Fresh off the stage from my recent presentation at Google for Startups, I’ve been reflecting deeply on the core component of success in our industry. Whether you are in MedTech or Pharma, the foundation of every interaction is not the product, the device, or the drug. It is Trust.

For Medical Affairs teams, trust isn’t a “nice-to-have”; it is the essential currency that allows us to operate. However, trust is fragile—it takes years to build and seconds to destroy.

Drawing on my experience, I want to explore how Medical Affairs can cultivate this trust through three core pillars: Scientific Exchange, Medical Education, and Data Generation.

Recently I spoke with a medical diagnostics company that is developing blood tests to detect cancer at a very early stage. I was fascinated. We all know: the earlier we catch a disease, the more options we have to treat it.

When reading research papers around diagnostic tests, two terms appear constantly: sensitivity and specificity. These two concepts are central to understanding how good a test really is. Yet they can be confusing—even for people with medical training.

In this post, I’ll walk you through what sensitivity and specificity mean, using simple examples that still respect the science.

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