Why Modern Clinical Trials Need A Finance-First Strategy

Published: 20 July 2026

Clinical trial success depends on more than scientific rigor and operational execution. It also depends on the financial systems that support every stage of a study.

In this episode of The Top Line, Zahiah “Zee Zee” Gueddar, senior director of commercial strategy for the Clinical Trial Financial Suite at IQVIA Technologies, discusses why modernizing clinical trial finance has become a strategic priority for sponsors.

As trials become more complex, fragmented systems and manual workflows are creating bottlenecks that limit visibility, delay payments and introduce unnecessary risk. Gueddar explains how these challenges affect site relationships, operational efficiency and study performance, and why organizations can no longer afford to treat finance as a disconnected administrative process.