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BEBAC Ing. Helmut Schütz

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No, he does not even want to convince;
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– Karl R. Popper
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Lecture / PresentationDateLocationEvent
2025
How to measure what happens in pharmacokinetics: PK metrics of relevance! • Pit­falls in BA/BE7/8 OctDEOberurselAGAH – Ap­plied Course in Cli­ni­cal Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics
Statistical challenges and opportunities in ICH M13C26 FebNLAmsterdamMedicines for Eu­rope’s 3rd Bio­equi­va­lence Con­fe­rence
2024
Comparative BA Studies – Fundamentals and Common Pit­falls5 NovATViennaMedUni Vienna, De­part­ment of Clinical Phar­ma­cology
How to measure what happens in pharmacokinetics: PK metrics of relevance! • Pit­falls in BA/BE1/2 OctDEOberurselAGAH – Ap­plied Course in Cli­ni­cal Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics
Data Manipulation in Bio­equi­va­lence13 JunUSAglobal virtualSAAMnow Spring Work­shop on Data Inte­grity in BE Stu­dies
Highly Variable Drugs and Type I Error16 AprUSARockville6th International Work­shop – GBHI 2024
2023
Data Manipulation in Bio­equi­valence29 NovBEBrussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
Medicines for Eu­rope’s BE Working Party meeting
ICH M13A: testing for multi-group- and multi-center–effects in comparative BA trials: statistical con­si­de­r­a­tions and con­se­quences for interpretation11 OctDEFrank­furtExperience meets Ex­per­tise. BE: New Trends and recent Dis­cus­sions.
How to measure what happens in pharmacokinetics: PK metrics of relevance! • Pit­falls in BA/BE5/6 OctDEOberurselAGAH-Workshop “Ap­plied Course in Cli­ni­cal Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics”
Sex– and group–related problems in BE. A delusion.21/22 SepCZPrague
Praha
BioBridges 2023
Statistical challenges and opportunities in ICH M13A26 AprBEBrussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
Medicines for Eu­rope’s 2nd Bio­equi­va­lence Work­shop
2022
How to measure what happens in phar­ma­cokinetics: PK metrics of relevance! • Pit­falls in BA/BE6/7 OctDEOberurselAGAH-Workshop “Intro­duc­tion into Basic Prin­ci­ples of Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics”
Novel approaches in adaptive designs and α adjustment, e.g., with futility criteria and for parallel design studies • Dis­cus­sion | Con­sumer risk in SABE28/29 SepNLAmsterdam5th International Con­fe­rence of the GBHI
tmax Evaluation – Where are we and where will we go…22/23 SepCZPrague
Praha
BioBridges 2022
2021
Bioequivalence – An Old Area with some Uncharted Territories15 DecATglobal virtualBiometric Col­lo­qui­um
Critical Remarks on Reference-Scaled Average Bioequivalence22 OctRUglobal virtual3rd International conference «The life cycle of medicines: simple and complex tasks»
Steady-State Studies29 AprBRglobal virtualEstudos em doses múltiplas para me­di­camentos genéricos e similares de liberação mo­di­fi­ca­da – Con­texto nacional e internacional
2020
Steady-state Studies • Pilot Studies • Two-Stage De­signs • Replicate De­signs • Outliers in Bioequivalence11–13 FebBRCampinasNetwork of Scien­ti­fic Ex­cel­lence
2019
Similarity and Com­pa­ra­bility • Vali­da­tion and Com­pli­ance Issues4–6 NovGRAthens
Αθήνα
BE, Dis­so­lution & Bio­wai­vers
Critical aspects regarding – not only – statistical analysis of BE studies. Ex­pe­ri­ences of a con­sul­tant2 OctATVienna
Wien
European In­spec­tors’ Meet­ing
General Principles of Bio­stud­ies • De­sign of Com­pa­rative Bioavailability Studies • Re­gu­la­tory Demands for Bio­stu­dies • PK-based De­sign, Sample Size Con­si­de­ra­tions • Bio­analytical Method De­ve­lopment and Va­li­da­tion • Noncompartmental Ana­lysis, Sta­tis­ti­cal Eva­lu­ation • Good Clinical Prac­tice • Pit­falls in Bioequivalence25–27 JunBDDhaka
ঢাকা
Advancing Bio­equi­va­lence Regu­la­tion and Com­pe­tency in Bangla­desh
2018
The General Requirements for Bio­studies7–9 NovGRAthens
Αθήνα
BE, Dis­so­lu­tion & IVIVC
Multi-Group Studies in Bioequivalence. To pool or not to pool?26/27 SepCZPrague
Praha
BioBridges 2018
Multi-Group Studies in BE. To pool or not to pool?24/25 SepJOAmman
عمان
The 3rd MENA Re­gu­la­to­ry Confe­rence On BE, Bio­wai­vers, Bio­ana­lysis and Dis­so­lution
How to measure what happens in phar­ma­cokinetics: PK metrics of relevance! • Pit­falls in BA/BE5/6 JunDEOberurselAGAH-Workshop “Intro­duc­tion into Basic Prin­ci­ples of Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics”
