AiCure, an AI and advanced data analytics company focused on improving clinical trials, today announced it is expanding its global presence through partnerships, a new employee base, and key events. Through its contract research organization (CRO) partnership program, AiCure Partners for Excellence (AiPEX), AiCure is partnering with Qwince, an Italy-based technology and services company focused on helping organizations implement innovative solutions and advance healthcare. Leveraging Qwince’s consulting experience in data science, pharmaceuticals and technology, the partnership will aim to foster clinical and commercial opportunities for the deployment of AiCure’s AI platform with pharmaceutical sponsors and government healthcare departments. It will also work with network pharmacy associations to leverage local pharmacies as an alternative to sites during clinical trials to improve convenience for patients. This partnership will empower Italian organizations to explore new endpoints and ways to assess patient behavior, as well as provide holistic, predictive insights for faster, more precise clinical trials and real-world observational studies.
In an effort to attract new talent and perspectives, AiCure also opened its first international office in Nanjing, China. The office will have 20-30 employees focused on engineering. The location is open to employees as of March 14th.
“Diversity is one of AiCure’s founding principles – from diversity in our data sets, to diversity in perspectives and of our team, to diversity in our partners and the clients we support,” said Dr. Ed Ikeguchi, CEO of AiCure. “Through strong scientific collaborations with innovative CROs like Qwince and bringing AiCure to Nanjing, China, we open new avenues of diverse thinking and approaches that will advance our ability to improve patient-centric care and optimize drug development.”
AiCure is also increasing its presence abroad by participating in conferences across Europe. At DIA Europe 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, Gordon Kessler, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer at AiCure, participated in a panel to discuss regulatory considerations in the use of technologies in drug development. On March 31st, Gordon was joined by Max Wegner, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Bayer AG and Marco Viceonti, Professor at Università di Bologna, to explore the opportunities for digital tools to improve an understanding of the safety and efficacy of medicines, and how to navigate regulatory reviews.
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On March 24th, Rich Christie, MD, PhD, AiCure’s Chief Medical Officer, presented as part of MedTech UCL’s AI in Medicine series, the largest student-run collaborative in University College London’s history. The event aims to solve pervasive problems in medicine using technology and brings together those at the forefront of medical AI research. Dr. Christie presented on AiCure’s AI approach to understand the intricacies of patient behavior, and the impact these insights have on clinical research and patient care.
AiCure actively seeks employees of diverse backgrounds to bring new viewpoints to the complex issues the company seeks to solve, with 56% of its employees identifying as non-white and 46% being women, compared to just 38% and 25% respectively across the tech industry1. This effort is reinforced by the following new senior team members, who join AiCure to advance its product development and operations: