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Inato Announces Formation of Innovation Board to Drive Clinical Research Advancements with Sites and Sponsors
Inato announces the formation of the Inato Innovation Board, bringing together senior leaders from top pharmaceutical companies and research sites to foster collaboration and drive industry advancements.
July 2024How this biotech company connects drugmakers with diverse clinical trial participants
Inato is named one of Fast Company's most Innovative Companies of 2024.
March 2024
Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 of 2024
Inato earns a spot on Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 for its role in revolutionizing partnerships between research sites and pharma, broadening patient access.
February 2024
What CVS' exit from clinical trials means for other retail players
Inato's Liz Beatty shares her thoughts on CVS' recent exit from clinical research and the implications for other retailers entering the space.
June 2023See the 16-slide presentation a start up used to sell investors on a new approach to solving a $50 billion problem for Big Pharma
Inato provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to raise $20 million in Series A-2 funding.
April 2023Inato Snags $20M to Make Clinical Trials More Diverse & Accessible
Inato recently raised $20 million in Series A2 funding for its two-way tech platform which brings clinical trial exposure to community-based providers.
April 2023A new batch of startups aims to bring more diversity to clinical trials
After a recent FDA rule required drug makers to open up trials to underrepresented populations, startups like Inato are working to close the gap.
March 2023Big Pharma-partnered clinical trial matchmaker secures $20M to improve platform
Inato CEO Kourosh Davarpanah told Endpoints News that with the $20 million in hand, it will pursue improvements to its diversity offerings, its focus on oncology and data collection.
March 2023French clinical trial company Inato scores $20M funding to expand international growth
French clinical trial company Inato plans to use money from its latest fundraising round of $20 million to expand its global reach, develop new innovations and attract top talent.
March 2023Inato Raises $20 Million in New Funding to Make Clinical Trials More Inclusive
Inato, the leading technology platform enabling access to inclusive clinical trials, today announced the close of $20 million in Series A2 funding from existing and new investors.
March 2023Plotting the way forward on clinical trial diversity
Liz Beatty, alongside other industry leaders, breaks down the collaboration and trust required between pharma sponsors, research sites large and small, tech solutions, and patients to make representative trials the status quo.
March 2023To diversify clinical trials, biopharma companies look to widen the pool of investigators
A look at the ramifications of undiversified clinical trials and ways that pharma can increase representation, featuring Inato's Liz Beatty.
February 2023Crescendo Health’s Funding Signals Growing Momentum For The Role Platforms Can Play In Clinical Trials Innovation
While the healthcare industry has seen massive transformation since the onset of the pandemic, clinical trial operations, perhaps more quietly, has been a hotbed of business activity with fast-growing digital health companies like Inato.
January 2023The 2023 PharmaVoice Year in Preview
Industry leaders, including Inato's Liz Beatty, describe how they are navigating the key issues of 2023 with a focus on what the industry needs to do to meet the high bar of patient expectations, and what companies can do to adopt a more consumer-centric approach to patient care and engagement.
December 2022Improving Clinical Trial Diversity Through Community and Pharmaceutical Relationships
PharmaNewsIntelligence interviewed Kourosh Davarpanah, CEO and Co-founder of Inato, and Teresa L. Tocher, Director of Clinical Research at Clinical Trials Management Services, LLC, who provided some insight into the current, traditional clinical trial landscape and how clinical trial sites are connected with pharmaceutical companies to offer their patients access to care.
November 2022Inato improves platform to boost trial access and inclusion
By leveraging the Inato platform, research sites can reuse data from one trial to another.
November 2022Inato Drives Improvements to Access and Inclusion in Global Clinical Trials with Latest Platform Enhancements
Today, Inato announced its latest platform enhancements. The company also grew global community site adoption of the Inato platform by more than 120% year-over-year (YOY).
November 2022Startup Inato built technology to reach the 90% of sites ignored in clinical research. Here's how it works
Inato CEO Kourosh Davarpanah shared the company's growth over 2022 and explains how their platform empowers community-based investigators to bring the right trials to their patients.
November 2022Inato to Host Roundtables on Improving Clinical Trials Through New Approaches to Site Selection
Inato hosts two discussions around challenges in accessing patients and innovative approaches to overcoming those barriers and partnering with community-based sites at the Clinical Operations Strategy Meeting on May 18 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 2022Health Tech: Kourosh Davarpanah On How Inato’s Technology Can Make An Important Impact On Our Overall Wellness
In an interview with Authority Magazine for their series on "Technology Making An Important Positive Social Impact" Inato CEO, Kourosh Davarpanah, shares the motivation behind starting Inato and the positive impact our technology can have on society.
