1. How the Cloud Can Support Real-Time
Insights in the Life Science Industry
Rick Morrison
Founder and CEO, Comprehend
rick@comprehend.com

2. About me
! Computer scientist by training
! Deep clinical software experience
! Founded comprehend in 2010

3. Comprehend transforms drug and
device development through data.

4. Overview
!
A brief history of drug development
!
Technology’s Impact Today
!
The Future

5. A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRUG
DEVELOPMENT

6. Technology is changing
Life sciences

7. *http://www.asbestos.com/images/clinical-trials-process.jpg

8. *http://www.immunetrics.com/applications/drug-discovery.php

11. Avg. Cost to develop new drugs, in USD
$1.8bn
$1.3bn
$1bn
$800mm
$300mm
$100mm
0
1975 1987 2000 2005 2010
It costs >$1.8bn to bring
a new drug to market
90% of these costs are
clinical trials

12. no more low hanging fruit

13. pressure
from
generics

14. increasing
protocol
complexity

15. failing late

17. TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT TODAY

18. Switching from paper

19. mobile and patient
reported outcomes

20. Study
1
Tons of data sources:
! Patient
! Operational
! Safety
! Randomization
! Financial
! Patient Reported
! Others…

21. Study
1
Study
2
Study
3

22. Connecting isolated silos of data

23. Data warehouses don’t work here.

24. Connect all relevant data, in real time.

25. Email & SMS Alerts
Mobile
Devices
Standard
Web Browser
Intranet Portals

26. real-time insights

27. risk-based monitoring

28. adaptive clinical trials

30. THE FUTURE

31. fundamentally changing
healthcare

32. personalized
medicine

33. improve privacy

35. modernize regulation

36. the cost of inaction

37.
thank you
rick@comprehend.com