Episode: 24 - SCOPE 2024, AI Innovation, and Pitch Contest Winner Dezbee McDaniel

In this month’s episode of the Scope of Things, host Deborah Borfitz catches listeners up with the latest news of the clinical trials and research industry, starting with SCOPE 2024, where a record-breaking 4,000 attendees arrived to learn and discuss about new products, technology, and ideas. Other hot topics in this episode include convergence of clinical research and clinical care, patient centricity, protocol complexity, the growing use of AI, and an update on decentralized clinical trials. She also interviews CliniSpan Health founder and CEO Dezbee McDaniel, winner of the pitch contest at SCOPE, about his company’s novel social media influencer relationship management platform for improving clinical research diversity. 

LINKS 

Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) 

• Conference website 

Convergence of clinical research and clinical care 

• Story in Clinical Research News [link to come, story runs 2/27?] 

Oliver Patch Project 

• Website   

Conference themes 

• Savvy Cooperative’s #AskPatients website 
• Barnett International’s GCP reference guide 

ProofPilot integrates Magnol.AI 

• Press release  

TransCelerate’s Participant Data Return initiative 

• Resource pack 

Impact of protocol design on trial performance 

• Study in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science 

Use of AI in clinical development 

• FDA-issued discussion paper