
Perspectives on Enquiry & Evidence
Cytel's blog featuring the latest industry insights.

September 20, 2023
Cytel’s Functional Service Provision (FSP) teams work on exciting projects with biotech and pharmaceutical companies as...
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August 30, 2023
FSP Behind the Scenes with Jeff Thompson, R Senior Statistical Programmer
Cytel’s Functional Service Provision (FSP) teams work on exciting projects with biotech and pharmaceutical companies as...
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June 7, 2023
A Spotlight on FSP Programming
Since its founding in 1987, Cytel has been home to some of the most passionate, creative, and talented experts in the...
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December 21, 2022
Top Interviews of 2022: Industry Voices and Career Perspectives
Perspectives on Enquiry and Evidence features two recurring interview series: Our new Industry Voices series, in which...
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December 9, 2022
(Re)Integration Dilemma: Integrated Summaries of Safety and Effectiveness
As promised in my last post prior to PHUSE-EU Connect, I’d like to now share some reflections on my “Integration...
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December 6, 2022
Career Perspectives: A Conversation with Veronica Chan
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I spoke with Veronica Chan, Principal Clinical Data Manager at...
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November 9, 2022
Career Perspectives: A Conversation with Malte Stein
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I interview Malte Stein, Senior Biostatistician. Malte owned the...
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November 8, 2022
A Preview of Cytel’s Contributions to PHUSE EU 2022
Although many of you can’t wait for the start of the Football World Cup 2022 (less than two weeks while I’m writing),...
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October 24, 2022
Cyrus Mehta on the Founding of Cytel
On the occasion of Cytel’s 35th anniversary, co-founder Professor Cyrus Mehta sits down with Dr. Esha Senchaudhuri to...
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October 18, 2022
Nitin Patel on 35 Years of Technological Innovation
On the occasion of Cytel’s 35th anniversary, co-founder Professor Nitin Patel sits down with Dr. Esha Senchaudhuri to...
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October 14, 2022
Career Perspectives: A Conversation with Nicolas Rouillé
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I interview Nicolas Rouillé, Senior Director, Statistical...
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October 13, 2022
Cytel at ISPOR Europe: Top Presenter of Issue Panels and Workshops
ISPOR Europe, the leading global conference for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and real-world evidence...
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October 11, 2022
Joshua Schultz on the Evolution of Cytel
On the occasion of Cytel’s 35th anniversary, our CEO Joshua Schultz sits down with Dr. Esha Senchaudhuri to discuss the...
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September 28, 2022
Statistical Leaders and the Future of Drug Development
The landscape of drug development has changed dramatically over the last few decades, and effective statistical leaders...
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September 8, 2022
Cytel Present at the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory Workshop
The American Statistical Association Biopharmaceutical Section, in cooperation with the FDA Statistical Association,...
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August 30, 2022
Understanding the Economic Benefits of Platform Trials
Many thanks to Kyle Wathen and Behnam Sharif for their input on this post.
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August 25, 2022
Cytel Presents at ICPE 2022
The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology is hosting its “ICPE 2022: Advancing Pharmacoepidemiology and...
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August 18, 2022
Highlights from JSM 2022
The American Statistical Association’s annual Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) gathered over 6,500 attendees from 52...
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August 4, 2022
Interview with Allison Luccock about career perspectives
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I interview Allison Luccock, Director of Business Operations for...
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June 28, 2022
Career Perspectives: Reflecting at 10 Years in Cytel FSP
Founded in 1987 by Cyrus Mehta and Nitin Patel, research scientists at Harvard University and MIT respectively and...
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April 12, 2022
Career Perspectives: Interview with Charles Warne, Associate Director of Biostatistics
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I interview Charles Warne, Associate Director of Biostatistics at...
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January 26, 2022
Career Perspectives: Interview with Jessica Bhoyroo, Clinical Data Manager
In this edition of the Career Perspectives series, I interview Jessica Bhoyroo, Cytel Clinical Data Manager based in...
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December 23, 2021
Year-End Roundup: Your Favorite Blog Posts of 2021
Cytel blogs bring you debate and discussion of the newest trends in statistics and quantitative strategy. In 2021, our...
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September 14, 2021
Career Perspectives: Interview with Alyssa Biller, Senior Solutions Consultant
Alyssa Biller is a Senior Solutions Consultant at Cytel and currently plays a primary role in onboarding customers for...
