Feature|Articles|June 26, 2026

Applied Clinical Trials at the 2026 DIA Global Annual Meeting: Conversations on Data, Outsourcing, and the Patient Voice

From real-time evidence generation to federated AI to site-level data integration, ACT spoke with seven experts at DIA 2026 on the trends and challenges defining clinical trial operations today.

The 2026 DIA Global Annual Meeting brought thousands of clinical research professionals to Philadelphia, PA this June, and Applied Clinical Trials was on the ground for it.

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