Friday, April 3, 2026

< + > Leadership, Moats, and the Next Phase of Clinical Research – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 55

We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Kim Boericke, the new CEO at Veristat! In this episode, I sit down with Kim to explore what it really takes to build and lead a durable CRO in a rapidly shifting life sciences landscape. We discuss Kim’s leadership journey, how value is created and captured in services-heavy businesses, and what Veristat is prioritizing for customers over the next 12 months. The conversation then goes deeper into the idea of moats—what makes a CRO genuinely hard to copy, what compounds over time, and how strategic decisions today shape defensibility five years out.

Check out the main topics of discussion for this episode of the Life Sciences Today podcast:

  • Tell me about your journey.
  • How do you create value for your customers?
  • How do you capture the value?
  • What are three things you’d like to achieve in the next 12-18 months?
  • What makes a CRO genuinely hard to copy?
  • What compounds over time? How do the strategic decisions you make today shape out defensibility five years from now?

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