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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

CMO Summit 360 2026

CMO Summit 360 2026

March 14th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is delighted to be exhibiting at the CMO Summit 360, 13-14 April 2026 in Boston MA. Visit the Phastar exhibit...

COG New England 2026

COG New England 2026

March 10th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is delighted to be exhibiting at the COG New England, 28-29 April in Boston MA. Visit the Phastar exhibit at ...

OCT Europe 2026

OCT Europe 2026

March 8th, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is delighted to be exhibiting at the OCT Europe, 6-7 May in Barcelona, Spain. Visit the Phastar exhibit at bo...

Webinars

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...

Causal Inference in Real World Evidence: What is it? Why now?

Causal Inference in Real World Evidence: What is it? Why now?

January 22nd, 2026 1 minute read

Causal inference is increasingly used to generate real-world evidence (RWE), by regulatory&n...

Regulatory-Grade Use of External Data: Bayesian Borrowing, Hybrid Trials and External Controls 

Regulatory-Grade Use of External Data: Bayesian Borrowing, Hybrid Trials and External Controls 

November 20th, 2025 1 minute read

Use of external data to augment clinical trials has been increasingly evaluated and is transforming drug development ...

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

Key Considerations for Drug Development Pipelines in Early Phase Clinical Trials

Key Considerations for Drug Development Pipelines in Early Phase Clinical Trials

April 2nd, 2026 1 minute read

Sam Hinsley, Statistics Manager at Phastar, shares practical insights into early phase clinical trial design in a new...

Shaping the Future of Evidence Generation  

Shaping the Future of Evidence Generation  

March 23rd, 2026 5 minute read

Real-world evidence (RWE) is no longer peripheral to drug development. Across regulatory, HTA and payer env...

The EU’s Health Technology Assessment Regulation: Implementation one year on 

The EU’s Health Technology Assessment Regulation: Implementation one year on 

March 10th, 2026 1 minute read

Billy Amzal, PhD, Head of Strategic Consulting at Phastar, explores the first year of the EU Health Technology A...

Blogs

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...

Designing Real-World Evidence for Causal Interpretation 

Designing Real-World Evidence for Causal Interpretation 

March 24th, 2026 4 minute read

Causal inference begins with clarity about the research question. What population, treatment, comparator, and outcome...

Building a Purpose-Driven Organization: Leading in Corporate Responsibility  

Building a Purpose-Driven Organization: Leading in Corporate Responsibility  

March 23rd, 2026 3 minute read

As we mark B Corp Month 2026, Phastar is reaffirming its commitment to building a purpose-driven organization where p...

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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