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SCRS Talks

Turning Clinical Trial Leftovers Into Global Impact

Aug 24, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments

What happens to unused medical supplies when a clinical trial ends? For years the answer was simple: destroy them. Josh Kravitz (MedSurplus Alliance) and Greg Folz (Kits4Life) join Jimmy Bechtel to…

What happens to unused medical supplies when a clinical trial ends? For years the answer was simple: destroy them. Josh Kravitz (MedSurplus Alliance) and Greg Folz (Kits4Life) join Jimmy Bechtel to tell the story of how a stack of boxes, a looming Site Tank deadline, and a crisis in the Congo turned into a program that has now impacted over 6 million lives worldwide. Greg walks through the moment his research staff refused to keep destroying usable supplies, and how that frustration became an idea that won on stage and grew into an industry wide movement. Josh breaks down how trusted partnerships and strict chain of custody get donated supplies from a research site to a clinic or classroom halfway around the world. It's a conversation about waste, generosity, and what's possible when sites push their sponsors to think differently about what happens after a trial ends.

What happens to unused medical supplies when a clinical trial ends? For years the answer was simple: destroy them. Josh Kravitz (MedSurplus Alliance) and Greg Folz (Kits4Life) join Jimmy Bechtel to…

Speakers: Josh KravitzGuestGreg FolzGuestJimmy BechtelHost

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Top entities: biomedical waste Contract research organization×4 Indiana×2 United States×7 Atlanta

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Meet Josh and Greg0:49 – 2:30

Josh KravitzGuest

0:49

Yeah, sure.

Josh KravitzGuest

0:50

So I've been working with nonprofit organizations my entire career beginning in 2000.

Josh KravitzGuest

0:56

And my focus has been on global health and what we call medical surplus since 2005, because it's just such a simple way of helping people here in the US and around the world.

Josh KravitzGuest

1:14

And It's just one of these really simple win-win and it drew me and it has kept me going for all that time.

Josh KravitzGuest

1:23

I'm also a New Yorker, but I've actually lived most of my

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:28

life in the South and I'm in Atlanta, Georgia.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:30

Excellent.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:30

Thanks, Josh.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:31

Great to have you here.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:32

And Greg, please.

1:34

Thanks, Jimmy.

1:34

Yeah, my background, gosh, I've been in clinical research for about 30 years, overseeing, gosh, I would say maybe about 800 clinical trials.

1:43

Started off in the phase one, oversaw about an 88-bed phase one unit, then I transitioned into, I was acquired by a large site management organizations where we had about 365 sites across the US, Europe, and Canada.

1:56

That evolved into a heading up a new research program for a very large multi-specialty group here in southern Indiana that was acquired actually by a large health system and has been involved from the side side on clinical research for about 30 plus years.

2:11

And today, I currently consult with healthcare systems across the U.S. in terms of auditing their systems and or establishing new research operations.

2:19

Excellent.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:19

Thank you both.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:20

Kids for Life, MedSupply Alliance and SCRS go way back.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:24

So it's great to have the two of you here to share with our audience a little bit about what this program is and where it's headed.

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Meet Josh and Greg0:49 – 2:30

Josh KravitzGuest

0:49

Yeah, sure.

Josh KravitzGuest

0:50

So I've been working with nonprofit organizations my entire career beginning in 2000.

Josh KravitzGuest

0:56

And my focus has been on global health and what we call medical surplus since 2005, because it's just such a simple way of helping people here in the US and around the world.

Josh KravitzGuest

1:14

And It's just one of these really simple win-win and it drew me and it has kept me going for all that time.

Josh KravitzGuest

1:23

I'm also a New Yorker, but I've actually lived most of my

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:28

life in the South and I'm in Atlanta, Georgia.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:30

Excellent.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:30

Thanks, Josh.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:31

Great to have you here.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

1:32

And Greg, please.

1:34

Thanks, Jimmy.

1:34

Yeah, my background, gosh, I've been in clinical research for about 30 years, overseeing, gosh, I would say maybe about 800 clinical trials.

1:43

Started off in the phase one, oversaw about an 88-bed phase one unit, then I transitioned into, I was acquired by a large site management organizations where we had about 365 sites across the US, Europe, and Canada.

1:56

That evolved into a heading up a new research program for a very large multi-specialty group here in southern Indiana that was acquired actually by a large health system and has been involved from the side side on clinical research for about 30 plus years.

2:11

And today, I currently consult with healthcare systems across the U.S. in terms of auditing their systems and or establishing new research operations.

2:19

Excellent.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:19

Thank you both.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:20

Kids for Life, MedSupply Alliance and SCRS go way back.

J

Jimmy BechtelHost

2:24

So it's great to have the two of you here to share with our audience a little bit about what this program is and where it's headed.

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