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Why are clinical trials so expensive? Tales from the beast’s belly (milkyeggs.com)
3 points by jseliger on Nov 9, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Thanks, it's very, very interesting read.

I guess all large organizations have similar issues. Basically, contractors game the system for maximum profitability.

As the alternative is to recruit thousands of very competent people for sometimes a few hours a month, it is even less realistic.

There is perhaps an opportunity for a YC startup to "disrupt" this market? What about instead of having multiple hospitals loosely cooperating, making patients to travel to a unique efficient clinical trial center?

Even patients can benefit from it, Internet forums are full of patients complaining of having been mistreated during a clinical trial (having to pay, having to organize the trip themselves even when with a disability, waiting for hours on a chair, waiting in a cold hallway, being asked stupid questions by someone who is obviously not interested in the task)




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