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Hosting or driving? What 12,402 EU clinical trials say about Central Europe's place in global pharma

Hosting or driving? What 12,402 EU clinical trials say about Central Europe's place in global pharma

What 12,402 EU clinical trials across all 28 member states actually say about Hungary, Poland, and Central Europe's place in global pharma.

PPeter Bencsik
The real problem with clinical trial site selection isn't finding rising stars

The real problem with clinical trial site selection isn't finding rising stars

Clinical trial sites cluster around the same names EU-wide, not just in Hungary or Poland. What that means for how sponsors choose where to run a trial.

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What building a real data pipeline with an AI coding agent actually looks like

What building a real data pipeline with an AI coding agent actually looks like

What happened when an AI coding agent built a real data pipeline, then was asked to audit its own work and found the bugs the first pass missed.

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Navigating the AI Agent Hype: A Practical Look at Hermes, n8n, and OpenCode

Navigating the AI Agent Hype: A Practical Look at Hermes, n8n, and OpenCode

After days of troubleshooting, I evaluate the practical utility of Hermes Agent, comparing its autonomous capabilities against purpose-built orchestration and coding tools.

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The Mirror at Table Four

The Mirror at Table Four

A philosophical dialogue between a human and an anthropomorphized AI regarding existence, truth, and the nature of control.

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LinkedIn 'Broetry': Why I Hate the Algorithm-Baiting Era

LinkedIn 'Broetry': Why I Hate the Algorithm-Baiting Era

An analysis of the one-sentence-per-line posting style taking over LinkedIn, and why it represents the worst of performative engagement.

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AI in the Wet Lab: Optimization, Automation, and the Changing Role of the Scientist

AI in the Wet Lab: Optimization, Automation, and the Changing Role of the Scientist

OpenAI's recent wet lab experiment demonstrates significant efficiency gains but raises questions about the future role of human researchers.

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Japan's Tech-Driven Response to the Dementia Crisis: Innovation vs. Intimacy

Japan's Tech-Driven Response to the Dementia Crisis: Innovation vs. Intimacy

As Japan faces a severe dementia crisis with a shrinking workforce, it turns to AI and robotics like Sharp's Poketomo. We analyze the balance between technological aid, privacy risks, and the irreplaceable human touch.

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The CDC’s Primate Research Ban: Balancing Ethics, Innovation, and Readiness

The CDC’s Primate Research Ban: Balancing Ethics, Innovation, and Readiness

The CDC's sudden directive to end monkey research accelerates the debate on New Approach Methodologies versus established scientific necessity and the hidden costs of transition.

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A Tale of Two Neighbours: Contrasting Austria and Hungary’s Health Metrics

A Tale of Two Neighbours: Contrasting Austria and Hungary’s Health Metrics

A comparative analysis of the OECD Health at a Glance 2025 report reveals stark disparities between Austria and Hungary in funding, workforce, and outcomes.

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Beyond the Hospital Walls: The Economics of Shifting Care Sites

Beyond the Hospital Walls: The Economics of Shifting Care Sites

Analysis of shifting care sites in response to economic pressures, focusing on Hospital-at-Home trends in Psychiatry and Pediatrics.

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AI Data Privacy on Trial: The Precedent of the OpenAI vs. New York Times Legal Battle

AI Data Privacy on Trial: The Precedent of the OpenAI vs. New York Times Legal Battle

A legal demand for 20 million private chats raises new questions about AI data privacy, challenging the trust required for sensitive applications like healthcare.

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HelloAI - Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare training

HelloAI - Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare training

The strategic development of HelloAI, a leading European training program designed to bridge the AI literacy gap for healthcare professionals, initiated in 2017.

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InspireInside: Unlocking Your Internal Innovation Engine

InspireInside: Unlocking Your Internal Innovation Engine

Discover how the InspireInside program, a corporate innovation call I designed at Boehringer Ingelheim, systematically unlocks hidden employee potential and turns internal ideas into validated, high-impact solutions.

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Deep-Learning MR-only Radiation Therapy - an innovation launched on the market to improve patient care

Deep-Learning MR-only Radiation Therapy - an innovation launched on the market to improve patient care

Discover how a strategic collaboration between industry and academia harnessed deep learning to pioneer an MR-only radiation therapy workflow, improving patient safety and treatment accuracy.

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Top Female Founders Summer School

Top Female Founders Summer School

Spearheading a pan-European initiative to empower female students and future entrepreneurs in healthcare innovation, securing funding and coordinating curriculum development and delivery from 2022 to 2025.

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CybeRIS - Cybersecurity in Healthcare

CybeRIS - Cybersecurity in Healthcare

A case study on initiating and coordinating a multi-stakeholder European training program to bridge the gap between healthcare innovators and critical cybersecurity needs.

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