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Let’s be honest - roles in regulated research can be lonely.
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Making Headway exists to help professionals like you feel better equipped, more confident, and more connected to the bigger picture. It's not about us. It’s about what’s possible when quality stops being a compliance function and starts becoming a leadership one.

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“I started writing Making Headway because I saw how often brilliant people in regulated research felt unseen, stuck, or frustrated by systems that don’t serve science. This is where we explore what better could look like - and how we might get there.”


— Paul Davidson, Founder, Headway Quality Evolution

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