PI Focus: Velocity PI Leads Breakthrough Efforts to Combat Obesity, Diabetes

The Velocity Clinical Research team in Los Angeles, CA, is tackling two of the biggest health threats to Americans today: obesity and diabetes. Better still, they’re making tremendous progress against these conditions that exact a terrible toll on quality of life and longevity. Consider these sobering statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection … Read more

Velocity PAC Insights: Communicating With Participants, Cutting No-Shows, and Improving Informed Consent

Velocity Clinical Research maintains a Participant Advisory Committee (PAC) — a diverse mix of current and past trial participants across the U.S. The PAC’s job? Providing participant input to fine-tune the clinical research process. In this piece, we dig into highlights from PAC’s recent meetings in March, April, and May 2023. We’ll cover three key … Read more

PI Focus: Luis De La Cruz, MD on Sleep Apnea

Luis De La Cruz, MD

In this ongoing series, Velocity puts the spotlight on innovative Principal Investigators (PIs) whose work is changing the medical landscape at the intersection of research and patient care.  Velocity Team Contributes to Potential Breakthrough Sleep Apnea Treatment Enjoying a good night’s sleep is vitally important both mentally and physically. Unfortunately, for many it’s a struggle … Read more

Paul Evans Named a Featured Speaker of the Cornell University Biotech and Pharmaceutical Summit

Paul Evans, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Velocity, has been named a featured speaker of the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management Summit through Cornell University. The summit at Cornell Tech will enable participants to engage with industry leaders and Cornell faculty in small panel discussions on topics such as the payer perspective, barriers and … Read more

Ride4DEI Promotes Stronger Clinical Trial Industry

Ride4DEI Promotes Stronger Clinical Trial Industry

CUMBERLAND, MD – It’s been smooth biking so far for the ACRP Ride4DEI team as they wrapped up day three yesterday (May 16) en route from Pittsburgh, PA to Washington, D.C. in an effort to raise money and awareness promoting diversity on all levels in clinical trials. But obstacles loom for the plucky bikers, says … Read more

Velocity Makes Third German Site Acquisition With InterMed

Velocity Makes Third German Site Acquisition

Wiesbaden is the second largest city in the Frankfurt Rhine Main region of Germany, with a population of more than 300,000 people. The city is known for its architecture and is one of the oldest spa towns in Europe, with 26 hot springs. It is also home to Velocity’s latest site acquisition. Velocity acquired InterMed … Read more

Velocity Announces Three C-Suite Hires to Fuel Growth

Velocity Clinical Research (“Velocity”), the leading multi-specialty clinical site organization, today announces it has made three C-suite hires, as the company continues to dramatically expand its clinical site and patient organization, bringing research opportunities to more people. Nick Campbell joins as Chief Commercial Officer, Nick Spittal is the company’s new Chief Operating Officer, and Steph … Read more

Four Takeaways From Velocity’s Clinical Trial Participant Advisory Committee

To gain deeper insight into the perspectives of clinical trial participants, Velocity has built the Participant Advisory Committee (PAC). The PAC comprises diverse current and past clinical trial participants from across the country. The Velocity PAC convenes regularly to discuss issues and share ideas that could improve the clinical research process now and for future … Read more

Tyler Adam, MD, Coauthors NEJM Article With Results From Phase 3 Maternal RSV Vaccine Study

Tyler Adam, MD, Principal Investigator at Velocity Clinical Research in Hastings, NE, supported the promising MATISSE Phase 3 maternal RSV vaccine study — results of which have been published in the article, “Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants” in the New England Journal of Medicine. In this global trial, … Read more

Case Study: Doubling the Average Participation Rate of Diverse Populations in Cognivue’s FOCUS Study

Neuroscience company Cognivue enrolled more than double the national average participation rate of diverse populations in its Further the Objective and Clinical Understanding of Cognivue Study (FOCUS) study. Velocity supported the study by enrolling the entirety of the study’s more than 1,500 subjects across 14 sites and 11 states. While typical studies of this size … Read more