Traditional Trials Are Slow, Expensive, and Complex
We are the alternative
Our Story
Empathx is focused on bringing equitable access to modern care and improving the quality of life for our communities.
Looking for solutions to industry challenges, our CEO, Dustin Owen, identified gaps in the delivery of key therapeutic areas and indications. Having previously run the largest clinical site network globally, he realized there are major gaps in delivery and a need for something different in Metabolic, Nephrology, CNS, and Psychiatry indications specifically.
We started with established sites, experienced principal investigators, and known industry leaders, then expanded with the above TAs in mind through acquisition and greenfield development. Our mix of imbedded sites within treating physician practices and dedicated research facilities supports underserved communities and delivers life-changing and lifesaving therapies where they provide the greatest impact.


Our Mission
To create equitable access to modern care and improve the quality of life for millions of people through patient-centric scientific research.
Our Vision
To streamline the process of clinical trials and be a leader in effective clinical research. To extend equitable healthcare opportunities to underserved communities, focusing on patient outcomes and improved care for the lives of our patients.

Our Five Core Pillars
Well-Being
The patient guides our every decision. From site staff and investigators to operations and compliance, we are all in this space to enhance the lives of the patients in the communities we reside and serve.
Innovation
Built on a foundation of experience and expertise. Leveraging our decades of individual experiences in patient access, intelligence, enrollment, and retention, Empathx is custom built to drive health equity and trial access through simple yet effective transformations to standard site operations.
Precision
Precision and data help us transform complex needs into clear outcomes.
Trust
Trust is earned. Our commitment to accurate, safe, and compassionate practices are evident at every level. Sponsors, CROs, and our communities trust our investigators and our site staff are there throughout the entire trial process.
Diversity
Diversity is key to our mission, and equitable access to healthcare is a basic human right. This isn’t a talking point or buzzword at Empathx. Our staff, like our locations, are embedded and part of the fabric of the communities we serve, because they are our family, friends, and neighbors.
Accelerated First Patient Enrolled
Unique patient-centric approach combines the efficiencies of centralized management, feasibility, and patient enrollment support with localized knowledge of trusted physicians and investigators to allow for rapid identification, communication, enrollment, patient engagement, and retention.
Uncommonly Remarkable Results
- Clinical trial management, recruitment, and analytics expertise
- Global team of seasoned industry leaders
- Access to a ready patient and physician network
- Data and analytics to drive insights and patient recruitment
- Elite SMO and trial management services from startup to closeout

Organic Diversity
and Inclusion
Sites embedded within communities of need representing the underserved means each trial with Empathx enrolls patients mirroring the demographics of the overall population.
Trusted by Sponsors and CROs
Both Large and Small
Our partners rely on Empathx for our proven, consistent approach delivering both speed and quality, at every phase of development.




