Reports › DFN-109 › dfinsolutions-com-2026-04-24T14-14-22 › Accessibility & SEO
Accessibility & SEO Report
1
URL Tested
3
A11y Violations
53
Rules Passed
13
Checks Passed
3
Checks Failed
6
Warnings
https://www.dfinsolutions.com/en-gb/products/venue/life-sciences 1 critical1 serious1 moderate3 fail6 warnings
BTS1 · Component Accessibility
axe-core violations
color-contrast SERIOUS Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds 2 locations

Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds

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Location 1 of 2
Selector #slider-item-5 > .hub-slider-card > .df-btn-secondary.df-btn-kh.btn
Element 
<a href="/en-gb/knowledge-hub/blog/dfin-london-life-sciences-week-2025-seven-years-partnership-lsx-investival" class="btn df-btn-secondary df-btn-kh">
          View event
      </a>
How to fix
Fix any of the following:
Element has insufficient color contrast of 2.17 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #cf99ff, font size: 12.8pt (17px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1
Location 2 of 2
Selector #slider-item-0 > .hub-slider-card > .df-btn-secondary.df-btn-kh.btn
Element 
<a href="/en-gb/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/article/want-cyber-safety-focus-your-data" class="btn df-btn-secondary df-btn-kh">
          View resource
      </a>
How to fix
Fix any of the following:
Element has insufficient color contrast of 2.17 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #cf99ff, font size: 12.8pt (17px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 4.5:1
landmark-unique MODERATE Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination 1 location

Ensure landmarks are unique

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Location 1 of 1
Selector article > div:nth-child(1) > div > div:nth-child(1) > .layout-section-wrapper[aria-label="Content section"][data-gtm-section="Gradient Backgrounds"]
Element 
<section aria-label="Content section" class="layout-section-wrapp..." data-gtm-section="Gradient Backgrounds" style="
		           --bg-i...">
How to fix
Fix any of the following:
The landmark must have a unique aria-label, aria-labelledby, or title to make landmarks distinguishable
select-name CRITICAL Select element must have an accessible name 1 location

Ensure select element has an accessible name

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Location 1 of 1
Selector #country_forms2-a16c7504-e1c9-46dc-b645-a90997f143b4_hubspot-form-c9is6pqbvzd
Element 
<select id="country_forms2-a16c7504-e1c9-46dc-b645-a90997f143b4_hubspot-form-c9is6pqbvzd" required="" class="hs-input is-placeholder" name="country_forms2">
How to fix
Fix all of the following:
Form element has explicit <label> that is hidden
BTS2 · Content Quality
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First Heading Page starts with H4, not H1
The first heading on the page should be H1 to establish a clear document outline.
✓
Page Title Good length (58 chars)
"Virtual Data Room for Life Sciences & Biotech | DFIN Venue"
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Meta Description Meta description is missing
✓
H1 Tag Single H1: "Virtual Data Room for Life Sciences, Biotech & Healthcare"
✓
OG: og:title og:title is set
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OG: og:description og:description is set
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OG: og:image og:image is missing
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Structured Data No JSON-LD structured data found
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Invalid Anchors 29 anchors with empty, missing, or placeholder href
href="#" (placeholder): <a class="js-search-toggle gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" aria-label="Search" data-once="search-autocomplete"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link d-none d-lg-block" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-target="#main-dropdown">Pr href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link d-block d-lg-none company-selector-mobile" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-ta href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link d-block d-lg-none company-selector-mobile" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-ta href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link d-block d-lg-none company-selector-mobile" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-ta href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link d-block d-lg-none company-selector-mobile" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-ta href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#"><span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></span>Main menu</ href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#"><span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></span>Main menu</ href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#"><span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></span>Main menu</ href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#"><span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></span>Main menu</ href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link sm-link" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">ArcReporting<span class="nav-icon-forward href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back second-level" data-dropdown="#arc-reporting-second-level" href="#"><span class="nav-icon-bac href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link sm-link" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">ArcPro<span class="nav-icon-forward icon- href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back second-level" data-dropdown="#arcpro-second-level-0" href="#"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link sm-link" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">ArcRegulatory<span class="nav-icon-forwar href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back second-level" data-dropdown="#arcregulatory-second-level-0" href="#"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">Resources<span class="nav-icon-forward icon-chevr href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back" href="#"> <span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></spa href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">About <span class="nav-icon-forward icon-chevron- href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back" href="#"> <span class="nav-icon-back icon-chevron-down"></spa href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link js-search-toggle gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" aria-label="Search" data-once="search-autocomplete"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#" data-dropdown-close="" role="menuitem"> <s href="/#" (placeholder): <a class="dropdown-item language-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="/" hreflang="en" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link border-0 mb-2 mb-md-0 gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#" data-dropdown-close="" role="menuitem"> <spa href="#" (placeholder): <a href="#" role="button" aria-label="Contact an Expert"> <span>Contact an Expert</span> < href="#" (placeholder): <a href="#" class="sticky-form__close" aria-label="Close"> <svg version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 11 11" xmlns="http: href="/#" (placeholder): <a href="/"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/2021-07/dfin-logo-white.png" width="302" alt="
✓
Broken Internal Links All 77 internal links OK
✓
Broken Internal Images All 54 internal images OK
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Image Lazy Loading Only 61/67 images use lazy loading
✓
Tag Manager GTM tag manager detected
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Analytics Cookies No analytics cookies found (GA4 _ga* or Adobe s_vi/AMCV_*)
✓
Consent Management (CMP) CMP detected: OneTrust (1 request(s))
BTS3 · Page Infrastructure
✓
Canonical URL Canonical set: https://www.dfinsolutions.com/en-gb/products/venue/life-sciences
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Viewport Meta Viewport meta tag is missing
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Robots Meta Robots meta not set (defaults to index, follow)
✓
Landmark Structure 39 semantic landmarks found
✓
HTTPS Protocol Page served over HTTPS
✓
Insecure Resources No insecure HTTP references found
✓
Security Headers Security headers present: x-frame-options, x-content-type-options
Generated 4/24/2026, 2:15:14 PM