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Andreas Beust — CEO and Managing Director of GCP Service International in Bremen and President of ACROS, the Association of International CROs — joins Adam Walker to explain how a small CRO can run trials globally without ballooning in size. Ten similarly sized, like-minded CROs across the US, Europe, the Middle East, India, China and Australia agree that once a partner joins, their country is off-limits to the others: grow together, not bigger. Also in this episode: from the biostatistics desk to the CEO's office, hiring for attitude, leading without ego, a frank reality check on AI in clinical trials, and why discomfort is what actually drives growth.

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Alen Hadzic — founder and CEO of Clinical Trial Scan and creator of Dyno AI — joins Adam Walker for a masterclass in patient recruitment as an engineered system. Former Olympic fencer, ex-affiliate advertiser with $5–7M of clinical trial ad data behind him, Alen breaks down his seven-step enrollment funnel, why hot leads beat cold databases, how his Medellín call team converts in the evening blocks the industry sleeps through, and the patent-pending cost-per-enrollment model behind it all.

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Today's guest is Adam Baumgart, an advisor and consultant at ZS Associates and Alcedo Consulting whose passion is enhancing risk-based quality management and clinical trial processes. Drawing on 35 years of CRO and pharma experience, including leadership roles at AstraZeneca and Covance, Adam provides strategic input on AI models to optimize RBQM, clinical data review, and site monitoring.

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Today's guest is Sylvain Berthelot, who is a clinical technology and life science professional with deep expertise in clinical systems and the digital ecosystem that supports modern clinical research.

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Today's guest is Wendy Turenne, widely known in the industry as Real World Wendy. A strategic force in real world data and evidence generation, she most recently served as Chief Data Officer and SVP of Evidence Solutions at Aeon, where she led global teams in transforming real world data into regulatory-grade evidence.

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Today's guest is Jan Krikava, co-founder and managing director of Docu Ply, a document automation platform purpose built for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors with a degree in software engineering and a background in enterprise.

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Today's guest is Artem Adrianov, mathematician strategist, Risk-Based Quality Management, trailblazer as co-founder and CEO of Integrity. He spent over 25 years transforming clinical trials through data intelligence and risk-based methodologies.

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Today's guest is Anna Titkova, who is the International Operations Director and Country head of Pratia Ukraine, one of Europe's largest site networks, where she oversees operations across multiple countries with a focus on accessibility, innovation, and quality.

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