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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 China

PharmaSUG China

February 23rd, 2026 1 minute read

We are excited to be presenting at PharmaSUG in Shanghai, 24-25 July 2026 Design and Analysis of a Multi-Frequency PR...

JSM 2026

JSM 2026

February 22nd, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is delighted to be attending JSM 2026, 1-6 August in Boston, MA Connect to meet with our team on site or join...

Medidata NEXT Shanghai 2026

Medidata NEXT Shanghai 2026

February 21st, 2026 1 minute read

Phastar is exhibiting at Medidata NEXT, 3 September 2026 in Shanghai, China Connect to meet with our team on site or ...

Webinars

A Systematic Review into the Use of Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials

A Systematic Review into the Use of Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials

June 30th, 2026 1 minute read

About This Webinar Bayesian methods continue to gain momentum as an alternative approach to traditional clinical tria...

Bridging the Efficacy Effectiveness Gap in Rare Diseases with RWD

Bridging the Efficacy Effectiveness Gap in Rare Diseases with RWD

June 29th, 2026 1 minute read

About This Webinar Drug development in rare diseases requires the most efficient use of limited data, across both cli...

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

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

June 28th, 2026 1 minute read

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

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

Reactions to “Research Rising” on Clinical Trials Day 2026

Reactions to “Research Rising” on Clinical Trials Day 2026

June 17th, 2026 1 minute read

To mark Clinical Trials Day 2026, Matt George, Senior Statistician, and Sam Hinsley, Statistics Manager at Phastar, h...

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...

Blogs

Meet the Team: Lu Zhang, Associate Director, Programming

Meet the Team: Lu Zhang, Associate Director, Programming

July 3rd, 2026 3 minute read

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

Proactive Risk Mitigation Through Real-Time Clinical Data Analytics Dashboards 

Proactive Risk Mitigation Through Real-Time Clinical Data Analytics Dashboards 

June 30th, 2026 3 minute read

Clinical trials are inherently complex, with risks emerging across data quality, patient safety, site perfo...

Doubly Robust Methods: Strengthening Causal Inference 

Doubly Robust Methods: Strengthening Causal Inference 

June 23rd, 2026 5 minute read

Understanding cause and effect is often of interest when conducting research, but in practice it is rarely ...

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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