An inefficient clinical trial will result in wasted resources, delays in new treatment for patients in need and negatively impact population health even though we have the scientific understanding to do much better. The mission of Lindus Health is to accelerate clinical trials with a vision to fix the system. Working towards such a cause with a team of brilliant people who are as excited about this mission as I am makes working at Lindus Health an amazing opportunity.
Lindus Health places huge emphasis on R&D. Innovative research is a must to break free from the traditions anchored in this field and one of the company goals is to generate innovative solutions to long standing problems. As a machine learning engineer, I can see the potential of using machine learning to give meaning to past data and design the patient-centric, efficient clinical trials of the future. The clinical trials field features many large datasets (including publicly available ones like clinicaltrials.gov), which have been relatively under-explored. There are challenges associated with dealing with a mix of structured and unstructured data, but I’ve been able to overcome these and build predictive models for an improved trial design process. There is a lot of room for innovation in this field and it is a great professional motivation for me to work towards this at Lindus Health.
In addition to working as a machine learning engineer, I have a design background where I believe some of my most valuable skills originated from. At Lindus Health everyone’s skills and contributions are valued and appreciated which is one of the reasons that I could immediately see myself as a fit to this company. I can contribute to ongoing product challenges from a designer’s perspective as well as being highly focused on a machine learning project. In my opinion, this is one of the perks of working in a growing start-up environment with open-minded people where you can contribute to different business aspects instead of focusing only on one thing that you can do.
Ece Kavalci, Machine Learning Engineer
Product Clinic #3: Embedding software engineering efficiency hacks into our clinical trial platform
Heard of dogfooding? No, not feeding your pet! The practice of using your own software to understand how it performs in the real world and catch any issues. Read about this and other software engineering hacks we are using to build better products.
A Fireside Chat with Paul Wicks: How can we make clinical research for digital therapeutics more patient-friendly?
Digital Therapeutics are still a relatively new treatment area and there is a lot to learn about conducting clinical research on them. Find out how Paul Wick's, Digital Health expert, thinks research companies can put the patients first.
Product Clinic #2: Using feedback loops to build better products
Lindus Health's objective is to build better products that hit non-negotiable clinical standards and challenge outdated conventions. How do we do this? Read more here
Why I joined Lindus Health? Van Zyl Engelbrecht
The mission to accelerate clinical trial. The focus on making clinical research more patient-centric. The ability to support innovative health companies bring their product to market at a lower cost.
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Product Clinic #1: Turning boring technology into exciting products
Don't be put off by the blunt use of the word "boring" to describe our technology. It's one of our guiding principles allowing us to make rapid progress while maintaining high quality standards. Read more here.
James Lind and the Mafia
The story of how James Lind's trial for scurvy led to the formation of the mafia.
What actually improves diversity in clinical research?
We’ve all seen the evidence of ethnic minority underrepresentation but what is actually going to have an impact in the future? Read Lindus Health’s action plan here
Vaccine Trials and Tribulations
Read co-founder Meri’s experience of a Covid-19 vaccine trial that left him frustrated (but vaccinated), and led to the creation of Lindus Health.
Stagnation, Drugs and Eroom's law
Why does the cost of clinical trials continue to increase? Meri Beckwith, Lindus Health co-founder discusses why stagnation has prevailed and how technology is the answer
Cure Scurvy with this one weird trick…! Doctors hate him
In 1747 James Lind conducted the first clinical trial, proving that oranges and lemons were a cure for scurvy. Given that we’re named after him we felt it was about time we wrote a post about the history of scurvy, Lind, and the first ever clinical trial! We believe that in 100 years current health outcomes will seem just as ridiculous and intolerable as 50% of sailors dying of scurvy seems now, and that’s why we’re named Lindus Health.
Why I joined Lindus Health? Luke Twelves, Medical Lead
To help make trials more accessible to patients and clinicians. To help bring novel and innovative treatments to the frontline of care faster. To stretch myself and work as part of a really exciting team.
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A success story: Lindus Health recruiting prediabetes patients for the ASPIRE-DNA clinical trial
Lindus Health used its multi-channel strategy to accelerate DnaNudge's trial recruitment. Read more about the challenges they faced and our results here.
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Lindus Health launches with $5m seed round to revolutionise health research
Lindus Health publicly launched today, announcing $5m in seed funding from leading technology and healthcare investors including Firstminute Capital, Presight Capital, Seedcamp, Hambro Perks and Amino Collective.
Why I joined Lindus Health? Nik Haldimann, CTO
A worthy mission. Personal challenge & growth. To create a dream environment for engineers.
Optimising trial recruitment with our Primary Care Network
Primary care organisations are responsible for patient care but are not yet set-up for research. What do we mean by Lindus Health’s Primary Care Network and what are its advantages? Learn how primary care can turbocharge your trial recruitment.
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