The world of clinical research requires innovation, precision, and funding. Lindus Health seems to have it all. The company runs clinical trials and health research for biotech and healthtech startups, so patients can benefit from new treatments. Their software platform lets participants in clinical trials and health research take part from own home, rather than going to healthcare facilities. It’s also known for their recent development: all-in-one medical device CRO.

The origin story – who built the company and what does it do?

Lindus Health is a London-based startup. Founded in March 2021 by Meri Beckwith and Michael Young, it’s focused on being an anti-CRO organization. CRO stands for contract research organization. The pair of founders thought that they can run medical trials faster and use technology solutions tailored for the execution of medical device clinical trials.

Lindus Health has enrolled over 11,000 medical device trial participants to date in the UK, US and Europe in general. It has demonstrated success in executing device studies across virtually all therapeutic areas; including neurology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and respiratory.

The company’s new offering integrates traditional CRO services and comprehensive experience in medical device clinical trials. Additionally, it has unique recruitment capabilities by utilizing their database of over 30 million electronic health records (EHRs) and or in-house digital marketing.

This offering also includes their own eClinical technology called Citrus. Lindus offers extensive in-house site capabilities including their own virtual/hybrid site and physical community site networks. This all-inclusive package equips medical device sponsors with all the necessary tools to run their studies under one roof.

The so-called “All-in-One Medical Device CRO” offering provides medical device companies with the following features:

  • End-to-end CRO and study management: From startup through close-out, Lindus Health’s clinical operations team handles all project-related and administrative medical device study activities.
  • Recruitment tactics: Lindus’ multifaceted approach to recruitment involving primary care collaboration, screening from a network of over 30 million EHRs, digital marketing capabilities and more help medical device sponsors quickly meet enrollment timelines.
  • Study-specific eClinical software: Citrus, Lindus Health’s proprietary trial execution technology, houses all the necessary tools needed to run medical device research in one place. That includes the Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), Electronic Data Capture (EDC), patient scheduling, eConsent, IRT/randomization, and more. All tailored to individual study.
  • Medical device and regulatory expertise: The company’s team, including its advisors, offer insights in medical device trial operations including deep knowledge of regulatory frameworks and staying current with industry trends.
  • Dedicated site services: Lindus’ site operations team maintains strong relationships with investigators and research staff to effectively manage clinical trials of various models. Including single-site or multi-site and virtual/hybrid or traditional.

The business model and revenue streams

Lindus Health’s clients are mainly biotech and healthtech startups in the UK, Germany and US. They need to run clinical trials to show their products are safe and effective, to achieve regulatory approval. Also, to begin selling to large health providers like the NHS. For companies looking to run clinical trials, the software platform helps them run clinical trials faster.

The company has a patient-friendly web app that makes it easier for patients to participate in clinical trials from home. The product also provides appointment reminders, video calls and instructions to keep patients in the loop.

The company is focused on medical device, CNS and neurology, metabolic, and women’s health CRO. As we pointed out earlier, they also have their all-in-one CRO solution.

Summary

Lindus Health accelerates the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics. The clinical trial process is one of the biggest challenges any organisation faces when looking to bring therapies to the market. Lindus Health directly tackles these issues and seeks to speed up the clinical trial process.

The company vertically integrates the entire clinical trial process. They have built their own in-house tech platform that powers their CRO services in addition to their own site capabilities. This vertical integration allows them to create substantial efficiencies in recruitment, data collection, and data processing leading to faster studies.

This is yet another example of health tech that changes the landscape. If you want to be a part of the revolution, maybe it’s time to reach and create your own product?

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