SECTION NEWS
Biopharmaceutical
Sponsorship Program Supports Section
T
he Biopharmaceutical Section, with
more than 2,000 members, is one of
The members of the Biopharmaceutical Section are indebted to their corporate sponsors for their
the largest and most active sections
continued generous support of ongoing programs and activities. This year, the section has 26 sponsors.
of the ASA. Thanks in large part to the help Abt Associates Boehringer Ingelheim Gilead Sciences
and support of our corporate sponsors, we
Insightful Corporation
Proctor and Gamble Schering Corporation
have been able to provide unique and sub-
Allergan Inc.
Pharmaceuticals
stantial contributions to our members and
GlaxoSmithKline
the greater biopharmaceutical community.
Johnson & Johnson, PRD
Boston Scientific
Corporation
Takeda Pharmaceutical
We are able to sponsor or cosponsor several
Astellas Pharmaceutical, US Company Ltd.
professional meetings throughout the year,
Merck Research Laboratories
RHO Inc.
Hoffman-LaRoche Inc.
including the FDA/Industry Workshop,
Astra Zeneca
Cytel Inc.
the Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics
Waban Software
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
sanofi-aventis
Workshop, and the Deming Conference.
ICON Clinical Research Inc.
We also are able to provide cash awards for
Biogen – IDEC Eli Lilly and Company
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
the best student paper and best contributed Pfizer Inc. SAS Institute
paper presented at the annual Joint
Statistical Meetings.
Invitations to become corporate spon-
solutions, and review progress and problems. industry, clinicians, epidemiologists, drug
sors are mailed out in January of each
It is important that all stakeholders examine safety professionals, and regulatory and med-
year. Any company interested in becom-
their roles in this enterprise and ask the hard ical communication scientists interested in
ing a corporate sponsor may contact the
questions that need to be answered so we can recent statistical issues in clinical research.
chair of the Biopharmaceutical Section,
develop appropriate, scientific/regulatory con- This conference is not cosponsored by the
Kannan Natarajan, at kannan.natarajan@
sensus regarding our purpose and process. ASA Biopharmaceutical Section. For more
novartis.com or the chair of the Corporate
The workshop will appeal to statisticians information, visit www.diahome.org. n
Sponsorship Committee, Russ Helms, at
in, or consulting for, the biopharmaceutical
russ_helms@rhoworld.com.
Workshop for Biostatistical
Biometrics
Statisticians
The 2nd Annual FDA/DIA Statistics Forum
Member Initiative Proposals Funded
is scheduled for April 14–16, 2008, in
Bethesda, Maryland. This conference will
Edited by Ralitza Gueorguieva, Biometrics Section Publications Officer
provide a venue for discussing important sta-
tistical issues associated with the development The section is once again pleased to High-School Students, Scott McNitt,
and review of therapeutic drugs and biolog- announce that three proposals were University of Rochester Medical Center
ics. A primary focus will be to establish an funded recently as part of the section’s
Another round of congratula-
ongoing, annual dialogue in an open, public Member Initiative, “Developing the
tions is in order for those funded for
forum regarding the FDA’s “Critical Path” Next Generation of Biostatisticians.” The
this important initiative, and many
initiative, emphasizing the regulatory and funded proposals include the following:
thanks go to members of the Member
statistical challenges associated with innova-
Promoting Biostatistics: Developing Initiative Subcommittee for their excel-
tive approaches to the design and analysis of
Materials for Linking Statistics and lent work. The committee is chaired by
clinical trials data.
Biology Classes, Debbie Hydorn, Bonnie La Fleur with Scarlett Bellamy,
This conference will be an opportunity
University Mary Washington Harold Dyck, Lisa Sullivan, and Mani
for statisticians, clinicians, and other inter-
Lakshminarayanan serving as members.
ested professionals from industry, academia,
Developing a Web Site to House
The section has given awards for
CROs, and government agencies to learn
Outreach Materials for AP Statistics
biostatistics outreach for the last four years.
about and discuss the current and emerging
Students and Their Teachers: Case
Another round of awards will be solicited in
statistical methodologies and quantitative
Studies in Collaborative Research,
the fall of 2008. The committee welcomes
approaches used to develop evidence of the
Roslyn Stone, University of
your input into activities the section could
efficacy and safety of new drug and biologic
Pittsburgh
undertake to promote biostatistics. Please
therapeutic products.
A Biostatistics Apprenticeship contact Bonnie La Fleur at bonnie.lafleur@
We need this opportunity to come
Outreach Program for Urban Magnet hsc.utah.edu with suggestions.
together annually to describe issues, discuss
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