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July 20, 2021
Career Perspectives: Interview with Anil Golla, Vice President, FSP
Anil Golla is Vice President, Functional Service Provision (FSP) at Cytel. After 17 years of working at pharmaceutical...
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April 7, 2021
Career Perspectives: Interview with Neha Sati
Scientists at Cytel recently published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Among the...
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December 22, 2020
Year-end Roundup: Cytel’s Contributions Towards Health & Education in 2020
At Cytel, we have been diligently working to become an organization deeply committed to uplifting and enriching...
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December 21, 2020
Year-End Roundup: Your Favorite Blog Posts of 2020
2020 has been an unusually difficult year as the global pandemic impacted all of our lives. This year, the Cytel blog...
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December 10, 2020
Career Perspectives: Interview with Sachin Sobale
Sachin Sobale began his career with Cytel as a young statistician. He has been associated with the company for more...
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August 26, 2020
Career Perspectives: Interview with Yannis Jemiai, Chief Scientific Officer
As Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Yannis Jemiai plays a pivotal role in maintaining Cytel’s well-established reputation...
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August 18, 2020
Career Perspectives: Interview with Mrudula Joshi, Associate Director, Statistical Programming Services
Mrudula Joshi joined Cytel in July 2005 as a young SAS programmer. Last month, she celebrated her 15th year work...
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August 12, 2020
Virtual Careers Open Day at Cytel
Cytel’s Biostatistics and Statistical Programming team provides integrated solutions, by blending the expertise of...
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April 7, 2020
Career Perspectives: Interview with Marc Lefebvre-Gouy, Statistical Programmer
Cytel has industry-leading experts in Statistical Programming with years of SAS® Programming expertise and in-depth...
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April 2, 2020
Remote Working Arrangement – How to get it right?
On March 16, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his media...
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December 16, 2019
Career Perspectives: Interview with Ronald Dumpit, Data Coordinator
Cytel Inc. and Axio Research joined forces in June 2019, expanding our ability to solve the most complex analytical...
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August 7, 2019
Career Perspectives: Jayshree Garade
In this blog, from our career perspectives series, we talk with Jayshree Garade Associate Director, Statistical...
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January 30, 2019
Career Perspectives: Interview with Tina Checchio, Associate Director, Quantitative Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics
QPP remains at the heart of model based drug development. Short for Quantitative Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics, it...
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October 23, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Munshi Imran Hossain, Senior Data Scientist
Cytel data scientists apply advanced statistical techniques including predictive modeling of biological processes and...
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September 20, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Adam Hamm, Director of Biostatistics
At Cytel we believe that expert statistical input has the power to shape the future of clinical development: de-risking...
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August 31, 2018
Highlights from the JSM 2018 Conference
JSM 2018, ASA’s annual gathering of over 6500 attendees attracted statisticians and data scientists to the beautiful...
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August 23, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Meredith Alm, Manager, QA Compliance
Cytel has grown significantly over the last 30 years, with operations across North America, Europe, and India. All of...
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August 21, 2018
How Does a CRO Programming Career Stack Up?
After having spent 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry, in May of 2018, I decided to explore new horizons and took...
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March 16, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Benjamin Esterni, Principal Biostatistician
At Cytel we believe that expert statistical input has the power to shape the future of clinical development: de-risking...
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February 13, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Ursula Garczarek, Associate Director - Strategic Consulting
Our strategic consulting team work on projects such as: Identifying the best clinical trial design, implementing...
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January 9, 2018
Career Perspectives: Interview with Lisa Goldberg, Associate Director of Statistical Programming
Our Career Perspectives' series is back! Cytel has industry-leading experts in statistical programming with years of...
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November 22, 2017
Career Perspectives: Interview with Makarand Deshmukh, Senior Clinical Data Analyst
Cytel offers a full range of clinical data management services and the team of experts is spread across the globe. In...
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September 29, 2017
Career Perspectives: Interview with Namrata Deshpande, Senior Team Lead
Namrata Deshpande, Senior Team Lead will be participating in a round table discussion at the Women in Statistics event...
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May 26, 2017
Cytel statistical programmer gains recognition at PharmaSUG 2017
PharmaSUG 2017 proved to be an inspirational and informative event. With over 200 paper presentations, posters, and...
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