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Episode 265: Redesigning Clinical Trials Through Technology with Patrick McCarthy of Validcare
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Patrick McCarthy applies Harvard's 'Innovator's Dilemma' theory to explain why big pharma resists simplifying clinical trials.
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Clinical trials are framed as an operations problem as much as a scientific one, with clear stakes for smaller sponsors and larger teams.
Patrick McCarthy's segment on ValidCare keeps returning to a simple point: clinical trials are not only science, they are operations. The episode makes that case through budget pressure, compliance work, and the effort to cut repetitive tasks so smaller life sciences companies…
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A practical case for redesigning clinical trials so compliance studies are easier to run.
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