About Us

<p>HD's project management is rooted in impressive flexibility, accuracy, efficiency, and technology.</p>

Smarter connections, greater flexibility, better results.

Our global model started with multiple international offices. But, we soon realized that careful selection and training of like-minded organizations enabled a far more flexible, better managed, and more efficient international program that allowed handpicking of the best sites, people, and processes to meet your unique trial and program needs. 

This concept evolved into the Agile Clinical Network consisting of research companies, thoroughly trained and certified to meet our exacting standards. In addition to clinical experience and therapeutic background, each member organization understands adaptive principles and the enabling tools and technology. Staff all undergo initial and recurrent training on the Agile Clinical Development approach which provides certification on all required processes and technology. The result is a fully aligned global team, focused on rapid, efficient program execution and unprecedented performance.

For many, the notion of a tightly run global trial using information immediately available to all team members is the hope for the future of our industry.

For us it's business as usual, and has been for 20 years.


   

Conventional Clinical Research

 

Agile Clinical Development

    Study process

 
Inconsistent; labor-intensive, manual
 
Structured, technology-leveraged, centralized oversight

    Staffing model

 
"Feet on the street" - many offices, large staff, inconsistent control
 
Lean teams with flexible local staffing, centralized oversight 

    Personnel training

   
Initial; possible retraining during trial 
 
Sites & personnel certified, and then accredited on systems and management processes, continuous training throughout program

    Management 

 
Local, inconsistent
   
Centralized, standardized

    Speed of report
    availability

 
Weeks
 
Minutes

    Progress and quality
    markers

 
Incomplete, sparse, or not available
 
Broad range available continuously to entire study team

    Risk mitigation

 
Poor; at local level often inconsistent/unreliable
 
Excellent; detailed information continuously available to entire study team