof your packaging: Paperization strategies for brands](https://www.prescouter.com/event/future-proof-your-packaging-paperization-strategies-for-brands/)

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