CRfocus clinical research podcast

Simon Day is a Statistical Expert at Roche Products, and is both Past President of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. He was formerly Head of the Statistics Unit at the MHRA, and also sits on an ethics committee. Simon will be speaking at […]

A new report from Deloitte looks at the decline in Internal Rate of Return (IRR) across pharma R&D, and suggests that improving late stage success rates has a far greater impact than reducing cost or development times. We spoke to Hugo Cervantes, one of the leading contributors to the report, about what these findings mean, and what pharma can do to improve the situation, from closer collaboration to a sharper focus on value throughout the development process.

Steve Read is Managing Director of Adair International and the Helix Consultancy. Andrew Smith speaks with him about leadership in business and how professionals in the pharmaceutical industry can develop their leadership skills. Steve will be one of the presenters at the ICR Masterclass on Inspirational Leadership, to be held in central London on December 9th 2011. For more information, and to book your place, visit www.icr-masterclass.org.