REPORT

More work, fewer people means transformation

Digital transformation was the key trend of 2022, with advanced technological skill being a core validation asset. The first-ever State of Validation report showed how validation professionals did more work, with fewer resources.

KEY 2022 TAKEAWAYS:

  • 80% reported a validation workload increase — with 74% predicting further rises ahead

  • Validation costs regularly exceed 4% of budget, yet many teams have fewer than 3 staff

  • 87% plan to adopt or are currently using a digital validation solution

  • Greater Technological Skills ranked as the top future skill for validation professionals

Validation Industry Insight

About the 2022 Author

Jonathan Kay

Jonathan Kay is a trusted advisor to life sciences and digital health companies. He has supported the successful development, launch, and commercialization of dozens of medical devices, diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics to address unmet needs in cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, rare disease, and more. His mission is to advance new technologies that save and improve lives and expand access, equity, and value. He does that by helping industry to understand complex landscapes through market research. In 1999, Jonathan co-founded one of the first online medical market research firms, helping to digitally transform that industry. He has served in leadership roles in the US and globally in WPP agencies, including PSB Research, where he formed the healthcare practice and led it for a decade, TNS Healthcare, and Kantar Health (now Cerner Enviza / Oracle).

Jonathan earned a B.A. from Cornell and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is fascinated by the application of artificial intelligence to healthcare and completed studies of ‘Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy’ at MIT. Jonathan is also a board member of the Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer and a volunteer mentor to CEOs of start-ups at the Maryland Tech Council.