Innovation

Interview with Trevor Smart What’s interesting about the early phase?What are the typical decisions for phase II?Speaking about a new indication, how are decisions being taken across the industry?How should we think about phase II studies in this setting?What statistical approaches do we have to formulate this thinking? In this episode, Trevor and I discuss …

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Do you want to have fun at work?Do you want to experience satisfaction?Do you want to get things done at work? Getting into flow is about these things. Today, we will speak about a research on how to get into the flow and reach your peak performance. This is awesome for everybody, most especially, for …

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Interview with Georgia Salanti Do you know why network meta-analyses (NMA) important?Do you wonder what steps are included in NMAs? Network meta-analysis is a very important field, especially for multiple treatment options where a direct comparison is impossible without using this systematic review and analysis. In today’s episode, I discuss with Georgia the following:

Interview with Richard Zink What bigger trends do we see in the biopharmaceutical industry, which will have an impact for statisticians? . . . in terms of technology changes?. . . in terms of regulatory changes?. . . in terms of political/society changes?What can statisticians do to prepare for these changes? In this discussion with …

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Interview with Jennings Xu Why is text mining so important? What are the typical challenges and research questions in this area? Are there any typical ones for medical/pharmaceutical research? What data sources could we tap into? What are some foundational concepts in the natural language process? In this episode, I speak with Jennings Xu, who …

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Interview with Tricia Aanderud What can you learn from Leonardo Da Vinci on how to put things into perspective?Do you struggle with data communication? How important is data visualization? Storytelling is one of the great leadership skills that play a role in communication. Through stories, you can create alignment and you can influence others. It’s …

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