Pharma Prescribed with Nuria Coll Bastus, CEO & Founder of Clinical Net; What happens when patients lead the way to trials?

I’m Adam Walker a Biometrics consultant, and this is the Pharma Prescribed Podcast—where leaders, innovators, and hidden voices in healthcare open up. No soundbites. No spin. Just raw insight—one prescription at a time. In an industry driven by data, protocols, and pressure, we rarely pause to ask the human questions: What drives us? What breaks us? And what truths live behind the titles we wear?   Nuria Coll Bastus is an industry disruptor whose roots in academic research and oncogenomics have blossomed into a bold new vision for clinical trials. Born in Spain and now based in the UK, Nuria brings a cross-cultural lens to one of pharma’s most persistent challenges: patient recruitment. With over 12 years in drug development and a background in oncogenomics (Nuria holds an MBA that served as the launchpad for Clinical Net—a health-tech startup she founded to match patients with trials in under five minutes. Globally, 80% of clinical trials are delayed due to recruitment issues, costing billions annually. Nuria’s platform is changing that—automating access, centralizing data, and empowering both patients and practitioners.