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#226 - Ex-Google Duplex Eng Lead on Disrupting $2B Clinical Trials with AI - Patrick Leung

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Jul 28, 2025
Patrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health and ex-Google Duplex Engineering Lead, dives into the groundbreaking use of AI in clinical trials. He explores how AI can cut drug development time and costs dramatically while maintaining compliance with stringent regulations. Discussing challenges like AI hallucinations, Patrick emphasizes the need for human oversight. He also reflects on the evolution of AI technologies, the promise of artificial general intelligence, and offers practical advice for thriving in an AI-driven world. The conversation uncovers AI's true potential in transforming healthcare.
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AI Accelerates Clinical Trial Design

  • Clinical trial design and documentation is highly complex and can take years and billions of dollars.
  • AI is used to automate protocol writing, speeding up document generation from months to minutes with clinical-grade quality.
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Tackling AI Hallucinations Rigorously

  • AI hallucination in critical documents can't be solved by prompt tweaking alone.
  • A robust evaluation system checks for hallucinations and missing information to ensure clinical document quality.
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AI as Clinical Research Assistant

  • AI research assistants help identify comparable trials and extract insights from massive clinical data.
  • This automates labor-intensive research and optimizes trial parameters balancing cost, patient experience, and feasibility.
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