#133: Glen de Vries: Right Patients, Right Therapy, Right Time

<p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks to Glen de Vries, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of  Medidata, a leading online platform for clinical trials. He’s also the author of the book, “The Patient Equation.” In this episode, Glen talks about his career as a healthcare entrepreneur and how he pioneered the use of the internet to improve how physicians diagnose and help patients.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glen introduces “The Patient Equation,” his book about how the data revolution is transforming healthcare. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also talks about his childhood, particularly his aspirations and the reasons he pursued research as a career.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What inspired Glen to launch Medidata? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How did Medidata become what it is today? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One key to success is to have the right people around you. For Glen, this includes his partners, who made Medidata possible.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Glen discusses the challenges Medidata faced and how they moved forward to pursue company goals.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Across his career, Glen has always had a conviction for online connection. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He talks about the importance of collaboration between medical professionals, particularly when it comes to research and medicine. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-