[Forum SIS] Bayes Pharma Workshop - University College London 11-13 Giugno

[Gianluca Baio]

Con preghiera di diffusione:

*Bayes Pharma 2014 *
The workshop BAYES2014 <http://www.bayes-pharma.org/> will be held at
University
College London <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/> UK, June 11-13, 2014.

Until recently the practical implementation of Bayesian thinking into
pharmaceutical research has been slow due to either important computational
challenge, lack of Bayesian education in the bio-statistical community or
reluctance of regulatory authorities on the usefulness of the approach.
However, recent developments within the preclinical setting and in the
Model Based Drug Development paradigm indicate the rising interest and
added value of Bayesian applications.

The objective of the workshop is multi-fold: The presentation of some
applied case studies in the clinical, non-clinical and CMC setting should
learn the participants in a first step about some success stories of the
Bayesian thinking. This should propagate the Bayesian thinking and
practices within the pharmaceutical industry. But more importantly, it
emphasizes the advantages of Bayesian modelling for science and business as
well as to offer opportunities for statisticians for reorientation within
the changing environment of the (bio)pharmaceutical world.

There will be 3 invited sessions:

   1. *Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials: Priors from Historical
Data* (speakers:
   Beat Neuenschwander, David Dejardin, Emmanuel Lesaffre)
   2. *Advanced Bayesian modelling: Structural Equation Models* (speaker:
   Peter Congdon)
   3. *Bayesian methods for exploratory and epidemiological analysis:
   Health economic evaluation* (speakers: Chris Jackson, Richard Nixon,
   Gianluca Baio).

In addition, there will be several contributed sessions. A call for
abstract<http://www.bayes-pharma.org/?page_id=17> is
currently open.

All details at http://www.bayes-pharma.org/. Students can register for free.

BW
Gianluca
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