Good Clinical Podcast: Season 4, Episode 6
Collaborating to Drive Global Progress in Clinical Research
This episode is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
What does it take to run successful clinical trials across borders? Tune in asChris Boone (Group VP, Research, Health & Life Sciences at Oracle) and Alicia Baker McDowell (VP & Head of Global Regulatory Strategy at Fortrea) explore the shift from transactional outsourcing to truly co-created partnerships.
They discuss how sponsors, CROs, and tech partners are redefining collaboration, tackling data fragmentation, and striking the right balance between global consistency and local execution to deliver more effective clinical trials worldwide.

