The logistical inefficiencies mentioned in this article are mind boggling when compared to what we've come to expect in different industries. We all know health

The logistical inefficiencies mentioned in this article are mind boggling when compared to what we've come to expect in different industries. We all know healthcare is always a little behind the curve, but with clinical trials, we're talking decades. For example: most clinical studies have no way to track samples going from sites to labs beyond a hope, prayer, and constellation of unconnected spreadsheets. The status quo is to write a 50 page lab manual and include a wall of text and bullets outlining a list of multiple stakeholders that need to be emailed a tracking number each time a sample is shipped. Not to mention there are days you really shouldn't ship samples. Labs have no idea when samples are going to show up. Seriously, samples just show up, they open the box expecting a piece of paper to identify the samples. An incredible amount of perfectly good, usable samples get LOST or DESTROYED due to the fact that there's no way to track any of these samples or coordinate stakeholders. We're talking critical samples, like blood from kids with cancer. It's absolutely ridiculous. Compare this sob story to the fact that I know in realtime where all the dumb shit I bought on Amazon is. The cognitive dissonance here is beyond comparison! + + + About 8 years ago my brother and I were given a window into this problem. Being Amazon FBA sellers ourselves, we thought, "hey now that can't be too hard to fix" and thus began the wild journey of Slope [0]. What we learned working on this problem is that clinical research sites literally get crapped on left and right with ridiculous contracts & protocols written by people who don't understand the clinical setting or logistics in general. With each research site running 30-50 clinical studies and each of those studies having its own catalog of kits, shippers, and other inventory, it's no wonder why clinical research is so expensive! And this is just supply chain folks. Slope started by making an inventory and sample management software to address the needs of sites and have worked backwards into selling this platform to Sponsors and CROs. While I have your attention, we're hiring a head of engineering now and will have a JD up for a product manager next week [1]. Thanks for reading! [0] https://www.slope.io/ https://www.slope.io/ [1] https://www.slope.io/jobs/head-of-engineering https://www.slope.io/jobs/head-of-engineering