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Activity Number: 690
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 4, 2016 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract #319819 View Presentation
Title: Overlap Between Statisticians and Pharmacometricians in Clinical Drug Development: Conflicts and Possible Resolutions
Author(s): Ken Kowalski*
Companies: Kowalski PMetrics Consulting
Keywords: Pharmacometrics ; PK/PD modeling ; clinical trial simulations
Abstract:

Individuals with training in various academic disciplines including pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, engineering and statistics, to name a few, have pursued careers as pharmacometricians. While pharmcometrics has benefitted greatly from advances in statistical methodology, there is considerable tension and skepticism between biostatisticians and pharmacometricians as they apply their expertise to drug development applications. This talk explores some of the root causes for this tension and provides some suggestions for improving collaborations between statisticians and pharmcometricians. The talk concludes with a plea for more statisticians to consider careers as pharmacometrics practitioners.


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