Joined Elucid mHealth in 2014 as CTO. Moved to CEO and rebranded to Pill Connect in 2017. Led the original technical design of the company’s connected devices. Co-inventor on several patents and now leads customer and partner relationships and clinical trials. Previously completed PhD in Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition.
A connected pill dispenser for clinical trials.
A smart pill dispenser that reports every dose as it happens and alerts your site team when dosing slips. Used in sponsor-run Phase 2 trials, NIH-funded studies and university adherence research.
~90% average adherence
Objectively measured across recent sponsor-run and NIH-funded studies.
In clinical use since 2022
First deployed in a live trial in 2022 and running in studies since.
10,000s of dispense events
Each one recorded at the bottle, time-stamped and reported as it happened.
Certified and approved for trial use
ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, and audited and approved by clinical trial sponsors.
Where Pill Connect has been used.
Regulated trials
IND studies under FDA and EU CTR
Sponsor-run trials at US and EU sites. The dispenser ran for the full study, with adherence objectively measured throughout and site teams alerted when dosing slipped.
Publicly funded research
NIH-funded studies
Investigator-led studies at US institutions, with real-time adherence alerts reaching the study team.
Published research
US and EU universities
Academic studies where per-dose timing is central to the design, with results published in peer-reviewed journals.
Dosing and refill events are recorded at the dispenser, so there is nothing to self-report.
What a smart pill bottle does in a trial, in three steps.
The patient
Each dose is dispensed and time-stamped.
Each press dispenses one pill and records the time. Sensors confirm the pill left the device.
Explore the dispenser →The data
Events are transmitted without patient action.
Events leave the bottle on their own. The patient opens nothing and syncs nothing.
The site team
Deviations are flagged to the site team.
When dosing slips, an email reaches the team with what happened and when. They act, and the action goes on the record.
See real-time monitoring →
Certifications and approvals.
The checklist a compliance reviewer runs, answered before the call.
- CE marked for radio and electrical safety.
- ISO 8317 certified: child-resistant and senior-friendly closure.
- ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 certified. Audited by SGS under UKAS accreditation.
- Audited and approved by clinical trial sponsors.
- Approved supplier to a global clinical services provider.
Team
Leads technical development and quality. Named inventor on several patents. Twelve years in regulated connected products. Previously Lead Systems Engineer at GE Healthcare, following its acquisition of Monica Healthcare.
Highly experienced Pharma device expert and company Chairman and NED. Experience includes Aptar Pharma, Bespak and MWV. Now works with NanoPharm, LTS, Merxin and Becton Dickinson.
Founder of Synexus, the global leader in clinical trial recruitment. Then founded Panthera Biopartners, a new recruitment company which he exited again. Led both companies as CMO. NHS GP.
Founder and CEO of Monica Healthcare, a GE company. Now working as NED and advisor to medical device start ups.
Chartered accountant, previously worked at Astra Zeneca and Advanced Medical Systems.
Enquiries.
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