Totally Clinical Holiday Special

Light a fire, settle back and enjoy a seasonal story with Dr. Brendan Buckley.

Teckro's Totally Clinical Holiday Special!

This week on the Totally Clinical podcast we’ve something rather special for the holiday season. But first, are you sitting comfortably? Draw the curtains, light a crackling fire and settle back to enjoy a nostalgic festive story with a Teckro twist – from our very own Chief Medical Officer Brendan Buckley… "A long grueling day and a tiring shift,  but Teckro was ready – this was our gift. A spring in our step, not a moment to lose, this was the time for excellent news..."

Enjoy our festive take on an old classic in our last podcast of the year with Teckro’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Buckley.

Brendan’s extensive experience as a senior clinical investigator fosters credible peer-to-peer conversations with prospective Teckro customers.

Brendan is a medical graduate of University College Cork (UCC) and a doctoral graduate in Biochemistry of Oxford University. He brings more than 40 years of experience in academic clinical practice as a physician in endocrinology, diabetes and clinical pharmacology.

Brendan is also a non-executive director of a number of biopharma development and services companies. He chairs the board of the leading Irish research charity, Fighting Blindness, and is a member of the board of Breakthrough Cancer Research. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Irish Medicines Board (now the Health Products Regulatory Authority), chairing its statutory Advisory Committee for Human Medicines. In the past, he was also a member of the European Medicines Agency Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) and of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Scientific Advisory Committee on diabetes and metabolism.

Brendan is an Honorary Clinical Professor at UCC and an Adjunct Professor at University College Dublin in the respective medical faculties. He was Director of the European Collaborative Centre for Clinical Trials in Rare Diseases at UCC. With more than 150 scientific papers published in his career, Brendan also authored the opinion-leading book Re-Engineering Clinical Trials. He has directed a number of very large outcomes trials in metabolic/cardiovascular disease and chairs the independent data and safety monitoring boards for a number of large clinical development programs.

Brendan co-founded Firecrest Clinical, and when it was acquired by ICON served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President.

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Brendan Buckley

The Totally Clinical Holiday Special (Podcast) 🎄

The Totally Clinical Holiday Special

The Totally Clinical Holiday Special - Brendan Buckley

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HANNAH LIPPITT: Hello and welcome 

to a very special Totally Clinical. In keeping with the season we've something a little bit different for you this week. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a flying reindeer? Nope, it's Teckro’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Buckley, who joins us from the comfort of his cozy fireside chair to read his own take on one of the oldest and most popular holiday poems. So take a sip of your eggnog, put your feet up and don't touch that dial. It's time for the Totally Clinical holiday special. 

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BRENDAN BUCKLEY: 

T’was the night before 

Christmas, when all through the site, 

The staff on the trial were not feeling too bright; 

The papers and forms were all over the desk, 

In hopes that a hero would sort out the mess; 

The staff were so tired and wanting their beds, 

As delays and more problems addled their heads; 

The patients are waiting, I’m still in my scrubs, 

There might be no time to see friends in the pubs, 

And what do my weary but wide eyes then see? 

My colleagues all waving and calling to me. 

A long grueling day and a tiring shift,

But Teckro was ready – this was our gift.

A spring in our step, not a moment to lose,

This was the time for excellent news;

"Less PAPER! less, EMAIL! less, WORRY and WASTING!

Less TO-ING and FRO-ING! yes, MORE patient-FACING!

On a cool smartphone app, so clean and so quick,

And laptop or tablet! It's lickety-split!"

Out of our pockets, their smartphones they drew,

Friendly and easy, they knew what to do;

A tap on the app with the tip of a finger,

No paper, no portals and no need to linger,

A notification, a message received,

Point of care guidance, to watch or to read.

Their eyes -- how they twinkled! The hope and the joy!

We chatted like children unwrapping a toy!

A thing for us weary site staff to behold,

A present more special than silver or gold.

And everyone’s smile just continued to grow,

With visions of easier trial site workflow;

The patients are ready, the first is next week,

We're primed and prepared with the knowledge we seek.

A glance at our smartphone is all it will take,

The digital protocol without the headache.

A swipe of the screen or a click of the mouse,

Working on-site or at home in our house;

Search and engage and connect with great speed,

Answers forthcoming and insights we need.

The mission is modern and sprinkled with magic,

The straightforward app takes away any panic;

We spring to our feet, as the team clap and whistle,

Our minds are awake and as sharp as a thistle.

And I hear someone shout, among laughter and smiles,

“IT'S TECKRO FOR ALL, AND FOR ALL, STRESS-FREE CLINICAL TRIALS!”

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HANNAH LIPPITT: So that's a wrap, folks. Thank

you so much for listening to our last podcast of the year from our very own Brendan Buckley. You can download our podcast on Apple, Spotify and Google. Please subscribe and leave a rating and review so more people can find the show. Happy holidays and see you in January.

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December 15, 2022

Dr. Brendan Buckley

Chief Medical Officer

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