Playbooks

The first three volumes of The Clinical Research Site Playbook were about establishing a stronger operating model: building your network, turning your CTMS into a recruitment engine, and standardizing eSource to create capacity. But building the infrastructure is only half the challenge. The other half is protecting it. Because the same sponsors who value your … Read more

In Vol. 1 of this series, we mapped the consolidation wave reshaping clinical research and made the case that the divide between aggregated and integrated networks is where competitive advantage is actually being decided. In Vol. 2, we showed how your CTMS, connected to your digital front door, becomes a recruitment engine rather than just … Read more

In Vol. 1 of this series, we looked at the consolidation wave reshaping the clinical research landscape — how independent sites are coming together into integrated networks, and what that means for operations, sponsorship, and growth. If you haven’t read it, start there. But consolidation is only half of the story. Once you’ve built (or … Read more

How Site Consolidation Continues to Reshape Clinical Trials The clinical research site market is undergoing a structural shift. Over the past decade, and accelerating post-2020, independent research sites have increasingly been acquired or rolled up into multi-site networks backed by private equity and strategic investors. These networks are expanding regionally and nationally, creating larger, more … Read more