- Renewed government vision for health, research and life sciences
- The challenge of moving from strategy to action across the ecosystem
- Political influences impacting speed, delivery and prioritisation
- How the sector can push for clarity, consistency and implementation
- There are many obstacles to running a successful clinical trial – and hospital sites can be one.
- Slow to set up, delays to patient recruitment, or poor data quality?
- TCR-Solutions will share some experience and approaches to troubleshooting these challenges.
- We cannot treat hospital sites like commercial vendors, and we must find a way to work with hospitals to ensure they deliver on time and target.
- What is the Athlete Mindset?
- Parallels between elite sport and clinical trial delivery
- Applying the athlete-style discipline, goal-setting, ‘pivot quickly’ mindset and performance tracking in delivering complex oncology trials
- Translating setbacks into learnings and future strengths- The drive for continuous improvement-The perfect race!
- Sustaining performance and energy across multi-year clinical trials- The Long-Distance Athlete
- Overview of the new UK clinical trials regulations (in force from April 2026): key changes impacting sponsors, CROs, and research sites
- Upcoming developments in the Combined Review process with the Health Research Authority: what’s changing and what it means for submissions
- Navigating the approvals process: timelines, requirements, and practical considerations for successful applications
- Policy direction and early implementation of MHRA guidance on the use of AI in clinical trials
- How sponsors and CROs should adapt SOPs, regulatory strategies, and study start-up processes in response
- How pricing frameworks like VPAG are influencing pharma exit decisions
- Consequences of major R&D pullbacks for the UK research ecosystem
- Persistent issues: slow approvals, fragmented delivery and rising costs
- What policy and industry shifts are needed to reverse the trend
