MedCity News September 13, 2024
This week, longtime healthcare veterans Amy Abernethy and Brad Hirsch teamed up to launch Highlander Health — a Dallas-based startup focused on accelerating clinical evidence generation.
Accelerating clinical evidence generation is one of the most important steps the healthcare industry can take to advance personalized treatment, Amy Abernethy declared in an interview this week.
“When I talk about clinical evidence generation, I’m talking about clinical trials — real data, real-world evidence. How do you quickly understand what works for whom and when?” she said.
Abernethy is a veteran healthcare leader, having recently served as principal deputy commissioner and acting chief information officer at the FDA and chief medical officer at Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences spinout. On Tuesday, she teamed up...