Vitruvian Shield
Swiss Digital Health Platform

Clinical evidence, where the patient lives.

Vitruvian Shield builds an AI-native clinical evidence platform for hybrid trials and post-market surveillance. Participants report and are followed from home; the study team sees the data in one place, next to the EDC it already uses.

Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

How we fit

Three layers run a study. Vitruvian Shield sits in the third.

Sponsors

Own the study and the EDC.

CROs

Run the study.

Vendors

Supply the evidence layer. Vitruvian Shield sits here, working under CROs and sponsors.

See the platform in action

Vitruvian Shield — Exclusive eHealth CTMS & RPM PaaS

Platform-as-a-service overview spanning CTMS, RPM, and the unified data layer.

Technology and ecosystem partners

Microsoft AzureGoogle CloudBiopôleInnosuisseVenturelab
Recognition
European CEO of the Year 2024-2025Portuguese National Innovation Award 2024APDC Health Award, First Place 2025World Summit Awards Portugal 2024 WinnerIndependent KOL expert review completed through IPN healthproof, May 2026European CEO of the Year 2024-2025Portuguese National Innovation Award 2024APDC Health Award, First Place 2025World Summit Awards Portugal 2024 WinnerIndependent KOL expert review completed through IPN healthproof, May 2026

Why Vitruvian Shield

Built different from the ground up, not a collection of acquired tools stitched together, but a unified architecture designed for modern clinical research.

Device-Agnostic

Device-Agnostic

One native research wearable, the Analog Devices Study Watch, and further devices activated per study through our aggregation partnership with Thryve, plus camera-based contactless vital signs (rPPG), in validation. Every source feeds one data model, so a device can change mid-study without breaking data continuity.

AI-Native Architecture

AI-Native Architecture

Machine learning isn't bolted on, it's woven into the platform core. From predictive enrollment forecasting to real-time adverse event detection, every module benefits from intelligent automation.

Designed for regulated research

Designed for regulated research

Designed to ALCOA++ data-integrity principles and GDPR requirements, and designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and ICH E6(R3) including Annex 2. Audit trails and access controls are designed so a study can be inspected rather than retrofitted.

AI-Native From the Core

Vitruvian Shield is built AI-native from the core. Three capabilities are in development or in validation; the status of each is stated on its card.

In development

AI-assisted questionnaire and CRF builder

Describe the questionnaire you need in plain language. The builder drafts the electronic CRF structure, validation rules, and skip logic. In development.

In validation

AI accessibility assistant for patients completing questionnaires

Patient-facing assistance through study questionnaires, designed to reduce burden for older and digitally less confident participants. In validation.

In development

AI Symptom Checker

Patient triage classification with real-time escalation to investigators for urgent symptom profiles. In development.

Clinical AI on a disciplined timeline

Clinical-decision-support AI (seizure prediction, hypoglycemia forecasting, cardiac arrhythmia detection) is held on a 2027-2029 timeline, explicitly gated on 500+ patients and 6-12 months of longitudinal data per indication. We do not ship clinical AI before the evidence is there.

Why now

Two regulatory timelines are moving clinical evidence into the home.

ICH E6(R3) Annex 2

Annex 2 of ICH E6(R3), covering decentralised elements and pragmatic trials, takes effect in the European Union on 15 January 2027. Sponsors and academic trial units running remote or hybrid elements will need to show how their data flows meet it.

ICH E6(R3) Annex 2 readiness assessment

EU MDR post-market clinical follow-up

EU MDR post-market clinical follow-up obligations push device manufacturers to collect real-world data from devices in use continuously, not episodically.

Post-market surveillance and PMCF

The global decentralized clinical trial market is projected to grow from USD 8.8 billion in 2024 to USD 18.8 billion by 2030, at a 13.7 percent compound annual growth rate.

Source: BCC Research, March 2026

Pricing

One product, three service levels; a fixed-price catalogue of regulatory deliverables; a readiness assessment; an academic programme.

Publishing the price of every regulatory deliverable is a deliberate choice.

One product, three service levels

Level 1

You run it

Platform licence, setup and a per-patient fee; the client runs the study with its own people and sites.

Level 2

We run it

Level 1 plus data management, monitoring and the annual report by the Vitruvian Shield team.

Level 3

We bring the hospital

Level 2 plus subcontracted clinical sites, with hospital costs quoted separately at cost plus 10 percent coordination.

Each level costs the client more per patient than the one below. Platform pricing on request; a quotation follows within one week.

Fixed-price regulatory deliverables

DeliverablePrice
PMCF evaluation reportCHF 12,000
Periodic safety update reportCHF 8,000
Clinical evaluation report updateCHF 18,000
Study protocolCHF 12,000
Clinical study reportfrom CHF 30,000
Sponsor validation and vendor-qualification packCHF 18,000
Annual regulatory retainer, six deliverablesCHF 65,000

Regulatory deliverables need no platform deployment and are available to any sponsor or manufacturer.

ICH E6(R3) Annex 2 readiness assessment

CHF 4,500

Credited in full against a platform contract signed within six months.

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Academic Research Program

Twelve-month royalty-free licence for non-profit Portuguese research entities.

About the programme

All prices in CHF, excluding VAT, indicative; the final quotation depends on study scope, device mix and support level. Study devices and their logistics are quoted per study.

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Team members across Switzerland, Portugal, Armenia, and the UAE

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Integrated clinical platform modules

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Regulated jurisdictions of operation

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Therapeutic areas in active clinical development

Regulatory Compliance

Designed for regulated clinical research. The status of each framework is stated as designed to, designed for, in progress or targeted.

ALCOA++

Designed to

Designed to ALCOA++ data-integrity principles. ALCOA++ is a set of principles, not a certification.

EU GDPR

Designed to

Designed to GDPR requirements, with a Data Protection Impact Assessment per study, an Article 28 data processing agreement and EU hosting by default.

HIPAA

Designed for alignment

Platform architecture designed for HIPAA Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards alignment.

ISO 27001

In progress

Information security management system programme in progress at the application layer.

ISO 13485

In progress

Quality management system programme for medical device software in progress; no certificate has been issued to date.

ICH E6(R3) GCP

Designed for

Architecture designed for ICH E6(R3), including Annex 2 on decentralised elements, which takes effect in the European Union on 15 January 2027.

FDA 21 CFR Part 11

Designed for

Electronic records and audit trails designed for 21 CFR Part 11; formal validation is planned.

EU MDR

Targeted

Software as a medical device, Class IIb under EU MDR 2017/745; CE marking targeted for 2028 through a notified body.