"Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation is suitable for students and researchers in medical statistics, statisticians in the pharmaceutical industry, and anyone involved in conducting clinical trials and assessment of health-care technology."--Jacket
The Bayesian approach involves collecting data from past experience in order to reach conclusions about future events. Bayesian methods have become increasingly popular in recent years, notably in medical research. There are a large number of books on Bayesian analysis, but very…
Health and medicine are changing rapidly today, not least as a result of the impact of new technologies in areas such as genetic diagnostics, telemedicine, implants and body and brain imaging. Yet the challenges these raise, both within the clinic and the wider society, are only…
Since the early 2000s, there has been increasing interest within the pharmaceutical industry in the application of Bayesian methods at various stages of the research, development, manufacturing, and health economic evaluation of new health care interventions. In 2010, the first …
"The major advances in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology in the 21st century have led to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of several diseases. A new generation of biopharmaceuticals has emerged, including a wide and heterogeneous range of innovative c…