Introduction to Industry

The training course for statisticians and statistical programmers new to the industry, widely known as the "Introduction to Industry Training Course", has been running since 1986. It aims to broaden the participants' knowledge and appreciation of the drug development process from discovery through to marketing. It enables participants to learn about the role and interaction of Statistics with other disciplines within the industry and also allows them to meet and exchange ideas with statisticians and programmers of a similar level of experience.

There are six sessions (Research, Toxicology, DM/CROs, Clinical Trials, Licensing and Re-imbursement, Marketing) hosted by six companies, each lasting one or two days. Each session includes talks by relevant specialists, workshops to encourage active involvement from the participants and guided tours of relevant work areas.

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Upcoming Events

PSI VisSIG Wonderful Wednesday Webinar Series (2023)

Our monthly webinar explores examples of innovative data visualisations relevant to our day to day work. Each month a new dataset is provided from a clinical trial or other relevant example, and participants are invited to submit a graphic that communicates interesting and relevant characteristics of the data.

PSI Career Young Virtual Meet (Q2 2023)

An informal event starting with a short talk and then going into breakout rooms to connect with others from the industry. Aimed at those who have recently joined the industry looking to expand their network.

PSI Journal Club: Propensity Scores

Learn more about the different techniques and applications propensity scores and the advantages and disadvantages of different methods.

PSI Pre-Clinical SIG Webinar: An investigation to improve nonlinear mixed-effects approach for EC50 estimation based on multi-donor dose-response data

Drs Qiu and Wenren will present their investigations on EC50 estimation based on multi-donor dose-response data via different approaches.

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