{"podcast":{"title":"The Digital Twin Theory","slug":"the-digital-twin-theory-7076419","podcast_index_feed_id":7076419,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6097906/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-digital-twin-theory--6097906","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/43323ff22e58c3607fa40ce268c5cc4f.jpg","author":"VPH- The Society for In Silico Medicine","episode_count":25,"summary":"The Digital Twin Theory is a podcast about digital innovation in healthcare produced by VPH- The society for in silico medicine. In each episode, we will discover more about in silico medicine with a wide range of experts such as doctors, engineers, policymakers, philosophers, patients and social scientists. If you wish to suggest a new topic or questions for our experts, email us at social@vph-institute.org.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T22:20:52.442859+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-digital-twin-theory-7076419"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 4- Virtual Patients: Exploring the world of in silico trials (with Francesco Pappalardo)","slug":"episode-4-virtual-patients-exploring-the-world-of-in-silico-trials-with-francesco-pappalardo","published_at":"2024-06-28T12:43:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-digital-twin-theory-7076419/episode-4-virtual-patients-exploring-the-world-of-in-silico-trials-with-francesco-pappalardo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-digital-twin-theory-7076419","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-virtual-patients-exploring-the-world-of-in-silico-trials-with-francesco-pappalardo--60513691","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/60513691/tdtt_ep_04_francesco_pappalardo_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Do you know how long it takes for a drug to reach the pharmacy? Drug development, testing, and approval take 10 to 15 years and cost millions of euros. Most of this time and money go into clinical trials, which are essential for proving the drug's safety and effectiveness. Clinical trials are crucial, but can we make this process faster, cheaper, and safer for both animals and humans? The short answer is yes. For the longer answer, we turn to the guest of this episode, Francesco Pappalardo, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Catania.","meta_description":"Do you know how long it takes for a drug to reach the pharmacy? Drug development, testing, and approval take 10 to 15 years and cost millions of euros. Mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":890,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-digital-twin-theory-7076419/episodes/episode-4-virtual-patients-exploring-the-world-of-in-silico-trials-with-francesco-pappalardo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-digital-twin-theory-7076419/episode-4-virtual-patients-exploring-the-world-of-in-silico-trials-with-francesco-pappalardo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}