Statistics In The Pharmaceutical Industry 3rd Edition

Download or read book Statistics In the Pharmaceutical Industry, 3rd Edition written by Charles Ralph Buncher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-11-17 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rewritten and updated second edition provides comprehensive information on the wide-ranging applications of statistics in the pharmacological field. Focusing on practical aspects, it sets out to bridge the gap between industry and academia.;Reflecting the changes that have taken place since publication of the first edition, this volume covers new topics such as: cancer clinical trials, clinical trials of AIDS patients and animal tumorigenicity studies; the development of antiepileptic drugs; the role of epidemiology in postmarketing trials and adverse drug experience; computer-assisted new drug application (CANDA) submissions; contract research organizations; interim analysis in clinical trials; and room-temperature tests for the stability of drugs.;This work is intended as: a reference for statisticians, biostatisticians, pharmacologists, administrators, managers, and scientists in the pharmaceutical industry; and a text for graduate students taking courses in applied statistics or pharmaceutical statistics.