Medable

Medable

SaaS platform for decentralized clinical trials

Overview

Medable provides a cloud-based, unified platform for clinical trials that digitizes and streamlines the entire process from onboarding participants to data collection, study notifications, and real-time reporting, delivered as a SaaS service. It works through a cloud-agnostic system with a single API, enabling easy integration and broad reach across multiple languages and countries, including support for decentralized clinical trials (DCT). It differentiates itself with a user-friendly design, strong scalability, and a large DCT network that supports remote participation and global trial execution. Its goal is to help sponsors run faster, higher-quality trials by digitizing the end-to-end process and enabling remote participation at scale.

About Medable

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Why Medable is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Healthcare

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$506.2M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • August 2026 Tufts CSDD valued Medable's monitoring agent at $21 million per program.
  • June 2026 Agentic Accelerator should speed enterprise adoption across sponsors and CROs.
  • January 2026 PI Summary, TMF, and CRA agents deepen site and operations lock-in.

What critics are saying

  • Veeva, Oracle, and Medidata bundle adjacent tools and compress Medable's integration-led pricing.
  • Medable's headcount fell 33.1% from 2023 to March 2026, straining execution.
  • FTC Privacy Shield scrutiny remains pending, keeping compliance and trust risks alive.

What makes Medable unique

  • Medable's Agent Studio unifies protocols, eCOA, TMF, and AI workflows across systems.
  • Its DDF Agent converts protocols into CDISC USDM 4.0 machine-readable data.
  • It runs in 70 countries, 120 languages, and nearly 400 trials.

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Funding

Total Funding

$506.2M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series D funding is typically for companies that are already well-established but need more funding to continue their growth. This round is often used to stabilize the company or prepare for an IPO.
Series D Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

Health & wellness

401k

Remote first

Career development

Military support

Time away

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Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-3%
pharmaphorum
Aug 19th, 2026
Medable, Tufts CSDD value AI gain at $21m net per programme.

Medable, Tufts CSDD value AI gain at $21m net per programme. New analysis from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) and Palo Alto, CA-based Medable shows that AI agents accelerate clinical trials and improve staff productivity, delivering net financial gains to a sum as high as $21 million per drug development programme, as well as 82 times the return on investment (ROI). Medable partnered with Tufts CSDD to empirically answer the question: To what extent can clinical monitoring agents improve trial performance, and do those translate into measurable economic value for drug developers? Medable provided operational data - including operational time savings and agent cost - from its Clinical Monitoring Agent modelled in an oncology development programme. Tufts CSDD applied the expected Net Present Value (eNPV) framework, a widely accepted method for quantifying the financial impact of innovation investments, to assess the value created by the AI agent. On average, it takes 10-12 years to bring drugs to patients. That is expected to significantly shrink for the first time in the digital age. Indeed, for the first time since 1962, the average number of drugs approved each year in the US may finally jump past 50, breaking a long-held drug development glass ceiling. The Tufts CSDD analysis specifically assessed the impact of Medable's Clinical Monitoring Agent across three top-line metrics: expected net present value, overall return on investment, and direct operating cost savings. The agent showed eNPV gains of approximately $7.5 million (phase 2 trial), $11.3 million (combined phase 2 and phase 3) development, and $21 million (phase 3 trial). Meanwhile, the study found an estimated ROI of 64x for phase 2 and 82x for phase 3 clinical trials. From the data, Tufts CSDD estimated direct operating cost reductions in on-site monitoring per clinical trial of approximately $4.4 million per phase 2 and $5.6 million per phase 3 study. Additional analysis identified and valued administrative off-site monitoring task efficiencies of approximately $600,000 (phase 2) and $1.7 million (phase 3). These savings reflect clinical research associate time that could be reallocated to other studies and were not included in the eNPV calculations. Dr Pamela Tenaerts, chief medical officer at Medable, commented: "For a sponsor with 20 active indications, deploying a clinical monitoring agent across phase 2 and 3 studies could generate as much as $226 million in incremental portfolio eNPV. For a sponsor with 50 active indications, that figure could jump to as much as $565 million. Bottom line? We now have evidence demonstrating sizable value creation of agents in clinical research, helping break longstanding barriers." In the patent cliff race to 2030, where blockbuster drugs representing $200+ billion in annual revenue are expected to lose exclusivity, the benefits are clear. In addition to these high-level findings, Tufts and Medable will publish a more detailed peer-reviewed paper later this year. Dr Pamela Tenaerts previously spoke with pharmaphorum following ASCO 2025, for a conversation on the company's digital-first model to handle long-term follow-up care for cell and gene therapy cancer trials. 19 August, 2026

Associated Press
Jun 15th, 2026
Medable launches Digital Data Flow Agent to automate clinical trial protocol transformation

Medable has launched its Digital Data Flow Agent, which automatically converts static clinical trial protocols into machine-readable, structured data in CDISC USDM 4.0 format. The technology enables continuous alignment across the clinical development lifecycle, allowing trial sponsors to generate electronic clinical outcomes assessments in minutes whilst maintaining protocol consistency. The DDF Agent addresses the traditional challenge of manual protocol interpretation across multiple systems. When protocols are amended, changes automatically propagate across connected documents and workflows, reducing operational burden and enabling faster response to study insights. The technology supports the FDA's vision for real-time clinical trials, where ongoing data review becomes standard practice. Medable's platform has been deployed in nearly 400 trials across 70 countries, serving over one million patients globally.

Business Wire
Jun 15th, 2026
Medable introduces Digital Data Flow agent, laying the foundation for end-to-end agentic clinical development.

