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Interview: Simon Day on subgroup analyses & bridging studies May 02, 2012

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Simon Day is a Statistical Expert at Roche Products, and is both Past President of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. He was formerly Head of the Statistics Unit at the MHRA, and also sits on an ethics committee. Simon will be speaking at the ICR Annual Conference in London on May 14th 2012, where he will speak on the transferability of foreign data, asking whether the current standard methods of subgroup analyses and bridging studies provide sufficiently robust information when looking to apply clinical trial data generated in one region to prescribing decisions elsewhere in the world.

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Hugo Cervantes of Deloitte on reversing the decline of IRR in pharma R&D Nov 29, 2011

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A new report from Deloitte looks at the decline in Internal Rate of Return (IRR) across pharma R&D, and suggests that improving late stage success rates has a far greater impact than reducing cost or development times. We spoke to Hugo Cervantes, one of the leading contributors to the report, about what these findings mean, and what pharma can do to improve the situation, from closer collaboration to a sharper focus on value throughout the development process.

Interview: Steve Read on Inspirational Leadership Nov 03, 2011

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Steve Read is Managing Director of Adair International and the Helix Consultancy. Andrew Smith speaks with him about leadership in business and how professionals in the pharmaceutical industry can develop their leadership skills. Steve will be one of the presenters at the ICR Masterclass on Inspirational Leadership, to be held in central London on December 9th 2011. For more information, and to book your place, visit www.icr-masterclass.org.

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Interview: Dr Jonathan Sheffield OBE (part 3 of 3) Sep 02, 2011

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Interview: Dr Jonathan Sheffield OBE (part 2 of 3) Sep 02, 2011

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Interview: Dr Jonathan Sheffield OBE (part 1 of 3) Aug 15, 2011

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Interview: Jonathan Sheffield (1 of 3)

Academy of Medical Sciences review: Interview with Prof Sir Michael Rawlins Aug 15, 2011

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