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Saving Pharma Companies Billions with AI l Patrick Leung from Faro Health
Mar 21, 2025
Patrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health and former leader at Google, discusses revolutionizing clinical trial design with AI. He reveals how AI transforms regulatory document generation and captures insights from past trials, showcasing the importance of collaboration between clinical experts and engineers. Leung addresses the high costs of trials, challenges with traditional metrics, and the role of structured data extraction in enhancing outcomes. He also dives into AI's capabilities and the hiring challenges faced in the field.
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- Faro Health leverages AI to transform clinical trial design, enabling more efficient document generation and regulatory compliance processing.
- The collaboration between clinical experts and AI engineers is crucial for developing reliable systems that effectively address healthcare challenges.
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Challenges in Clinical Trial Design
The traditional method of designing clinical trials has become increasingly complex, leading to the phenomenon known as Eroom's Law, which indicates that the cost of bringing new drugs to market doubles approximately every nine years. Factors contributing to this trend include advancements in genetic medicine, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and the necessity for diversity in patient populations. These complications highlight the need for optimally designed clinical trials, as poor design can lead to issues such as high patient burden and protocol adherence problems. Faro Health addresses these challenges with a SaaS platform that allows for more efficient clinical trial design, ultimately reducing costs and improving the likelihood of successful outcomes.
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