California-based Medable has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to integrate its digital clinical trial platform into the Google Cloud Marketplace, marking a significant advancement in clinical research technology accessibility.
The collaboration aims to revolutionize how life sciences companies access and utilize clinical trial management tools. By leveraging Google Cloud's infrastructure, the platform will incorporate advanced artificial intelligence capabilities and cloud technologies to streamline trial design, execution, and data management processes.
Platform Capabilities and Integration
The newly integrated platform will feature Medable's latest Studio software, delivered through a software-as-a-service model. This integration provides users with seamless access to Medable's comprehensive clinical trial organization tools while benefiting from Google Cloud's robust infrastructure.
Michelle Longmire, Medable's co-founder and CEO, emphasized the partnership's significance: "This alliance provides life sciences companies with Medable's cutting-edge clinical development technology powered by Google Cloud through Google Cloud Marketplace. The collaboration will enable scaled and seamless adoption of Medable solutions by Google Cloud users, providing life sciences companies with platform capabilities proven to improve patient access to trials and accelerate critical development efforts, globally."
Streamlined Payment and Procurement
A key advantage of this partnership is the simplified payment process. Users can now process payments directly through the Google Cloud Marketplace, with Medable usage appearing on Google Cloud invoices. This integration allows organizations to apply their committed Google Cloud spend toward Medable services, creating a more efficient procurement process.
Proven Track Record and Global Impact
Medable's platform has demonstrated significant success in the clinical trial space, with deployments in more than 300 decentralized and hybrid clinical trials across 60 countries, reaching approximately one million patients. This extensive reach showcases the platform's capability to support diverse clinical research needs globally.
Dai Vu, managing director of Google Cloud Marketplace, highlighted the partnership's potential: "Bringing Medable's platform to Google Cloud Marketplace will help customers quickly deploy, manage, and expand their use of the AI-driven clinical trial platform on Google Cloud's trusted, global infrastructure."
Recent Developments and Future Implications
This partnership follows several strategic moves by Medable, including their collaboration with the Clinical Trials Center of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center) to develop a decentralized clinical trial ethics review toolkit. The company has also expanded its reach into specialized healthcare applications, as evidenced by its selection by the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub for improving oncology care accessibility in rural Canada.
The integration with Google Cloud Marketplace represents a significant step forward in making advanced clinical trial management tools more accessible to research organizations worldwide, potentially accelerating the pace of medical research and drug development.
