Friday, July 17, 2026

< + > Using AI to Reduce Biostatistical Analysis Readouts – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 70

We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Kyle McBride, VP, AI Innovation at Veristat. We talked about InStat, the clinical research industry’s first zero-code, fully automated biostatistics solution, reducing manual effort to speed time to approval with every output backed by validated statistical engines and expert biostatistician review. It delivers submission-ready tables, listings, and figures (TLF) in five days or less*, rather than the four to six weeks that sponsors typically wait after database lock, while maintaining the highest-quality data.

McBride has taken a first-principles approach to designing the software components to fully automate biostatistics in clinical trials using AI. We spoke about the gap between AI demos and AI that actually ships in regulated environments, the economics of CRO delivery in an AI-native world, and the operational realities of running an AI transformation inside a 20-year-old CRO.

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

  • Tell me about your journey. How did you end up doing what you do now?
  • What’s the value creation in AI-augmented biostatistics?
  • How do you capture value?
  • What is your moat?
  • Are you still using SDTM?
  • What are three things you want to do for your customers in 2026?
  • What’s the biggest anti-pattern in the industry?

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< + > Using AI to Reduce Biostatistical Analysis Readouts – Life Sciences Today Podcast Episode 70

We’re excited to be back for another episode of the Life Sciences Today Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. My guest today is Kyle McBride, VP,...