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20 key attributes of highly successful leaders – lessons from Walt Offen – part 1

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In this episode, I have the privilege to interview Walt Offen –  a statistician who is about to end an amazing career over a couple of decades of working in the pharmaceutical industry.

Walt organized together, what he believes to be the 20 key attributes of highly successful leaders. They are organized in no particular order but are enriched with great stories.

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Vacation episode 2018 – some thoughts about why we do what we do

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In this very short episode, I’m stepping back from the day-to-day business and reflect about why we go to work every day.

I have a very personal story about it, that helped me to see things very clearly and I’m sharing this in this episode.

Further, many of you will listen this during vacation time and thus, I’m also touching on the importance of taking a break.

There is no episode next week as we take a summer break as well.
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Multilevel Network Meta-Regression for population-adjusted treatment comparisons – Interview with Nicky Welton

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Indirect comparisons provide evidence, when no direct clinical trials are available. However, the different approaches come with various limitations. Some more recent approaches take into account the baseline characteristics to reduce the bias in the estimates of the treatment effects.

In todays episode, I’m talking with one the worlds experts on this topic – Nicky Welton – who has published extensively in this field. [Read more…] about Multilevel Network Meta-Regression for population-adjusted treatment comparisons – Interview with Nicky Welton

Estimands in the presence of high and unbalanced drop out rates – a case study in the German HTA system – Interview with Lovisa Berggren

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Every statistician in the health sector must know about estimands and how to apply the estimand framework.

In this episode we introduce the topic using a case study. We’ll cover [Read more…] about Estimands in the presence of high and unbalanced drop out rates – a case study in the German HTA system – Interview with Lovisa Berggren