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Press Releases

Phastar Scoops Multiple Finalist Positions in 2025 Scrip Awards

Phastar Scoops Multiple Finalist Positions in 2025 Scrip Awards

October 1st, 2025 3 minute read

Phastar, a global specialist biometrics & data science Contract Research Organization (CRO), has been named as fi...

Phastar Appoints Industry Veteran Billy Amzal as Head of Strategic Consulting

Phastar Appoints Industry Veteran Billy Amzal as Head of Strategic Consulting

June 24th, 2025 2 minute read

London, UK, and Durham (NC), US – June 24th, 2025: Phastar, a global specialist biometrics & data science Contrac...

Phastar Secures Finalist Spot at 2025 Citeline Awards 

Phastar Secures Finalist Spot at 2025 Citeline Awards 

April 10th, 2025 3 minute read

London, UK, and Durham (NC), US – April 10th, 2025: Phastar, a global specialist biometrics & data science Contra...

Events

PharmaSUG US 2026

PharmaSUG US 2026

February 28th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is excited to be attending PharmaSUG US, 31May – 3 June in Boston, MA. Connect with us on site or visit...

SLEEP 2026

SLEEP 2026

February 27th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is attending and presenting a poster at SLEEP 2026 in Baltimore, MD 14-17 June 2026 Connect to meet with our ...

PSI 2026

PSI 2026

February 26th, 2026 2 minute read

Phastar is delighted to be exhibiting at PSI in Belfast from 15th – 17th June 2026. Visit the Phastar team at B...

Webinars

Driving Clinical Research with AI: From Early Discovery to Regulatory-Grade Insights

Driving Clinical Research with AI: From Early Discovery to Regulatory-Grade Insights

May 19th, 2026 1 minute read

Join us for a transformative three-part webinar series, “Driving Clinical Research with AI,” where indust...

Causal Inference Through a Regulatory Lens

Causal Inference Through a Regulatory Lens

May 15th, 2026 1 minute read

About This Webinar As expectations for robust, real-world evidence continue to grow, understanding how regulators eva...

From Data to Decisions: TMLE, Doubly Robust Methods, and Federated Learning

From Data to Decisions: TMLE, Doubly Robust Methods, and Federated Learning

April 13th, 2026 1 minute read

This webinar will cover methods that are crucial to making informed decisions. Specifically, personalized care throug...

Case Studies

Efficient Project Management for a Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease Study 

Efficient Project Management for a Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease Study 

January 6th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar partnered with a biotechnology sponsor to manage statistical and data management activities for a late-stage ...

Turning Legacy Complexity into Submission-Ready Confidence

Turning Legacy Complexity into Submission-Ready Confidence

November 24th, 2025 1 minute read

Discover how Phastar converted 16 legacy studies into SDTM and delivered a robust Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS) ...

Delivering a Complex Integrated Summary of Effectiveness: Efficient Pooling and Advanced Analysis Across Four Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity Studies 

Delivering a Complex Integrated Summary of Effectiveness: Efficient Pooling and Advanced Analysis Across Four Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity Studies 

November 17th, 2025 1 minute read

A sponsor needed to pool data from four MS spasticity studies—one still ongoing with another vendor—while adapting mi...

Articles & Interviews

What Does Clinical Trials Day Mean to You?

What Does Clinical Trials Day Mean to You?

May 20th, 2026 2 minute read

To mark Clinical trials day 2026, in a video interview for Applied Clinical Trials, Sam Hinsley, statistics manager a...

Measuring What Matters: Designing a Future-Fit FSP Model for Modern Drug Development

Measuring What Matters: Designing a Future-Fit FSP Model for Modern Drug Development

May 20th, 2026 1 minute read

Sarah Tucker, Chief Operational Officer at Phastar, explores the evolution of Functional Service Provider (FSP) model...

Effective CRO Partnerships in an Era of Clinical Trial Transformation

Effective CRO Partnerships in an Era of Clinical Trial Transformation

April 29th, 2026 1 minute read

Stephen Corson, Director of Operational Solutions at Phastar, explores the evolving role of contract research organiz...

Blogs

Meet the Team: Melanie McGuigan, Associate Director, FSP Operations

Meet the Team: Melanie McGuigan, Associate Director, FSP Operations

May 8th, 2026 3 minute read

In our “Meet the Team” series, we highlight the talented individuals who drive Phastar’s succes...

From Models to Meaning: Why TMLE Matters for Causal Inference 

From Models to Meaning: Why TMLE Matters for Causal Inference 

April 29th, 2026 6 minute read

In clinical research and real-world evidence generation, one of the most common scientific questions we face is decep...

Meet the Team: Lisa Gibbons, Principal Statistician  

Meet the Team: Lisa Gibbons, Principal Statistician  

April 10th, 2026 4 minute read

In our “Meet the Team” series, we highlight the talented individuals who drive Phastar’s succes...

Publications

Flexible Dose-Finding in Early-Phase Oncology Combination Studies Enabling Mid-Trial Dose Insertions to Improve Dose Recommendations

Flexible Dose-Finding in Early-Phase Oncology Combination Studies Enabling Mid-Trial Dose Insertions to Improve Dose Recommendations

April 2nd, 2026 1 minute read

Early-phase oncology combination trials often assume the optimal dose is already included in the dosing gri...

Leveraging Real-World Data for in-silico Trials: Enhancing Clinical Development and Regulatory Confidence

Leveraging Real-World Data for in-silico Trials: Enhancing Clinical Development and Regulatory Confidence

December 3rd, 2025 1 minute read

As the pharmaceutical landscape evolves, traditional clinical trial designs are increasingly complemented by innovati...

Advancing Clinical Trial Design with Bayesian Statistics and Prior Elicitation

Advancing Clinical Trial Design with Bayesian Statistics and Prior Elicitation

April 1st, 2025 1 minute read

Discover how Bayesian statistics can enhance clinical trial efficiency and improve decision-making. Our latest white ...

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