Policy Lab

What Policy Lab does

Policy Lab is a San Diego-based private company founded in 2017 that operates a consumer-facing clinical trial discovery and education platform at policylab.us. The platform aggregates over 500,000 actively recruiting clinical trials searchable by condition, treatment area, state, age, gender, and study type, paired with educational content on conditions, treatments, and clinical trial participation written for patients, caregivers, and families. Its product surface extends beyond search into condition and treatment directories, state-by-state directories covering all 50 US states, and specialized educational guides targeting seniors, minority populations, parents, and healthy volunteers seeking compensation.

The company monetizes primarily through affiliate/referral partnerships, notably with OnlineSemaglutide for GLP-1 medications, and a paid "Post A Trial" service that allows sponsors and research organizations to list trials on the platform. Its technology relies on third-party clinical trial data feeds from partners including Citeline/Norstella and Antidote for matching, supplemented by an SEO-driven content marketing strategy that includes dedicated hubs for semaglutide, tirzepatide, hormone replacement therapy, and testosterone replacement therapy, with provider comparison pages. Distribution is exclusively digital and self-serve, targeting US consumers with no mobile app or API offering; the company operates with a very small team of 1-10 employees, no disclosed external funding, and a single named co-founder, Tyler Cooper.

The business model is essentially a content-and-affiliate play rather than a software-as-a-service platform, with a nascent Healthcare Analytics Unit offering administrative-data research support to investigators as a secondary B2B surface. There are no disclosed revenue figures, no funding rounds, no patent portfolio, and no regulatory or certification disclosures in the available data, and the company competes in a clinical trial discovery market that includes both specialized players (e.g., Antidote, ClinicalTrials.gov) and large incumbents embedding trial matching into broader consumer health and EHR experiences.

Name

Policy Lab

Website

https://policylab.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Policy Lab is a San Diego-based clinical trial search and education platform that connects patients, caregivers, and families with over 500,000 actively recruiting clinical trials across all 50 US states via free self-serve search, educational content, and affiliate-supported provider comparisons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Trial Search Platform

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Trial Informatics (EDC/CTMS/eCOA/eTMF) (HLAGAJAM)

Keywords

• Clinical trial search
• Patient trial matching
• Clinical research education
• Trial sponsor services
• Healthcare information platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Partner Sponsorships and Referrals: Policy Lab partners with clinical trial sponsors, healthcare companies, and pharmaceutical companies to feature their trials and treatments on the platform. The site includes sponsored content and affiliate partnerships with providers like OnlineSemaglutide for GLP-1 medications.
2. Post-a-Trial Service: Sponsors and research organizations can pay to post their clinical trials on the platform to reach participants.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Policy Lab operates a free clinical trial search and education platform that connects patients, caregivers, and families with over 500,000 actively recruiting clinical trials across the United States. Users can search trials by condition, state, age, gender, and study type, and access educational resources on conditions, treatments, and clinical research participation. The company also offers a free Post-A-Trial service for sponsors and research organizations to publish their trials on the platform, generating its primary revenue.

Product overview

Policy Lab is a clinical trial education and search platform that connects patients, caregivers, and families with clinical research opportunities. The core product is a clinical trial search platform offering access to over 500,000 actively recruiting trials searchable by condition, treatment area, state, age, gender, and study type. The platform provides condition and treatment directories, a free trial posting service for sponsors, and educational resources including guides on clinical trial diversity, senior participation, compensation, and pediatric trials. Additional offerings include hormone replacement therapy resources covering menopausal HRT, testosterone replacement therapy, and gender-affirming care; semaglutide and tirzepatide medication hubs with provider comparisons; and a Healthcare Analytics Unit supporting investigators with administrative data research. The platform covers clinical trials across all 50 US states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000+ clinical trials available on the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Citeline/NorstellamajorTechnology or IntegrationCiteline/Norstella provides clinical trial data and listings integrated into the Policy Lab platform, enabling access to their comprehensive clinical trial database.
• University of MichiganmajorTechnology or IntegrationUniversity of Michigan is listed as a partner organization, contributing to the platform's clinical trial offerings and research mission.
• AntidotecoreTechnology or IntegrationAntidote provides clinical trial matching technology integrated into the Policy Lab platform to help patients find relevant trials.
• Northwestern UniversitymajorTechnology or IntegrationNorthwestern University collaborates with Policy Lab as a research and academic partner.
• OnlineSemaglutideminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPolicy Lab partners with OnlineSemaglutide to offer compounded GLP-1 medications at reduced costs to users, earning affiliate referral revenue.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Antidote: Antidote is a patient-facing clinical trial search and matching platform that operates in the same category as Policy Lab, helping patients find trials by condition and location. Policy Lab already integrates Antidote's matching technology, making them both partner and direct competitor.
• Deep 6 AI: Deep 6 AI uses AI and EHR data to match patients to clinical trials, competing directly with Policy Lab in patient recruitment and trial discovery for sponsors and patients. It represents a more software-intensive, enterprise-focused evolution of the same use case.
• Massive Bio: Massive Bio is an AI-driven clinical trial matching platform focused on oncology and rare diseases, providing patient recruitment services to sponsors. It is a direct competitor in the patient-facing clinical trial discovery space.
• CenterWatch: CenterWatch is a long-standing clinical trial listing and patient information publisher. It competes with Policy Lab as a content-driven trial discovery destination for patients and caregivers.

Broad incumbents

• ClinicalTrials.gov: ClinicalTrials.gov is the US government's free registry of clinical trials and the canonical source of trial data that Policy Lab aggregates. It competes head-to-head as a free patient search destination and effectively sets the price floor at zero for trial discovery.
• Citeline / Norstella: Citeline (Norstella) provides clinical trial data, intelligence, and analytics to the pharma industry and also owns competitor Antidote. It supplies Policy Lab's core trial database, making it both a critical partner and a potential competitive threat as an integrated incumbent.
• BBK Worldwide: BBK Worldwide is an established patient recruitment and engagement agency serving trial sponsors. It competes for the same sponsor recruitment budgets that Policy Lab targets through its Post A Trial service, though BBK operates primarily as a full-service agency.

Emerging players

• Mendel: Mendel applies NLP to clinical trial matching and patient cohort identification, serving both sponsors and providers. It overlaps with Policy Lab in patient-facing trial discovery while adding enterprise analytics layers.
• SubjectWell: SubjectWell connects patients with clinical trials via a consumer-facing marketplace model, monetizing on the sponsor side. It overlaps with Policy Lab in trial-discovery UX and SEO-driven patient acquisition.
• Power Life Sciences: Power Life Sciences provides AI-enabled clinical trial site identification and patient recruitment services. It targets similar sponsors and overlaps in patient discovery and matching capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/policy-lab-clinical-trials

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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