Medical monitoring is an essential component of the clinical research process. Medical monitors provide medical expertise and oversight for the entire clinical trial, from initial study design through final study close-out. They ensure the clinical integrity of the trial subjects and provide safety accountability across the duration of the study, while acting as expert points of reference for both investigative sites and study team members.

In the course of many years in pharma heading drug safety groups and now consulting, training and doing outreach to the public, I continue to be amazed and humbled by the lack of knowledge by the public about drug safety and what those little pills you pop in your mouth can do.

While the pharmaceutical industry has been incorporating patient-centered practices within engagement and adherence programs for quite some time, the truth is that functional silos limit the ability for companies to fully adopt patient centricity at scale. Let’s explore some of the areas hindering companies from becoming fully patient-centered, and how to overcome these challenges.