CASTLE PINES, CO & RALEIGH, NC, UNITED STATES, June 2, 2026 — Validcare and Univo IRB have entered into a strategic alliance designed to provide emerging biotech and biopharma sponsors with a modernized, end-to-end experience that makes Real-Time Clinical Trials (RTCTs) a reality today. By moving beyond traditional, fragmented CRO and IRB models, this partnership delivers unprecedented, real-time visibility into study data across the entire clinical trial lifecycle for sponsors, investigators, and regulators.
Bolstered by recent FDA guidance encouraging the modernization of clinical research through real-time data access, this alliance answers the industry’s call for transparency, high data integrity, and rapid decision-making.
“Traditional CROs and IRBs use decades-old inefficient practices and tools that create data silos and lack the transparency needed in today’s regulatory environment. Univo IRB and Validcare have re-engineered the CRO and IRB partnership model with real-time visibility to data and statuses — allowing more reliability to plan and execute studies with reduced risks, greater speed, and lower costs.”
— Julie Blasingim, CEO of Univo IRB
The true value of this alliance lies in the integration of Univo IRB’s highly efficient IRB model with Validcare’s cloud-based SmartSource™ Clinical Study Platform. Together, they provide real-time visibility to high-integrity data via one cloud-based platform for all study constituents. This unified ecosystem seamlessly connects sponsors, clinical operations, sites, patients, and regulators, accelerating study timelines and reducing costs associated with trial execution.
“Too often submissions to traditional IRBs require archaic software and client management models that result in a total lack of visibility. Univo IRB provides easy-to-use, web-based tools and instant access to a dedicated, experienced resource. Together, we are eliminating historical lag times and making RTCTs an operational reality.”
— Rodney Nuss, COO of Validcare
About Validcare
Validcare is a global, full service, results-based Clinical Research Organization delivering radically faster, more reliable clinical trials for life sciences pioneers. The organization aligns incentives through fixed-price, milestone-based contracts and combines a world-class clinical operations team with SmartSource™, its direct source data platform. Founded by experts with more than 30 years of executive-level industry experience, Validcare helps bring life-changing products to market.
About Univo IRB
Univo IRB is an independent Institutional Review Board revolutionizing human research protections to meet the needs of today’s trials. The organization provides sponsors, CROs, and sites expert IRB solutions, including IBC and consulting services. Backed by AI-enabled technology, OneVerse®, customer focus, and commitment to patient advocacy, Univo IRB delivers an agile, reliable IRB experience.
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