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PhRMA QT statistics expert team
The team was created in early 2002. The team was chaired by Scott Patterson (GlaxoSmithKline) and Marylin Agin (Pfizer).
Objective
The expert team was created to comment on key statistical points of the ICH E14 guidance (Clinical Evaluation of QT/QTc Interval Prolongation and Proarrhythmic Potential for Non-Antiarrhythmic Drugs). The collective thoughts of the expert team formed the basis of the white paper published in Drug Information Journal.
Member list
Marilyn Agin (Pfizer), Rich Anziano (Pfizer), Alex Dmitrienko (Lilly), Georg Ferber (Novartis), Steve Francom (Pharmacia), Margarida Geraldes (BMS), Kalyan Ghosh (Merck), Mike Hesney (Merck), Tracy Mills (Roche), Ron Menton (Wyeth), Walt Offen (Lilly), Jaya Natarajan (J&J), Scott Patterson (GSK), Jay Saoud (Aventis), Brian Smith (Lilly), Ramachandran Suresh (Schering Plough), Nevine Zariffa (GSK).
Publications
Patterson, S., Agin, M., Anziano, R., Burgess, T., Chuang-Stein, C., Dmitrienko, A., Ferber, G., Geraldes, M., Ghosh, K., Menton, R., Natarajan, J., Offen, W., Saoud, J., Smith, B., Suresh, R., Zariffa, N. (2005). Investigating drug-induced QT and QTc prolongation in the clinic: A review of statistical design and analysis considerations. Drug Information Journal. 39, 243-266.
This is the white paper prepared by the PhRMA QT statistics expert team. This paper received the 2006 Donald E. Francke Award for Overall Excellence (Drug Information Association).