Listen "Episode 33: The Story of Teckro and Innovating Clinical Trials 💊"
Episode Synopsis
James is joined by Gary Hughes, CEO and co-founder of Teckro. Gary founded Teckro with his brother, Nigel Hughes, and CTO Jacek Skrzypiec. Teckro uses machine learning to help get drugs and treatments to market quicker and more transparently by speeding up clinical trials - they're working with the top 10 pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the world and their platform takes pressure off doctors, nurses and drug developers and ensures treatments get to market quicker. Teckro raised $25million recently in a Series C to bring their total funding to $43 million from top VCs like Founder's Fund and Bill Maris. Their HQ is Limerick, Ireland with an engineering hub in Dublin and an office in Nashville. Teckro now has nearly 12,000 active sites worldwide and on the podcast, James and Gary talk about Teckro's growth, their funding rounds and how to innovate in clinical trials.
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