High-growth companies will be responsible for the next wave of breakthrough treatments, but the clinical trial industry doesn’t move at their pace.
It can take up to 15 years for new treatments to reach patients. We want to help patients benefit sooner by accelerating this process.
New treatments would not be possible without volunteers. Research needs to be designed with patients and participants in mind.
The cost of bringing new medicines to market has skyrocketed and as a result, patients are missing out on new treatments. Our mission is to fix this; we use software to help innovative companies run faster, more reliable, and patient-friendly clinical trials. We do this because we believe patients deserve better than having to wait decades for new treatments.
We’re named after James Lind who pioneered the first clinical trial in the 18th century and discovered that oranges and lemons cured scurvy.
Like James, we want to improve health outcomes for all.
Co-Founder
Meri was previously a venture capital investor and partner to biotech and digital health companies. He took part in the COVID-19 vaccine trials as a volunteer, where he saw how trial outcomes could be improved by focusing on patient experience.
Co-Founder
Michael was previously a Special Adviser to the UK Prime Minister, where he advised the UK government on life sciences. He is passionate about improving health outcomes and quality of life for people with long term medical conditions.
Co-Founder & CTO
15 years' experience building world-class tech products. Previously at BenevolentAI, Descartes Labs, Placemeter and Google.
Director of Clinical Operations
20 years' experience leading phase I-IV trials implementing novel methodologies across a variety of therapeutic areas. Most recent experience includes scaling up and leading the Primary Care & Vaccine Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Oxford and leading two Urgent Public Health COVID-19 platform trials.
Senior Trial Manager
Experienced clinical trial specialist. Previously, leading on the set-up, management, and oversight of large-scale Urgent Public Health decentralised platform COVID-19 treatment trials at the University of Oxford.
Head of Ops & Growth
Previously a consultant to the pharmaceutical sector at Simon-Kucher & Partners, advising on market access and pricing.
Medical Director
GP for 25 years, formerly CEO of Omnes Healthcare and director of clinical governance at United Health.
Director of Quality
Experienced Senior Quality and Regulatory Professional, IRCA Registered Lead Pharmaceutical and Quality Management System Auditor with over 10 years experience in industry.
Data Scientist
ML engineer, with MSc from KCL. Leading work on ML-powered tool for protocol design.
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
NMC registered and experienced general nurse. Plays a vital role in delivering effective clinical research and supporting patients through their treatment in the trial.
Software Engineer
Experienced in building applications from end-to-end. Always interested in the latest in the software engineering landscape.
Senior Software Engineer
5 years’ experience at Meta working on both consumer and business facing products. Passionate about building software that can help improve people's lives.
Software Engineer
Full stack software engineer with a background in mechanical engineering. Motivated by the advantages available when we bring technology and healthcare closer together.
Head of Product
Previous experience building products for early stage companies. Leading the development of our trial delivery platform.
Trial Lead
Experienced consultant to pharma, biotech, and digital health companies on market access, competitive intelligence, and patient support programs across oncology, immunology, and rare diseases.
Senior Trial Lead
Experienced clinical research specialist with 9 years' experience leading research projects. Previously Director of Research Implementation at the University of Chicago, overseeing a portfolio of clinical research projects in reproductive health.
Trial Lead
Experienced Clinical Research professional with over 7 years experience in the management & delivery of complex research projects. Previously worked on global clinical trials, largely in the Oncology and Infectious Diseases therapeutic areas.
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Senior Trial Manager
Clinical Research Associate at successful startups and highly ranked hospitals such as Guardant Health, Trialspark, and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Extensive experience managing and onboarding sites for both paediatric and adult studies across the US.
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Trial Nurse Coordinator
NMC registered and USA board-certified nurse with critical care experience in the UK and US. Passionate about supporting patients while making evidence-based treatment accessible to wider populations through clinical research.
Expert Advisor
SVP Insights and Innovation at Syneos Health.
Expert Advisor
Professor of Health Services Research, founder of Trial Forge (an initiative to improve trial design) and Editor-in-Chief of the Trials Journal.
Expert Advisor
Expert consultant in evidence generation for digital health startups.
Expert Advisor
Mithi is an operator specialised in commercialising novel scientific discoveries across the US and UK. He has built and scaled companies in agricultural biotechnology and bioinformatics for which he has received over $50m in funding. Mithi is passionate about human longevity.
Patient Advisory Board Member
Rachel is the Managing Partner of Swii.ch, the rare disease patient engagement advisory. She is a Pharmacist and behavioural scientist by background and was previously Global Patient Centricity Lead at AstraZeneca.
Patient Advisory Board Member
Experienced Senior Quality and Regulatory Professional, IRCA Registered Lead Pharmaceutical and Quality Management System Auditor with over 10 years experience in industry.
Patient Advisory Board Member
Jonathan is the Director of Createhealth.io. He brings over a decade of marketing and product experience, ranging from international private and public healthcare providers to government regulators. He was a pioneer of using crowdsourcing to improve patient engagement, with outcomes published in the BMJ .
Patient Advisory Board Member
Jenny worked for many years in clinical trials and patient centricity from within the Pharmaceutical industry, before co-founding a new academic research group. Here she united academia, non-profit and the NHS to change the way that clinical trials are delivered. She is now Director of Rekaryo Health and Managing partner of MediPaCe.
Be transparent
We share information across the whole team, avoiding hierarchies and silos
Stay curious
Keep asking questions, we’ll never get anywhere by blindly following the status quo
Be high-agency
Nothing happens unless we make it happen, and we all take ownership and responsibility
Go fast
Speed is life and our biggest competitive advantage, get used to faster OODA loops
Benefit patients
Our most critical mission is to accelerate clinical trials so patients can benefit
Have fun!
Most importantly, we are in the pursuit of fostering a fun environment for all.
