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By Aiden Flynn. Exploristics CEO

Successful clinical trials depend on people participating in them. For participants this means, opting in and staying the course even while in some cases being very ill. However, for those that sign up, they often …

By Kimberley Hacquoil, Exploristics CDSO

I recently attended the Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI) flagship annual conference which had many fantastic presentations and sessions. I was reflecting on a couple of themes which resonated for me in my …

By Kimberley Hacquoil, Exploristics CDSO

During a 3-day conference, statisticians, programmers and data scientists within the pharmaceutical industry were invited to play their cards right on Exploristics’ bespoke app which was built in-house. With the chance of becoming the daily …

By Exploristics CDSO, Kim Hacquoil

Aiming for 80% or 90% power for a clinical study is standard practice, however, it is possible that using power as a proxy for probability of success for decision-making is partly to blame for the …

By Exploristics CDSO, Kim Hacquoil

Simulation is the act or process of imitating the functioning or behaviour of a real-world system or process by means of another system or process, usually a computer program. While it has been successfully incorporated …

By Exploristics CDSO, Kim Hacquoil

For many years the car industry has been improving the safety of the cars it builds through rigorous testing using crash test dummies. Data collected from these dummies have led to the inclusion of key …

By Exploristics CDSO, Kim Hacquoil

The aim of drug development is to get an effective and safe drug to market to help patients. However, the definition of a successful drug development “program” is dependent on more than just regulatory success. …