Colin Edwards is passionate about linking advances in digital medicine with traditional research methodologies to deliver effective healthcare products and services to patients.

He has hands-on experience in design and implementation of large pivotal clinical trials, commercialisation of new medicines, market access, healthcare compliance and communications in the human prescription medicine environment.

Since 2016 he has been Chief Scientific Officer at patientMpower, a successful healthcare company based in Dublin, Ireland. patientMpower provides digital therapeutics to improve patient outcomes in pulmonary fibrosis and renal dialysis.

Colin was previously General Manager/Head of Medical Affairs at the Ireland affiliate of Boehringer Ingelheim. He founded Merlin Consulting Ltd in 2015 to work with creators of digital healthcare and develop robust methodologies to evaluate the impact of digital health interventions on patient outcomes.