1. A computer-implemented system that integrates data from a plurality of biomedical development phases, comprising: a database that stores data collected from the biomedical development phases, said database further including a first metadata data structure that describes the data collected during a first biomedical development phase; at least one first graphical user interface connected to the database that collects data during the first biomedical development phase, wherein structure of the first graphical user interface is defined based at least in part upon the first metadata data structure so that the first graphical user interface collects data points as well as first metadata that is to be stored within the first metadata data structure, said first metadata describing the collected data points, wherein at least a portion of the first metadata data structure is determined based upon an issue that arises in a subsequent biomedical development phase, wherein at least a portion of the first metadata data structure contains links to another metadata structure associated with the subsequent biomedical development phase so that an audit trail may be generated.