{"id":2509,"date":"2021-05-04T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2023-11-23T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:31:26","slug":"castor-medical-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/blog\/castor-medical-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Castor Fuels a Life-Saving Medical Revolution with Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dutch clinical trial technology trailblazer <a adhocenable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.castoredc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castor<\/a> is transforming lives and fuelling huge medical advances by allowing researchers to gather and integrate high-quality data from any source on one platform. It\u2019s unlocking the full potential of the growing mass of data at researchers\u2019 fingertips by allowing them to analyse, visualise and act on it at lightning speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company isn\u2019t just transforming lives, it\u2019s saving them. Castor Chief Operating Officer Rob Konterman explains the role Salesforce is playing in this medical revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-quote-article\" style=\"\"><div class=\"wp-block-quote-social-wrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-quote-article-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The faster we can optimise treatments, the more lives we can save and improve. Salesforce helps us do that.<\/p>\n<cite>Rob Konterman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"citation-role\">Chief Operating Officer, Castor<\/span>\n<div class=\"post__social post__social--v2 post__social--blockquote\">\n\n\t\n\t<ul class=\"social-nav social-nav-v2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DLinkedIn%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt&#038;title=Castor%20Fuels%20a%20Life-Saving%20Medical%20Revolution%20with%20Salesforce\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M16.625 0H4.375A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 0 4.375v12.25A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 4.375 21h12.25A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 21 16.625V4.375A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 16.625 0M7 16.625H4.375V7H7zM5.687 5.89a1.54 1.54 0 0 1-1.53-1.543c0-.852.685-1.544 1.53-1.544.846 0 1.532.692 1.532 1.544S6.534 5.89 5.687 5.89M17.5 16.625h-2.625v-4.903c0-2.947-3.5-2.724-3.5 0v4.903H8.75V7h2.625v1.544c1.222-2.262 6.125-2.43 6.125 2.167z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on Twitter (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Castor%20Fuels%20a%20Life-Saving%20Medical%20Revolution%20with%20Salesforce&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DTwitter%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt&#038;via=salesforce\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#032D60\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M17.4 14.8 23 8.3h-1.3L16.8 14 13 8.3H8.5l5.9 8.5-5.9 6.8h1.3l5.1-6 4.1 6h4.5zm-1.8 2.1-.6-.8-4.7-6.8h2l3.8 5.5.6.8 5 7.1h-2z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on Facebook (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M19 9.5a9.5 9.5 0 0 0-19 0c0 4.742 3.474 8.672 8.016 9.385v-6.639H5.604V9.5h2.412V7.407c0-2.38 1.418-3.696 3.588-3.696 1.04 0 2.127.185 2.127.185v2.338h-1.198c-1.18 0-1.549.733-1.549 1.484V9.5h2.635l-.421 2.746h-2.214v6.639C15.526 18.172 19 14.242 19 9.5\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"copy-share js-copy-link\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-clipboard-text='\"Castor Fuels a Life-Saving Medical Revolution with Salesforce\" https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/blog\/castor-medical-revolution\/'\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"10\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M14.586.406h-3.667V2.24h3.667a2.76 2.76 0 0 1 2.75 2.75 2.76 2.76 0 0 1-2.75 2.75h-3.667v1.833h3.667a4.585 4.585 0 0 0 4.583-4.583A4.585 4.585 0 0 0 14.586.406m-5.5 7.334H5.419a2.76 2.76 0 0 1-2.75-2.75 2.76 2.76 0 0 1 2.75-2.75h3.667V.406H5.419A4.585 4.585 0 0 0 .836 4.99a4.585 4.585 0 0 0 4.583 4.583h3.667zm-2.75-3.667h7.333v1.833H6.336z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-castor-trying-to-achieve-and-how-is-salesforce-helping-to-make-life-easier-for-your-customers\"><b>What is Castor trying to achieve and how is Salesforce helping to make life easier for your customers?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Rob Konterman: <\/b>There\u2019s a universal need to be able to analyse and draw conclusions from data quickly and efficiently so researchers can shorten the time it takes to bring a treatment to market or write a paper. So there\u2019s a huge demand for software that&#8217;s super intuitive, easy to use and deploy and offers great support. That\u2019s where Castor and Salesforce come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we\u2019re supporting more than 7,500 medical studies around the world in one way or another. These cover all sorts of therapeutic areas and fields of medicine, including new and innovative wearable devices, such as the world\u2019s first non-invasive blood glucose measurement device, and an exciting World Health Organisation vaccine comparison trial of COVID-19 vaccines that will help optimise vaccination strategies around the globe. