Patient Centricity: Why Not Use Microsampling Now?

CPSA Everyday Conversation

Matthew Barfield, Roche

“Giving control back to the patient is going the change everything.” – Matthew Barfield, Roche

Matt Barfield discusses his passions that drive him everyday – in life and research.  He looks to help his family, and everyone’s families, while advancing patient centric medicine, alleviating suffering and pain.  Matt also wants to help deliver faster results for drug discovery – where sometimes the drug does not pass phase III.  He understands clinical trials and looks to break through the mistrust of families, changing the paradigm of how we sample.  Smaller samples are less uncomfortable and less painful, especially for children with diseases like Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.  Instead of hiding behind barriers that don’t exist, why not use micro sampling now?