Clinical Guest Contributors

1. Pharma Procurement Can Make Or Break Startups: Let's Help Mature Our Future Partners To Secure Innovation 2/6/2026

   To secure long-term innovation, Ascendis Pharma's Ivanna Rosendal suggests pharma companies should help startup companies through their growing pains.

2. Becoming A Backbone Therapy: Lessons Learned With Actuate Therapeutics 2/5/2026

   CEO Dan Schmitt discusses the pursuit of a backbone therapy and how Actuate's current and planned trials are structured to confirm that potential.

3. Building Patient Trust In Research Through Connection Driven-Transparency 2/4/2026

   The question is not whether trust matters but how industry, sponsors, and investigators can bridge the trust gap to drive patient participation.

4. How To Lead A Moonshot Collaboration: Lessons From Over A Decade Of Competitors Working Together 2/3/2026

   TransCelerate BioPharma's Andy Lee and Janice Change share the lessons they learned bringing disparate voices together for a united purpose.

5. Patient Trust In Pharma Is Low; Here's How To Rebuild It 2/2/2026

   CISCRP's Annick de Bruin and Shalome Sine provide strategies for building patient trust based on the findings from their Perceptions & Insights Study.

6. The U.S. Trial Advantage Is Eroding 1/30/2026

   Once the go-to location for trials, the U.S. is now seeing competition from APAC, driven by political, economic, and workforce pressures domestically and rapid growth abroad.

7. Making AI Safety Routine: How Sites And Sponsors Can Continuously Monitor Clinical AI 1/29/2026

   Learn why the next frontier in AI governance will involve real-time surveillance of algorithmic performance across institutions with guidance from Akshaya Bhagavathula and Michelle A. Williams.

8. Want To Optimize Clinical Project Team Performance? Try This Formal 'Lessons Learned' Process 1/28/2026

   Learn how a formal "lessons learned" process can help teams work collaboratively with open, honest, and timely communication to reach thoughtful decisions that lead to on-time, on-budget, and inspection-ready trials.

9. 4 Factors Changing The Way CRAs Monitor Trials 1/28/2026

   The way CRAs monitor is about to change. Regeneron's Patrick Floody discusses these four factors that will influence it.

10. How Can AI Change Computerized System Validation? 1/27/2026

    Learn how AI technologies are changing the computer system validation (CSV) landscape and what you need to understand about this transformation.