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2025 NORD Rare Disease Summit: Advancing Evidence and Partnerships for the Rare Community

UBC attended the 2025 NORD Rare Diseases & Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit, where patient voices, scientific innovation, and regulatory expertise converged to shape the future of rare-disease research. Learn what inspired us and how we’re advancing real-world evidence, patient partnerships, and innovative trial designs to accelerate progress for the rare-disease community.
Julie Shutt
Associate Director, Patient Engagement

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The Critical Role of the QPPV: Insights from UBC’s Pharmacovigilance Experts

In this expert interview, UBC’s Tom Coles and Peter Psarologos dive into the essential role of the QPPV in EU pharmacovigilance. From legal requirements to strategic value across the product lifecycle, discover how UBC helps clients stay compliant, inspection-ready, and focused on patient safety.
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Evidence Matters: Joel White of Marketcap Consultants

Recently, Aaron Berger, SVP of Evidence Development Solutions, had a chance to sit down and talk with Joel White of Marketcap consultants, to discuss the state of life science trends and the next wave of real world evidence generation. Joel has long been an important voice in the life sciences space, always with his finger […]
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Rethinking Decentralization in Direct-to-Patient Studies: A Conversation with Aaron Berger

Explore how UBC is leading the transformation of clinical research through decentralized, direct-to-patient study designs. In this interview, Aaron Berger shares insights on improving patient access, data quality, and trial efficiency through UBC’s Evidence Development Solutions.
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Beyond Enrollment Woes: Why Sponsors Seek Rescue in Tumultuous Times

Rescue studies are a challenge, and often enrollment is a top reason for switching. But mismatched partnerships go beyond enrollment.
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Regulatory Submissions with Real-World Evidence: Highlights from the Joint Duke Margolis Institute and FDA Public Meeting

As Real World Evidence (RWE) continues to shape regulatory decision-making, the FDA and Duke Margolis Institute convened a public meeting to share successes, challenges, and lessons learned in RWE submissions. With over 4,000 attendees, the event spotlighted case studies, data feasibility, and the evolving role of RWE in labeling, post-marketing commitments, and registrational trials. Learn how sponsors are partnering with regulators to modernize study design and advance global RWE standards.
Judy Lytle
Executive Director, Evidence Development Study Solutions
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Optimizing REMS Pharmacy Integration: RAPID – UBC’s Standards-Based Solution That Minimizes Burden while Elevating Compliance and Patient Safety 

Pharmacies are essential to REMS—but manual processes and fragmented systems create risk and inefficiency. UBC’s RAPID API offers a secure, standards-based integration that streamlines REMS activities directly within pharmacy workflows. Learn how RAPID reduces burden, improves data quality, and elevates patient safety across the REMS ecosystem.
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Is Your Real-World Data ‘Fit-for-Purpose’? The Critical Role of Feasibility Assessments

Designing a database study can be challenging with the proliferation of RWD availability and source diversity. Learn how to ensure that database feasibility assessments successfully identify the most relevant data sources appropriate for the evaluation of study objectives.
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Enhancing patient engagement with technology and digital solutions 

Patient engagement plays a central role in medication adherence, persistence, and retention. Explore how digital tools, including EHRs, electronic healthcare technology, and digital assistants, can contribute meaningfully to patient engagement.
Dana Edwards
Vice President, Patient Access & Strategic Engagement
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What Place for Humans in a PV World Integrating AI?

Artificial intelligence is transforming pharmacovigilance—but human expertise remains essential. As AI systems evolve to support drug safety monitoring, ensuring human oversight is key to managing risk, improving outcomes, and maintaining trust. At UBC, we’re blending AI innovation with deep PV knowledge, empowering our teams through AI awareness training and shaping a safer future for patients. Discover how AI and humans can work together to advance pharmacovigilance.
Christopher Henry
Safety Scientist, Global Safety Writing
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Bekki Bracken Brown

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Bekki Bracken Brown serves as the President and CEO of UBC, guiding the company’s mission and values, including the improvement of access for patients to receive better outcomes. She oversees all aspects of UBC, such as operations, business growth strategy, sales and marketing, and acquisition support.

With over 20 years of industry experience, Ms. Brown brings knowledge from a successful career in senior management from her tenure at Quintiles, INC Research, and, most recently, with Syneos Health. She’s been a member of the North Carolina BIO Board of Directors since 2019. She is also a member of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association — Southeast Chapter and CHIEF, an organization that supports women executive leaders. Ms. Brown earned her bachelor’s degree at Duke University.