Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry, abbreviated to PSI[1], is an organisation for the promotion of statistical thinking in order to improve the quality of research and development in the pharmaceutical industry.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 PSI Conference
* 3 Footnotes
* 4 External links

## History

PSI is a non-profit organisation formed in 1977 which was later converted to a company limited by guarantee, a process which was completed in January 2003. PSI achieves its vision by providing a forum for regular discussion of statistics and matters relating to the practice of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as promoting good statistical practice within the industry.

PSI's membership is around 1000 statisticians from across the Pharmaceutical Industry and academia. About 80% of these are UK based. PSI hosts an annual three day conference for its members, as well as several one-day meetings and training courses. It publishes a quarterly newsletter "SPIN" and sponsors the international journal "Pharmaceutical Statistics", published by John Wiley & Sons .

PSI is a member of the European Federation of Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (EFSPI).

## PSI Conference

PSI has held an annual conference every year since 1978. In its early years the conference was typically held at an English university, but later moved to hotel conference facilities. The first conference to be held outside the United Kingdom was in 2008, but since then the venue has tended to alternate between the UK and other European venues outside the UK. The full list of conference locations is shown below:

The PSI annual conference Year  | Location  | PSI Chair

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1978  | The Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon  | Jorgen Seldrup, Geigy
1979  | University of Oxford, Jesus College, Oxford  | John Lewis, ICI
1980  | University of Cambridge, Newnham College, Cambridge  | John Lewis, ICI
1981  | University of Nottingham, Lincoln Hall, Nottingham  | Alan Ebbutt, Ciba-Geigy
1982  | University of York, Wentworth College, York  | Chris Hallett, Roche
1983  | University of Bristol, Wills Hall, Bristol  | Chris Hallett, Roche
1984  | University of Oxford, St Hilda's College, Oxford  | David Robinson, Glaxo
1985  | University of Sheffield, Sorby Hall, Sheffield  | David Robinson, Glaxo
1986  | University of Southampton, The Murray Building, Southampton  | John Shelton, Searle
1987  | The Cairn Hotel, Harrogate  | John Shelton, Searle
1988  | The Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport  | Richard Hews, Pfizer
1989  | Atlantic Tower Hotel, Liverpool  | Cynthia Haliburn, SK&F Labs
1990  | The Viking Hotel, York  | Alec Vardy, Duphar
1991  | The Grand Hotel, Bristol  | Alec Vardy, Duphar
1992  | Hospitality Inn, Brighton  | Phil Poole, Sterling Winthrop
1993  | The Grand Hotel, Bristol  | Phil Poole, Pfizer
1994  | Hilton National Hotel, Coventry  | Mick Godley, Zeneca
1995  | The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool  | Mick Godley, Zeneca
1996  | De Vere Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth  | David Morgan, HMR
1997  | Stratford Moat House Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon  | David Morgan, HMR
1998  | The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate  | Andy Grieve, Pfizer
1999  | De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton  | Andy Grieve, Pfizer
2000  | Stakis Metropole Hotel, Brighton  | John Chapman, Quintiles
2001  | Carden Park Hotel, Chester  | John Chapman, Serono
2002  | Sopwell House Hotel, St Albans  | Sue McKeown, Procter & Gamble
2003  | Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge  | Sue McKeown, Procter & Gamble
2004  | Carden Park Hotel, Chester  | Kerry Gordon, Quintiles
2005  | City Hall, Cardiff (Joint meeting with Royal Statistical Society)  | Kerry Gordon, Quintiles
2006  | Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge  | Paul Worthington, Chiltern International
2007  | Carden Park Hotel, Chester  | Paul Worthington, Takeda
2008  | The Hotel, Brussels (Joint meeting with EFSPI)  | Sara Hughes, GlaxoSmithKline
2009  | Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton  | Sara Hughes, GlaxoSmithKline
2010  | Midland Hotel, Manchester  | Stephen Pyke, Pfizer
2011  | Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney  | Stephen Pyke, Pfizer
2012  | The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield  | Katherine Hutchinson, Quanticate
2013  | Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow  | Katherine Hutchinson, Quanticate
2014  | The Tower Hotel, London | Robert Cuffe, ViiV Healthcare
2015  | Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London | Robert Cuffe, ViiV Healthcare
2016  | Pullman Hotel, Berlin | Mark Morris, Conatus Pharmaceuticals
2017  | Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London | Nigel Howitt, Covance
2018  | Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam | Nigel Howitt, Covance
2019  | Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London | Nigel Howitt, Covance
2020  | Webinar Series[2] | Lucy Rowell, Roche
2021  | Online Conference  | Lucy Rowell, Roche
2022  | Gothia Towers, Gothenburg  | Chrissie Fletcher, GSK
2023  | Novotel London West, London | Chrissie Fletcher, GSK
2024  |  |

## Footnotes

1. ^ The abbreviation PSI is chosen in preference to the more literal SPI to avoid connotations with the word "spy", and to tie in with the Greek letter Ψ - Greek letters playing a substantial part in statistics. Ψ was the original logo of PSI.
2. ^ The 2020 conference had been scheduled to take place in Barcelona but was changed to a Webinar series because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

## External links

* PSI Website
* PharmaClik Website
* Pharmaceutical Statistics (PSI Journal)[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

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