Do you actively kill your career without knowing it? Do others not help you?Are they making your life hard?Is your company bad?Does your compound suck and hinders your work productivity? A lot of people complain about almost everything.Statisticians tend to be more on the introvert side and there are discussions

Interview with Frank Konietschke Frank has something in common with Benjamin and myself – we all studied statistics in Göttingen and learned and researched in non-parametric statistics. Afterwards, we went into different paths. Whereas Benjamin started at a CRO and I joined large pharma organizations, Frank continued on the academic

Interview with Necdet Gunsoy Why do you think many of these “subgroup” projects are a headache for statisticians?Have you felt frustrations about such projects yourself?What are the steps to avoid or at least minimize these frustrations? Do you have the same questions in mind? These are some of the questions

Replay of the PSI conference 2018 Are you a sponsor who is seeking joint scientific advice from a regulatory agency and from an HTA body? If yes, this episode is for you. This presentation replicates the discussions which may go on during scientific advice. The example was in Respiratory. This

People who ask take the lead As statisticians, we work in cross-functional teams, but many people, especially junior people prefer to follow rather than to lead – and that’s okay. Ask yourself: Do you always take the position of the follower or a leader?Do you need to train yourself to

A lot of statisticians, especially in pharmaceutical companies but also CROs, fear outsourcing because it might make their job redundant. Think about: What can you do about it?How can you add value to your organisation? What would it cost to outsource your organisation? If you would need to compete with

Interview with Kat Greenbrook Storytelling allows businesses to better understand insight. Data visualization is a great tool to help share, or tell a story, but relies on the story being written first. Improved data communication comes from combining good visualization with a well-written narrative.  At storytelling with data, the goal is to rid

There is an endless list of things that can go wrong in sponsor-CRO relations. I’m pretty sure you have been in painful discussions about this. Have you felt a lot of frustrations on both ends? If yes, this episode is for you. We’re sharing interesting insights here as Benjamin works

The 2019 PSI Conference took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre (QEII), London, with the theme of “Data Driven Decision Making in Medical Research”. The sessions included early phase innovative trial design, industry best practice, statistical issues in safety drug labelling, model-based dose-finding designs, an update from Transcelerate and much

Do you agree that everybody makes mistakes?Have you had to deal with a mistake yourself, that you were really concerned about?Were you afraid about speaking with your supervisor or your team with it? We are all imperfect humans making mistakes. The questions are: how do we deal with them, what