Why Strategic Financial Planning is Critical to Advancing Clinical Trials

Moving Medicine Forward · Jun 11, 2025 · 15m

In this episode of “Moving Medicine Forward,” host Jeremy Strand sits down with Brian Lawrence, Chief Financial Officer at CTI, to explore how strategic financial planning is critical to advancing clinical trials, particularly in rare disease research. Brian shares insights on balancing profitability with purpose in one of the world’s most highly regulated industries, reflecting on early career decisions, global expansion, trial funding challenges, and the growing influence of AI in finance.

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Brian shares how early interests in math and accounting, along with a few great mentors, led him…