INI meeting in Cambridge was a big success

Several members of the IDeAl consortium got together at Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge for one week (July 6th – 10th, 2015) to discuss mathematical implications for the design and analysis of experiments in healthcare. The meeting comprised two main parts: The first part was devoted to the fruitful exchange of the IDeAl consortium and EAB members, and the scientific community. F. Mentré, M.K. Riviere, S. Ueckert (INSERM), R.-D. Hilgers (UKA), and H. Dette (RUB) stimulated the discussions with talks from their cutting-edge research, and the EAB members C. Jennison, R. A. Bailey, S. Julious, and W. F. Rosenberger added presentations replete with experience form their areas of expertise. The second part, inofficially baptised “industry day”, was dedicated to the dialogue with stakeholders from industry and regulators from EMA. The second part of the meeting highlighted state-of-the-art design of experiments methodologies and how these can impact the wider societal health objectives. The broad audience was captivated by R.-D. Hilgers talk on the recent advances of the IDeAl project. F. König added an in-depth presentation about the newly developed approach for tests in dose-response studies. The meeting is expected to boost the advances in the field of Design and Analysis of Experiments in Healthcare, as well as the cooperation with regulatory sector. As a special feature, all talks given throughout the workshop can be downloaded from the INI website, spreading the range of influence even further.