May 2022Clinical Trials and the Data Diversity Problem
Inato CSO, Liz Beatty, describes the detrimental effect of underrepresenting minority communities in clinical trials.
May 2022A path toward clinical trial diversity
CSO, Liz Beatty, describes how the lack of diversity across clinical trials harms trial efficacy, data, and costs in op-ed.
May 2022California Business Journal Exclusive: The Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials Is Staggering
The lack of diversity in clinical trials is staggering. Liz Beatty, who has spent nearly two decades as Director of Clinical Trials at Bristol-Myers Squibb, is changing that as Inato’s Chief Strategic Officer.
March 2022Inato appoints CSO Liz Beatty to Board of Directors
Beatty brings decades of experience in leadership and clinical trial management
March 2022Diverse site staff better fits inclusive patient population: Inato
Liz Beatty from Inato discusses how patient experience can be enhanced when the clinical trial team shares a background with the subjects.
March 2022Clinical Trial Marketplace Inato Sees Record Growth in 2021
Inato broadens clinical trial access by offering pharmaceutical companies direct access to community-based research sites and the patients they serve
February 2022Raising Representation in Clinical Trials: An Interview with Liz Beatty, Inato
Driven by COVID’s disparate effect on certain ethnicities, the pandemic exacerbated the issue of certain patient populations being unable to access suitable trials. Proventa spoke to Liz Beatty, Chief Strategy Officer at Inato, about how they believe this issue can be rectified.
August 2021Sanofi, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and More Than 500 Sites Join Inato in Making Clinical Research More Inclusive and Efficient
The Inato Marketplace is Reinventing the Collaboration Model Between Clinical Trial Sponsors and Sites
January 2021Clinical Trial Diversity: It’s Time to Stop Talking the Talk and Start Walking the Walk
"The lack of diversity in clinical trials is a disturbing, ethical problem that’s persisted for decades," said Liz Beatty in an article this week on Applied Clinical Trials Magazine where she discusses that it is time to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk when it comes to clinical trial diversity.
January 2021Trendspotting: Decentralized Trials, AI, Real-World Data in 2021
Clinical Research News published an article last week on some of the top trends to watch out for in clinical trials in 2021.
January 2021Looking back, thinking ahead: industry leaders talk trends
Experts from a variety of research and drug development organizations share their thoughts on highlights from 2020, and predict what 2021 might hold.
December 2020The Future of Clinical Trials will Require a Focus on the Long Tail
Inato CEO, Kourosh Davarpanah, discusses the clinical trial landscape and why the future of clinical trials will require a focus on the long tail.
December 2020Inato Shares Key Company Milestones
Inato Announces the Participation of Over 300 Clinical Trial Research Sites in its Global Marketplace
September 2020Inato: insightful data can boost clinical trial diversity
A leader from the clinical research technology firm talks about the importance of a diverse patient population and ways to hit the target.
August 2020Clinical Trial Diversity Isn’t Just a Moral Issue–It’s a Scientific Imperative
Inato's Liz Beatty pens an op-ed in Xconomy on the pressing need for clinical trial diversity.
July 2020How Clinical Trial Research Sites Can Gain Access to a More Level Playing Field
To overcome sponsor-related challenges and work to successfully secure more trials, there are tactical steps CROs can take.
July 2020SCRS Welcomes Inato to the Global Impact Partner Program
Inato Joins SCRS as a Global Impact Partner
June 2020Why the Clinical Trial Industry Needs Dynamic and Inclusive Marketplaces
By connecting supply with demand and eventually facilitating a financial transaction, marketplaces provide an online platform for supply and demand to efficiently find one another and transact seamlessly.
March 2020Inato raises $14M to unlock trial site potential
Inato raises $14 million series A round to “unlock the potential of the many unengaged research sites.”
February 2020Inato Raises $14M Series A
Inato Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding from Obvious Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Serena and Fly Ventures
February 2020The Sanofi-partnered startup finding clinical trials for the 90%
Inato announced a $14 million Series A round led by Obvious Ventures and Cathay Innovation, and joined by Serena and Fly Ventures.
February 2020Appointment: Liz Beatty CSO
Inato Appoints Pharmaceutical Industry Veteran Liz Beatty as Chief Strategy Officer
April 2019