PSI SCIENTIFIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
STATISTICS IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT: POTENTIAL, PROMISE AND PROSPECTS
8TH AND 9TH MARCH 2000, RSA DURHAM STREET AUDITORIUM, LONDON
This two day meeting will show how the influence of statisticians is changing and moving into areas beyond the traditional clinical trial field. The presentations will cover new areas of drug development and new methodologies impacting on developing plans that statisticians are contributing to. The meeting is suitable for all statisticians with an interest in drug development.
PROGRAM
DAY 1
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.15 Introduction by John Chapman, Chairman of PSI
10.15-11.00 Past, Present and Crystal Balls
Simon Day, Leo Pharmaceuticals
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-13.00 Beyond the Clinical Trial - A
Project evaluation and prioritisation - Stephen Senn, UCL
Chemometrics: How to cope with a thousand predictor variables? - Tom Fearn, UCL
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.15 Statistician as the Consultant....
...In a Pharmaceutical Company - Mick Ireson, Smithkline Beecham
...In a CRO - Dennis Chanter, Quintiles
...As an independent - James Roger, LiveData
15.15-15.45 Tea
15.45-17.30 Miscellaneous topics
Issues in external validity of clinical trials - Jim Slattery, MCA
Medical Research Misconduct - mistakes or miscreants? - Stephen Evans, Quintiles
17.30-18.00 Coffee at Strand Palace Hotel
18.00-20.00 Interactive breakout session with running buffet
DAY 2
9.30-11.00 Beyond The Clinical Trial - B
More haste less speed: rethinking the drug development process - Dennis Lendrem, TTC Traning and Consulting
Virtual Trials: A new expectation for statisticians - Mike Hale, GlaxoWellcome
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-13.00 New Methodology Impacting on Development Plans
Dose finding methods in cancer and HIV trials - John O'Quiqley, Department of Biostatistics, Institut Curie, Paris
Meta-analysis in the pharmaceutical industry: exploiting individual patient data - Anne Whitehead, University of Reading
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Panel Discussion: Issues in Drug Development
Pannelists are Mike Tydeman (SKB), John Chapman, Guy Braunstein (GW), Stephen Evans and Sue Carter (GW)
15.30-16.00 Closing Remarks
Andy Grieve, Pfizer
COST
The cost for both days, including lunch on both days, refreshment, dinner on the first day and VAT is £235 for PSI members, and £293.75 for non-members. Overnight accommodation can also be arranged at a nearby hotel for £125.00 per night for a single room and Breakfast.
BOOKING
Booking forms are included in the PSI mailings for January and February. Forms and more details can also be obtained from the PSI Executive Office, Resources for Business, South Park Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6SH, Telephone +44 (0)1625 511750, Fax +44 (0)1625 267879, e-mail [log in to unmask]
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