Digital Health Interviews: John Patterson. Cybersecurity how to be compliant and why to protect data

Our second interview brings lots of insights about cybersecurity, information protection, data integrity, and much more.

Our guest is John Patterson, GxP Bio-process and Security Consultant.

00:00 Greetings
01:32 John's introduction
07:00 Is there any progress in the way companies treat compliance?
09:46 Why do companies leave compliance for later?
11:30 How to efficiently pitch a startup’s product to the big pharma and other life sciences?
13:33 Life sciences relationships with software vendors and different startups.
17:02 What’s better: to pitch a product or SaaS to a life science company when it’s just starting operations — or try joining in when it’s already mature?
19:18 Would big pharma more willing to find SaaS solutions or develop on their own?
21:24 Chances of small startups cooperating with big pharma and biotech in 2021.
24:35 How GxP compliance changed during the last years — and especially during the pandemic period?
27:30 What were the most devastating cyberattacks/data breaches you’ve encountered and how the companies you’ve been working with have dealt with them?
31:01 Healthcare is one of the most targeted industries in terms of cyberattacks. What should be done to fix the situation?
34:17 In 2020, digital health - out of necessity - finally became the accepted way of receiving care. Do you think the change will stick after the pandemics will end?

If you'd like to ask any other questions to John, feel free to shoot him an email or post a comment under this video.