Editorial Podcasts

Rose Blackburne, MD, MBA, Vice President, Global Head, General Medicine, PPD Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher and Margarita Nunez, MD, Principal Investigator, Synexus NY / Accelerated Enrollment Solutions New York discuss their panel at the recent Health Equity in Clinical Trials Congress in Boston last month; share insights into how diversity can be improved at the site and CRO; and the hope that clinical trial awareness and diversity can be discussed with all levels of stakeholders in healthcare to improve drug development worldwide.

Ira C. Spector, PhD, MBA, CEO and Co-Founder, SFA Therapeutics discusses how his career journey has epitomized the ability to solve problems, which is essentially the role of drug development. It has also led to the formation and strategic approach to his company’s early-stage clinical trials for using the microbiome to address chronic inflammatory diseases.

Dr. Sean Bohen, CEO of Olema Oncology, discusses his career and significant contributions to the clinical research and development of numerous oncology drugs that received regulatory approval for various indications. Plus a look at Olema, how they operate, and challenges they face.

In this podcast, Dr. Milligan makes the case for studying drugs in pregnant and lactating women on an ongoing basis to understand long-term efficacy and safety, as well as effects of concomitant medications on these women. Sandy believes that the entire ecosystem--regulators, policymakers, governments, physicians, healthcare systems, and industry, need to have a conversation around improving the under-met and unmet needs of women, which includes understanding the unique experiences of women with conditions such as pre-term labor, menopause or endometriosis.

Todd Luckritz, Associate Director, Patient Solutions at Myonex, recently left Mayo Clinic as the lead pharmacist for its clinical research programs. In this podcast, Luckritz discusses his journey “bringing protocols to life,” the joy of interacting with patients, and the frustrations with sourcing that led him to make a difference at Myonex.

Christine McSherry, CEO of Casimir and Mindy Leffler, President and Chairman of Casimir, now a part of CRO Emmes, discuss their path to true patient focused drug development based on their experiences raising sons with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). By understanding early and actual measurable endpoints that matter to DMD patients and caregivers, and providing PROs that can capture data that matters, the women hope to influence other diseases and the quality of life for people that have very little time to waste.

Dr. Ian Smith MBE MB ChB.B MedSc(Hons), Founder, Director and Chief Medical Officer of Panthera Biopartners, and Chris Dodd, the company's Chief Commercial Officer, discuss the evolution of the Site Management Organization and Panthera Biopartners, how clinical trials remain mired in underperformance and difficulties, and hybrid trial advancements.

Praduman “PJ” Jain, CEO & Founder, Vibrent Health; Principal Investigator, NIH All of Us Research Program, Participant Technology Systems Center; Principal Investigator, NIH RADx Program, discusses his involvement in the NIH All of Us program, digital health research tools, and more.