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castoredc.com\/success-stories\/castor-powers-who-solidarity-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We also powered the WHO Solidarity trial<\/a> looking at existing medications, and even developed an offline capture app for areas with poor connectivity, such as parts of North Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our customers can create their own dashboards on Tableau so they can visualise and analyse data in real time. Having data locked away in spreadsheets doesn\u2019t do anyone any good. If you\u2019re putting a burden on patients by collecting data it is such a pity if you are not making the most of that data. The bottom line is that the faster we can optimise treatments, the more lives we can save and improve. Salesforce helps us do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-led-you-to-salesforce-and-how-did-you-go-about-implementing-it\"><b>What led you to Salesforce and how did you go about implementing it?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Rob Konterman:<\/b> As a global business, we have so much data flowing in from all angles. We need to connect it all and drive insights across our business. We need super tight, properly optimised processes and crystal-clear communication, for example, between sales and customer service. That&#8217;s why we selected Salesforce. We had a Series A funding round that closed last summer and decided to make this our priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key requirement was having easy and reliable integration with other tools, like Gmail, Google Calendar, Zoom, etc. If you have 10 different tools at your disposal and everything is in a separate window it becomes impossible to manage. Having everything together and automating the workflow allows sales reps to do two, three, or four times the work far more effectively. In the medical device segment, we expect to increase conversions by up to 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were super happy to complete the implementation in just 10 weeks. Overall Project Lead Yauheni Bankouski was the pivotal person in the Sales Cloud implementation and fed our implementation partner Gen25 with the right tickets so they could create and configure Sales Cloud exactly how we needed it. Tanya Docheva and Mariana Ismael, who are respectively managing Pardot and Service Cloud implementations, also did fantastic jobs. Tanya Docheva was even invited to host a Pardot configuration webinar for Salesforce users!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-quote-article\" style=\"\"><div class=\"wp-block-quote-social-wrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-quote-article-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We were super happy to complete the implementation in just 10 weeks.<\/p>\n<cite>Rob Konterman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"citation-role\">Chief Operating Officer, Castor<\/span>\n<div class=\"post__social post__social--v2 post__social--blockquote\">\n\n\t\n\t<ul class=\"social-nav social-nav-v2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DLinkedIn%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt&#038;title=Castor%20Fuels%20a%20Life-Saving%20Medical%20Revolution%20with%20Salesforce\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M16.625 0H4.375A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 0 4.375v12.25A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 4.375 21h12.25A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 21 16.625V4.375A4.375 4.375 0 0 0 16.625 0M7 16.625H4.375V7H7zM5.687 5.89a1.54 1.54 0 0 1-1.53-1.543c0-.852.685-1.544 1.53-1.544.846 0 1.532.692 1.532 1.544S6.534 5.89 5.687 5.89M17.5 16.625h-2.625v-4.903c0-2.947-3.5-2.724-3.5 0v4.903H8.75V7h2.625v1.544c1.222-2.262 6.125-2.43 6.125 2.167z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on Twitter (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Castor%20Fuels%20a%20Life-Saving%20Medical%20Revolution%20with%20Salesforce&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DTwitter%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt&#038;via=salesforce\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#032D60\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M17.4 14.8 23 8.3h-1.3L16.8 14 13 8.3H8.5l5.9 8.5-5.9 6.8h1.3l5.1-6 4.1 6h4.5zm-1.8 2.1-.6-.8-4.7-6.8h2l3.8 5.5.6.8 5 7.1h-2z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on Facebook (Opens in a new tab)\"\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Feu%2Fblog%2Fcastor-medical-revolution%2F%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social%26utm_campaign%3Dus_cbaw%26utm_content%3Dblog-ctt\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M19 9.5a9.5 9.5 0 0 0-19 0c0 4.742 3.474 8.672 8.016 9.385v-6.639H5.604V9.5h2.412V7.407c0-2.38 1.418-3.696 3.588-3.696 1.04 0 2.127.185 2.127.185v2.338h-1.198c-1.18 0-1.549.733-1.549 1.484V9.5h2.635l-.421 2.746h-2.214v6.639C15.526 18.172 19 14.242 19 9.5\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"social-nav__item\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"copy-share js-copy-link\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-clipboard-text='\"Castor Fuels a Life-Saving Medical Revolution with Salesforce\" https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/blog\/castor-medical-revolution\/'\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"10\" fill=\"none\"><path fill=\"#032D60\" d=\"M14.586.406h-3.667V2.24h3.667a2.76 2.76 0 0 1 2.75 2.75 2.76 2.76 0 0 1-2.75 2.75h-3.667v1.833h3.667a4.585 4.585 0 0 0 4.583-4.583A4.585 4.585 0 0 0 14.586.406m-5.5 7.334H5.419a2.76 2.76 0 0 1-2.75-2.75 2.76 2.76 0 0 1 2.75-2.75h3.667V.406H5.419A4.585 4.585 0 0 0 .836 4.99a4.585 4.585 0 0 0 4.583 4.583h3.667zm-2.75-3.667h7.333v1.833H6.336z\" \/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-solutions-are-you-currently-using-and-how\"><b>What solutions are you currently using and how?