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So much of the focus of clinical trial participation is on the patient and reducing site staff burden. But sometimes we forget about the role of the caregiver. After all, it is usually the caregiver driving the patient to their appointments, managing medication schedules, taking notes at doctor’s appointments, and much more. It makes you wonder: who is the caregiver’s caregiver? Enter Zaggo, a non-profit organization that provides the tools caregivers need to take care of their loved one as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Zaggo was born out of the experience of its founder and president, Roberta Carson, after she was thrust into the role of caregiver for her son Zachary during his 27-month battle with pediatric brain cancer.

Topics: Pharma15, Patient Experience, Most Viewed

Pharma15 Live! jumped at the chance to hear SnapIoT’s Ed Triebell discuss his company’s ground-breaking product, a software platform which allows users to seamlessly connect any smart device to any mobile device—and to any cloud.  

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, digital, devices, BYOD, provisional device

Pharma15 Live! simply could not resist speaking with Jae Chung, founder of the “Turbo Tax for clinical trials start-up,” goBalto - and his furry friend, the Siberian Husky puppy aptly named Balto. Chung discussed his company’s mission to automate the laborious manual processes related to clinical trial start-up. 

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, digital, Puppies

Georgia Mitsi spoke with BBK Worldwide’s Aaron Fleishman about her company’s newest app E.V.A — an engagement platform for patients who suffer from chronic neurological conditions. Says Mitsi: “It’s about evaluate, validate and act.”

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, digital, devices, BYOD, provisional device, Most Viewed

During this year’s DPharm 2018, Pharma15 Live! met up with Hassan Kadhim, senior associate director and head of IT clinical trial planning and management at Boehringer Ingelheim, before his presentation on the company’s novel remote clinical trial in the respiratory space. Kadhim reflected about the huge changes that he’s seen in the industry just in the past year. 

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, digital

In the ongoing battle of BYOD (bring-your-own-device) vs. provision devices, Zachary Javitt, CEO and co-founder of PillTracker, has firmly come down on one side.

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, digital

Pharma15 Live! sat down with David Levesque to discuss the goal and mission of Andaman7. Throughout the DPharm, one of the main topics was about new ways to allow patients to access their own data.

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, digital

Pharma15 Live! sat down Valerie Bowling, drug development industry researcher and founder of DPharm, during the conference to discuss this year’s presentations, and the very popular DPharm Idol competition:

Topics: Pharma15, clinical research, clinical trials, patient data, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences

What does patient data ownership actually mean? According to Craig Lipset, head of clinical innovation at Pfizer and DPharm 2018 co-chair, that is still an open question. Pharma15 Live! chatted with him about it at the DPharm 2018 conference.

Topics: Pharma15, Patient Experience, clinical research, clinical trials, patient data, Disruptive Innovation, Conferences, Most Viewed

Topics: patient data, clinical research, clinical trials, Pharma15