Medable introduces Digital Data Flow agent, laying the foundation for end-to-end agentic clinical development. New agent supports digital infrastructure needed for FDA's emerging real-time clinical trial model PALO ALTO, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Medable Inc., the leading technology platform for agentic clinical development, today announced its Digital Data Flow (DDF) Agent, which automatically transforms static clinical trial protocols into structured, machine-readable data that can be continuously used across the clinical development lifecycle. Traditionally, clinical trial protocols are static documents that require extensive manual interpretation and re-creation across many downstream systems. Medable's DDF Agent converts protocol information into a CDISC USDM 4.0, standardized, structured JSON data format, which is foundational for automated and dynamic readiness and adaptivity throughout a clinical trial. For example, using Medable's DDF Agent, trial sponsors can automatically generate their electronic clinical outcomes assessments (eCOAs) in minutes, while maintaining alignment with the source protocol and any subsequent amendments. As the industry moves toward more adaptive and real-time data clinical trial models, Medable's DDF Agent helps establish the infrastructure needed for continuous protocol evolution. Changes made to the protocol after approval can automatically propagate across connected documents, workflows, and systems, reducing operational burden and helping organizations respond more rapidly to emerging study insights. This approach aligns with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vision for real-time clinical trials, where ongoing data review becomes standard practice. In such an environment, maintaining consistency across study documentation and operational systems will require a digital, machine-readable foundation rather than traditional, document-based processes. Medable's DDF Agent represents an important step toward enabling that future. "The FDA's move toward real-time clinical trials makes clear that the industry can no longer rely on static documents and manual handoffs to support modern study execution," said Jessica Dolfi, Medable Senior Vice President of Solution Consulting. "Medable's DDF Agent helps create the machine-readable foundation needed to keep protocols, downstream systems, and operational workflows continuously aligned. That is essential for a future in which study data, endpoints, and safety signals must move with greater speed, consistency, and traceability to support real-time trial execution and responsiveness." Medable is agentifying the clinical development lifecycle, from protocol initiation to study close-out with Medable Agent Studio - a purpose-built agentic AI platform for clinical development that enables sponsors and CROs to deploy AI agents across clinical workflows. The platform combines no-code agent creation, human-in-the-loop oversight, GxP-ready compliance controls, a clinical data ontology layer, built-in AI governance, and Model Context Protocol connectors across clinical and enterprise systems to automate operational work while maintaining transparency, auditability, and regulatory alignment. And Medable's Agentic Accelerator Program with onboarding, integration support, and change management allows customers to gain value from AI agents on day one. About Medable Medable is on a mission to get effective therapies to people faster. Its agentic clinical trials platform enhances speed, scale, and patient access in clinical research, accelerating medicines for thousands of conditions without treatment or cure. Awarded Leader in eCOA by Everest Group, Medable's platform has been deployed in nearly 400 trials in 70 countries and 120 languages, serving more than one million patients globally. Medable is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Learn more at medable.com. Contacts. Media Contact Lisa Barbadora, Barbadora INK for Medable +1 (610) 420-3413 [email protected] / [email protected] More News From Medable Inc. PALO ALTO, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE )-Medable Inc., the leading technology platform for agentic AI-powered clinical development, today announced its Agentic Accelerator Program to help life sciences companies transform clinical development with agentic AI. The program includes onboarding, integration support, governance, and change management to enable sponsors and contract research organizations to gain value from AI agents from day one. Surprisingly, only 22% of life sciences leaders have scale... PALO ALTO, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE )-Medable Inc., the leading technology platform for agentic AI clinical development, today announced that its CEO and co-founder, Dr. Michelle Longmire, will be one of three international guest speakers at Japan's largest pharmaceutical conference, Ubie Pharma Summit (May 13-14, 2026). Longmire will be speaking at the fifth annual event along with Justin Chen, MD, Clinical Specialist at Google for Health, and John Halamka, MD, President of Mayo Clinic Platform... PALO ALTO, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE )-Medable Inc., the leading technology platform for AI-powered clinical development, today launched Agentic AI for research sites to reduce burden and assist principal investigators (PIs) in oversight and monitoring of electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) data. Medable's newest agent integrates seamlessly within its eCOA system workflows. Released just after Medable's TMF and CRA agents, its PI Summary Agent continues the company's rapid rollout of fun...

Business Wire
Jun 3rd, 2026
Medable launches Agentic Accelerator Program to deploy AI agents across clinical trials

Medable has launched its Agentic Accelerator Program to help life sciences companies deploy agentic AI across clinical development. The programme provides onboarding, integration support, governance and change management to enable sponsors and contract research organisations to gain value from AI agents immediately. Currently, only 22% of life sciences leaders have scaled AI across their enterprises. The programme offers strategic guidance and implementation support through dedicated AI clinical development experts and forward-deployed engineers, enabling customers to quickly deploy standard agentic use cases whilst developing proprietary workflows on Medable's platform. The initiative supports Medable Agent Studio, a purpose-built agentic AI platform for clinical development featuring no-code agent creation, human-in-the-loop oversight, GxP-ready compliance controls and built-in AI governance. Medable's platform has been deployed in nearly 400 trials across 70 countries.

Associated Press
Jan 28th, 2026
Medable launches AI agent to help principal investigators oversee eCOA data in clinical trials

Medable, a clinical development technology platform, has launched an AI agent to assist principal investigators with oversight of electronic clinical outcome assessment data at research sites. The PI Summary Agent continuously monitors participant eCOA data, generating summaries and highlighting critical data points whilst maintaining human oversight. The agent addresses regulatory requirements for oversight of remotely captured data, which traditionally required manual verification across multiple systems. It centralises participant data inputs to streamline remote monitoring without disrupting trial operations. Released following Medable's TMF and CRA agents, the new capability is available now as part of Medable's eCOA platform. The company's platform has been deployed in nearly 400 trials across 70 countries, serving over one million patients globally.

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