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Rob Konterman:<\/b> Sales Cloud, Service Cloud\u2014which we\u2019re currently implementing \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/products\/pardot\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pardot<\/a> and various other subunits such as Salesforce Engage. We want to make sure that we develop a complete, 360\u00b0 customer view that comes together in Sales Cloud. We decided to procure Financial Force, which runs on Salesforce, so that we even have the finance component on the same platform, and we have absolutely everything together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engage alerts us immediately when someone is visiting our website and we can see in real time what pages they\u2019re visiting. It gives our sales reps a treasure trove of information, so they\u2019re no longer going in blind. These things were so difficult to connect in the past, but now we have everything together, exactly where we need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We infuse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/products\/sales-cloud\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sales Cloud<\/a> with data from our app, so our reps know how customers are using the actual product \u2014 how many studies they&#8217;ve created, when they went live when they last logged in, etc \u2013 so that&#8217;s really augmenting that 360\u00b0 view. Our sales reps can use that information, prioritise how they spend their day and drive more cross and upselling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key differentiator for Pardot is the way it so tightly integrates with Sales Cloud. It\u2019s so easy to create synced fields and push all the information into Salesforce. It\u2019s great that we can manage our prospects and our customer campaigns and have all the data on them in one place. The customer journey is not linear anymore. Customers can still be prospects for cross and upselling so having all the data in one place to take action on is key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e186633ce9d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e186633ce9d\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/rob-konterman-chief-operating-officer-castor.png?strip=all&#038;quality=95\" alt=\"Castor employee giving presentation to group of people\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8929440389294403;width:420px;height:auto\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-you-describe-the-customer-experience-you-aim-to-create-and-service-cloud-s-role-in-delivering-this\"><b>Can you describe the customer experience you aim to create and Service Cloud\u2019s role in delivering this?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Rob Konterman:<\/b> As a service provider to academic researchers, we were forced from the get-go to create a superior user experience; if we didn\u2019t, we\u2019d be overloaded with customer questions and would not be able to meet demand from the starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One big pharma company customer said recently that a key reason they selected Castor was that it takes 30 minutes to train people on it. Their previous software took eight hours. If you\u2019re a hospital collecting patient data, it doesn\u2019t matter how many features software has or how cheap it is, if it takes eight hours to train people on inputting data it just won\u2019t win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has to be easy to use, but service is also crucial. It\u2019s extremely frustrating to be delayed on the next step of a study and waiting for a response. We aim for an email response rate of under 30 minutes and we\u2019re achieving well below that. We have a 98% customer satisfaction rating and an NPS of 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are set to handle 1,200 cases company-wide in Q2 so that puts a lot of pressure on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/eu\/products\/service-cloud\/overview\/\"> Service Cloud<\/a> go-live date. Although we\u2019re a self-service platform, we\u2019ll always have customers who need some hand holding and Service Cloud will allow us to optimise our responses to customers while feeding valuable information into Sales Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-impact-has-the-pandemic-had-on-the-business\"><b>What impact has the pandemic had on the business?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Rob Konterman<\/b>: As early as January 2020, our CEO and founder, Derk Arts, recognised that COVID-19 wasn\u2019t going to be contained and we made our platform free for all COVID-19 research globally. We had tremendous uptake from universities and commercial researchers all over the world, using our platform to capture Covid-19 data. There are over 200 Covid-19 studies on the platform in total. It&#8217;s really great for us to be able to play our part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another impact of the pandemic is that many other medical trials can no longer take place in hospitals because researchers are working on COVID-19. Instead, researchers are monitoring people at home using smartphones and apps and collecting data in that way. So, we&#8217;re launching a mobile app called Castor Connect, that allows participants to participate in clinical trials from the home. This together with our existing eConsent solution allows us to gather the right consent for participation and engage with patients across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there are the WHO trials I mentioned earlier; these are the absolute pinnacle of the studies we have done, allowing researchers to see which vaccines work best in which parts of the population. We\u2019re immensely proud of this. 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