Blog

The Importance of Healthy Volunteers in Clinical Trials

04/04/2024

Clinical trials play a pivotal role in advancing medical research and developing new treatments. At the heart of these trials are healthy volunteers, individuals who willingly participate in clinical research to drive medical advancements.  In this article, we explore the significance of healthy volunteers in clinical trials and their impact on drug development. What are […]

Read More

Clinical Considerations for First-in-Human Clinical Trials

04/04/2024

First in Human clinical trials play a crucial role in ushering investigational new drugs or interventions into clinical practice. First in Human trials, follow preclinical testing, using in vitro and in vivo experimental models to ensure the safety of participants. The process involves four phases, with drug candidates typically gaining approval after the third phase […]

Read More

How can AI improve patient outcomes in clinical trials?

20/02/2024

Welcome back to our blog series where we share some of the highlights and key takeaways from our fireside chat with CEO of Simbec-Orion, Fabrice Chartier, and CEO of biotx.ai, Joern Klinger. Our last blog post covered whether AI can help with achieving orphan drug status, recent trends in clinical trial design, how AI can […]

Read More

Can AI help with achieving orphan drug status?

13/02/2024

Welcome back to our blog series where we share some of the highlights and key takeaways from our fireside chat with CEO of Simbec-Orion, Fabrice Chartier, and CEO of biotx.ai, Joern Klinger. Our last blog post covered how AI can demonstrate the potential of the pipeline to investors and how AI could disrupt clinical development […]

Read More

How does AI-enabled causal modelling support discussions with potential investors?

06/02/2024

Welcome back to our blog series where we share some of the highlights and key takeaways from our fireside chat with CEO of Simbec-Orion, Fabrice Chartier, and CEO of biotx.ai, Joern Klinger. Our last blog post covered what AI-enabled causal modelling is, how it is different from other models, and where you might want to […]

Read More

Can early utilisation of AI-enabled causal modelling de-risk and accelerate clinical development?

31/01/2024

Can early utilisation of AI de-risk and accelerate clinical development for drug developers? Recent announcements suggest large pharma companies are betting big on AI. AstraZeneca recently announced a $247 million deal with an AI vendor to support identifying new oncology drug candidates[1]. Sanofi has announced a collaboration with two separate AI vendors, worth up to […]

Read More

CRO Outsourcing in Clinical Trials: Key Considerations for Sponsors

06/04/2023

CRO outsourcing is common practice in clinical trials; as the global clinical research market becomes ever more competitive, small to mid-size pharmaceutical and biotech companies must rely on the expertise, services and facilities of specialist clinical research organisations (CROs) and functional service providers (FSPs) to support their clinical development programs. By outsourcing to CROs with […]

Read More

Got a question?
Get in Touch or Submit an RFI/RFP

Our team is on hand to answer any questions you might have relating to the work we do at Simbec-Orion. Just fill in the form below, making sure to tick the boxes that apply, and we’ll respond as quickly as we can.

Looking to volunteer for a clinical trial?

Visit our dedicated volunteer website here, or email [email protected]

Follow us on Social Media

Name(Required)
Opt In Emails