Syneos Health Podcast | Decoding Gen AI’s Potential to Drive More Effective Clinical Trials
AI is seemingly everywhere now in our lives, including healthcare and drug discovery and development. AI certainly has the potential to enable major advances than development of more effective and safe medical products. And in fact, GenAI has already been successfully used in drug discovery.
But are we fully leveraging the current AI yet in practical ways? Are our trial designs informed appropriately by AI and data? From the mundane document generation and handling to the complex patient engagement, what is the here and now of how we can and should apply AI to support more informed, more effective drug development?
In this episode of the Syneos Health Podcast, Nick Kenny, Chief Scientific Officer at Syneos Health is joined by industry experts Nataraj Dasgupta, Vice President of Advanced Analytics at RxDataScience and Greg Christie, Chief Product Officer at StudyKIK to dive deep into the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the realm of drug development and clinical trials. The discussion explores the practical applications of AI—from improving patient recruitment and engagement to revolutionizing document generation and protocol design—and touches on the exciting promise of Generative AI (GenAI) in streamlining processes, enhancing patient experiences, and democratizing access to clinical trials. The panel also confronts the challenges, including data accuracy, regulatory concerns, and the ethical implications of AI-driven decisions.
Tune in to understand how AI is reshaping the future of healthcare and what lies ahead in this rapidly evolving field.
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Sources for statistics quoted in this episode:
The nexus between climate change and healthcare
2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey: Living and working with purpose in a transforming world
Clinical trials, health and climate change
PwC 2021 Global Investor ESG Survey
Global ESG Regulation Increases by 155% Over the Past Decade
Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health