Jessica Ritsick, Yifan Wang, Ph.D. Our FDA: Drug & Device Team analyzes the Food and Drug Administration’s new guidance on Bayesian approaches to innovative drug trials, providing greater clarity on ...

The majority of epidemiological studies are exercises in measurement; i.e., we try to estimate as accurately as we can some potential (possibly causal) association between an exposure and an outcome.

Past studies indicate that men are more likely to smoke and be at higher risk of smoking-related conditions than women. Our research aimed, through meta-analysis, to assess the association between ...

The FDA's move to incorporate Bayesian statistical methods into clinical trials of drugs and biologics garnered special treatment in JAMA this week. JAMA published three perspectives -- two welcoming ...

New FDA guidance on the use of Bayesian statistics signals a broader shift in accommodating more flexible clinical trial ...