Clinical Trials, Creepy Data, and Corporate Bullshit

It's March 24th and we're back with another **Sticky Notes** edition of **Note to File: A Clinical Research Podcast**—where we mix serious industry topics with just the right amount of nonsense. In this episode, we cover: - 🥩 **National Cheesesteak Day** (plus cocktails, "National Stephanie Day," and the strangely titled *International Day for the Right to the Truth…*)   - 💊 **National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day** – why women are disproportionately affected, and how trial design and dosing play a role   - 🧩 **ICON + Advarra's "research-ready, connected site network"** – is this actually helping sites, or just more sponsor/CRO-controlled tech dumped on them?   - 📊 **Who owns your site data?** We dig into how IRBs and vendors may be using operational data for site selection and "intelligence"   - 🧪 **Dana-Farber's $15M NIH settlement** over manipulated images – what this says about accountability in academic research   - 💼 **New study on "corporate bullshit"** – why people who see through buzzwords and jargon may actually be *better* at their jobs (and why Kool-Aid drinkers might be happier) If you work at a site, sponsor, CRO, IRB, or anywhere in the clinical trial ecosystem—and you're tired of sanitized, corporate-approved narratives—this one's for you. --- ### 🔖 Suggested Timestamps 0:00 – Cold open   2:13 – Welcome to Note to File   2:41 – Spring, spring break, and weather nonsense   4:09 – National Cheesesteak Day & the "day of the day" rundown   6:29 – National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day (and gender differences)   9:12 – ICON + Advarra "research-ready" network – what does this really mean for sites?   12:06 – Are vendors mining site data for sponsors? Data ownership & ethics   17:52 – Dana-Farber $15M NIH settlement over manipulated data   22:02 – Study: corporate bullshit, buzzwords, and job performance   25:10 – Kool-Aid, happiness, and critical thinking at work   26:31 – Wrap-up --- **About Note to File**   Note to File is a clinical research podcast featuring interviews, candid commentary, and general nonsense for the clinical research community. No corporate spin, no paid messaging—just real talk from people in the trenches. 🌐 More at: **notetofilepodcast.com**   --- #ClinicalResearch #ClinicalTrials #ResearchSites #Advarra #ICON #NIH #DanaFarber #Pharma #CRAlife #NoteToFile #HealthcareData #WorkCulture