Year: 2018

Getting access for patients to new medications in Germany – the biggest challenges in the HTA process and how to address them: Interview with Carsten Schwenke

Today, regulatory approval doesn’t ensure anymore, that patients benefit from new therapies. As statisticians, we also need to ensure access and reimbursement for new treatments in the different markets around the world. The process to gain this access and reimbursement in Germany comes with very specific challenges. Yet, due to the large impact of Germany …

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How to make the right portfolio decisions – Interview with Andreas Sashegyi

We’re all making decisions to optimize our studies. Optimizing project plans across different studies presents further challenges. But how to increase the overall portfolio of a company given its limitations leads yet another set of challenges. Knowing how decisions are taken at this top level helps to understand the bigger picture and why this sometimes …

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Being a supervisor – things you would love to have known before you became one … or that you should know if you want to become one

Interview with Simon Cleall Becoming a supervisor changes things dramatically at work for you. It did for me and Simon helped me by openly providing deep insights into his years of a supervisor – especially his failures and dramatic moments. In this episode, Simon shares his ups and downs for you to learn from. Leading …

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Getting things done, when timelines are tight – learnings from a self-experiment in deep work

Everybody knows such situations: tight timelines, high expectations and many things to do! But how can we work effectively in such situations. Many different productivity experts have written about this topic. In this episode, I’m speaking about how to implement these approaches and also my personal learnings and challenges during a time, where I needed …

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Why and how to invest in your leadership skills – Interview with of Gemma Hodgson and Margaret Jones

Leadership skills for statisticians represents a common theme across many episodes of this podcast. As leadership consists of many different aspects, it is important to learn from other statisticians, that exhibit these skills. In this episode, we talk with Gemma and Margaret, who have run successful leadership courses within PSI. We cover the following topics: