As a research pharma or biotech, you face a complex and regulatory-heavy environment. New developing products make competition fierce, while a trend in regulatory control of protocols and funding has created myriad challenges for building a case to maintain funding levels year over year. To keep time and funds spent during the clinical phases reduced and the information provided by subjects maximized, you may want to take a new look at the teams and professionals you use, and how you use them. Statisticians for one, can play a key role in efforts to enhance, optimize, and re-engineer process and operations.