Statistics in Pharmaceutical Research

Statistics, as defined by the American Statistical Association (ASA), is the science of learning from data, and of measuring, controlling and communicating uncertainty. While the field of Pharma research and development in India recognizes it as the science of collecting, organizing, interpreting data.  

A Brief Explanation of Pharmaceutical Statistics 

Pharmaceutical statistics is the application of statistics to matters about the pharmaceutical industry.

Let’s have a look at the role of Statistics in Pharma Research and Development in India.

Drug Dosage Comparison: Statisticians usually compare the different dosages of the same pharmaceutical drug. This is done to check the consistency level, whether the second or third dosage is improving the medical condition or not, and so on. Pharmaceutical drug comparisons also help them note down side-effects, if any. This is one of the important steps in pharmaceutical drug research in India.

Diseases & Risk Factors: Diseases and their risk factors are statistically studied and concluded for Pharma research and development in India. For example: High blood pressure in a person could eventually lead to a chronic heart disease.

Pharmaceutical Drug Changes: To find out whether the changes produced by pharmaceutical drugs are because of its formulation or external factors like, dust, moisture, change in climate etc.

Demographic Study: Demographic data of the average age of the people suffering from a particular disease is usually collected by the pharmaceutical statistic experts. This information helps the pharmaceutical manufacturers in making 'apt pharmaceutical drugs' for people.

Analysis of Clinical Trials: Clinical trials are experiments or observations conducted in clinical research. Pharma statisticians are expected to analyze the clinical trials and give a detailed report of their findings and observation in a numerical format.

Analysis of Genomics Data: Genomic data refers to the genome (complete set of genes or genetic material present in cell or organism) and DNA data of an organism. They are used in bioinformatics for collecting, storing and processing the genomes of living things. Analysis of this data requires utmost accuracy and patience.

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