It's March 24th and we're back with another **Sticky Notes** edition of **Note to File: A Clinical Research Podcast**—where we mix serious industry topics with just the right amount of nonsense.
In this episode, we cover:
- 🥩 **National Cheesesteak Day** (plus cocktails, "National Stephanie Day," and the strangely titled *International Day for the Right to the Truth…*)
- 💊 **National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day** – why women are disproportionately affected, and how trial design and dosing play a role
- 🧩 **ICON + Advarra's "research-ready, connected site network"** – is this actually helping sites, or just more sponsor/CRO-controlled tech dumped on them?
- 📊 **Who owns your site data?** We dig into how IRBs and vendors may be using operational data for site selection and "intelligence"
- 🧪 **Dana-Farber's $15M NIH settlement** over manipulated images – what this says about accountability in academic research
- 💼 **New study on "corporate bullshit"** – why people who see through buzzwords and jargon may actually be *better* at their jobs (and why Kool-Aid drinkers might be happier)
If you work at a site, sponsor, CRO, IRB, or anywhere in the clinical trial ecosystem—and you're tired of sanitized, corporate-approved narratives—this one's for you.
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### 🔖 Suggested Timestamps
0:00 – Cold open
2:13 – Welcome to Note to File
2:41 – Spring, spring break, and weather nonsense
4:09 – National Cheesesteak Day & the "day of the day" rundown
6:29 – National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day (and gender differences)
9:12 – ICON + Advarra "research-ready" network – what does this really mean for sites?
12:06 – Are vendors mining site data for sponsors? Data ownership & ethics
17:52 – Dana-Farber $15M NIH settlement over manipulated data
22:02 – Study: corporate bullshit, buzzwords, and job performance
25:10 – Kool-Aid, happiness, and critical thinking at work
26:31 – Wrap-up
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**About Note to File**
Note to File is a clinical research podcast featuring interviews, candid commentary, and general nonsense for the clinical research community. No corporate spin, no paid messaging—just real talk from people in the trenches.
🌐 More at: **notetofilepodcast.com**
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