Read about the short courses and speakers planned for the 34th Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop.

Outgoing chair, Kathy Monti, gives her thanks and provides an overview of accomplishments made over the last year, including a website for students interested in biopharmaceutical statistics.

The Biopharmaceutical Section held its JSM poster competition during its mixer at the 2010 Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Three awards were given.

The three-day FDA/Industry Statistics Workshop is one of a series of annual events that have been sponsored by the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section in cooperation with the FDA Statistical Association since 1996. This year’s workshop will be held September 20–22 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC.

The Biopharmaceutical Section will sponsor and cosponsor several invited sessions during JSM 2010.

Biopharmaceutical Section congratulates the winners of the Best Contributed Papers and Posters from the 2009 JSM in Washington, DC.

The FDA/DIA statistics forum will take place April 18–21 in Bethesda, Maryland. The forum provides a venue to discuss important statistical issues associated with the development and review of therapeutic drugs and biologics.

In an effort led by section members Jeremy Jokinen and Steve Gulyas, a number of section members have been working with Creative Street Media Group to develop a web site aimed at attracting high-school and college students to biostatistics.

Ball State University will host the 33rd annual Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop (MBSW), cosponsored by the Biopharmaceutical Section, from May 24–26.
This year’s workshop theme revolves around how the role of statistics is adapting to change within the pharmaceutical industry.

The Biopharmaceutical Section made considerable progress last year on many of its projects. Outgoing chair, Anna Nevius, discusses the section’s successess and plans for the future.