Basic Statistics for BE • Sample Size Esti­mation • Group-Se­quen­tial and Two-Stage De­signs • Reference-scaling and Control of the Type I Error • Non­para­me­tric Statistics (tmax, tlag) • Spe­ci­al Topics24 AprESPamplona
Iruña
Basic Statistical Con­cepts Behind BE Testing
Discussion: Scaling procedure and adaptive design(s) • Primary and secondary PK me­trics for evaluation of steady state stu­dies, Cmin vs. Cτ, relevance of Cmin/Cτ or fluc­tuation for bioequivalence assessment12/13 AprNLAmsterdam3rd International Con­fe­rence of the GBHI
Validation and Compliance Issues19–21 MarESBarcelonaBioequivalence, Dis­so­lu­tion & IVIVC
2017
Dissolution / Biowaivers / IVIVC5/6 DecLTKaunasTraining on BE
Multi-Group Studies in Bioequivalence. To pool or not to pool?19/20 OctRUYaroslavl
Ярос­ла́вль
IInd International Con­fe­rence «Stu­dies of me­di­ci­nal pro­ducts: Simple and com­plex tasks»
Unequal carry­over – “solved” in BE but still an Is­sue in Assessing Bio­simi­la­rity? • Multi-Group and Mul­ti-Site Stu­dies. To pool or not to pool? • Group-Se­quential and Two-Stage De­signs • Re­fe­rence-scal­ing and Control of the Type I Error5 OctHUBudapest2nd Annual Bio­si­mi­lars Forum
Satellite Short Course: Open Is­sues in the As­sess­ment of BE and Bio­si­mi­la­rity
How to design a pilot stu­dy – extrapolation of results21 SepCZPrague
Praha
BioBridges 2017
General Hurdles and Pit­falls in BE Studies12–14 JunATVienna
Wien
BE, Dis­so­lu­tion & IVIVC
2016
The General Requirements for Bio­studies • Establishing the Bio­study Sta­tistical De­sign: Part I, Part II • Pilot Studies • Si­mi­la­rity, Com­pa­ra­bility and Correlation • Soft­ware Vali­dation • Ge­ne­ral Hurdles and Pit­falls in BE Stu­dies • Where are we going with Dis­so­lu­tion and BE Studies?14–16 NovDEBerlinBE, Dis­so­lu­tion & IVIVC
Sample Size Estimation • Two Stage De­signs • Re­fe­rence-scaling • Software Va­li­dation • Case Studies6 OctRUMoscow
Москва
BE Workshop
Two-Stage Sequential De­signs: In­du­stry Per­spec­tive • Re­gu­la­tory Per­spec­tive22 SepCZPrague
Praha
BioBridges 2016
Inflation of the Type I Error in Re­fe­rence-scaled Av­er­age Bio­equiva­lence16 JunATVienna
Wien
Pharmacometrics & Bio­sta­tistics Meeting
Statistical Planning and Eva­lu­a­tion of Bio­equi­valence Stu­dies6 JunPTLisbon
Lisboa
Scientific and Re­gu­la­tory Issues in Drug De­ve­lop­ment and BE
Reference-Scaled Av­er­age Bio­equi­va­lence11 MarESBilbao
Bilbo
Drug Modeling & Con­sult­ing – Group Meeting
2015
Designs for Bio­equi­valence Stu­dies • Sample Size Esti­ma­tion for Bioequivalence Stu­dies19 NovUAKyiv
Київ
5th Scien­tific Con­fe­rence “Clini­cal Trials of Me­di­cines in Ukra­ine”
Statistical Software in BE19 MayCZPrague
Praha
BA, BE, Dis­so­lu­tion and Bio­wai­vers
Two-Stage Sequential De­signs in Bio­equivalence27 JanESBarcelonaXII Congreso de la So­cie­dad Española de Far­ma­cia In­dus­tri­al y Ga­lé­nica
2014
Practical Advice for Im­ple­ment­ing Two-​Stage Designs14 MayHUBudapestBA, BE, Dis­so­lu­tion and Bio­wai­vers
Basic Designs for BE Stu­dies • Sample Size Esti­ma­tion for BE Studies • Two-Stage Sequential Designs • Outliers in BE Studies24 AprRUMoscow
Москва
Bioequivalence Stu­dies in Russia: Phar­ma­co­ki­netics, Sta­tistics and Ana­lytics
Pharmacokinetic Issues: A Basic Refresher7 AprDEMunich
München
Haemophilia Master Class: Per­so­na­lized Treat­ment and Care
2013
Partial AUCs • Two-Stage Designs in BE Stu­dies • MR: Cmin – Cτ16 OctCZPrague
Praha
Clinical De­velop­ment Work­shop
Pharmacokinetic and Sta­tis­tical Ana­lysis of BE Data24 SepJOAmman
عمان
1st MENA Re­gu­la­tory Con­fe­rence on BE, Bio­waivers, Bio­ana­lysis and Dis­so­lution
Pharmacokinetic Analysis of BE Data • Statistical Ana­ly­sis of BE Data5/6 JunBELeuven
Louvain
BE As­sess­ment of Oral Dos­age Forms: Ba­sic Con­cepts and Practical Ap­pli­ca­tions
Experiences in Im­ple­ment­ing Two-​Stage Designs in Europe: Tricks and Traps16 MayHUBudapestBA, BE, Dis­so­lu­tion and Bio­wai­vers
Sample Size Estimation • Se­quen­tial Designs • Intro­duc­tion to Population PK • Integration in Chro­ma­to­graphy19 MarROBucharest
București
Bioequivalence work­shop
Reference-Scaled Average Bio­equi­valence (HVDs / HVDPs) • Reference-Scaled Aver­age Bio­equi­valence (NTIDs) • Two-​Stage De­signs25–27 JanINMumbai
मुंबई
Advanced concepts of IVIVC through case studies • Bio­sta­tis­tical aspects of Reference-​scaled & Two stage designs: A regulatory perspective
2012
BE Studies of Highly Vari­able Drugs/​Drug Products (HVDs / HVDPs) • Sta­tis­tics of Two Stage De­signs13 DecCZPrague
Praha
Seminar on BE Stu­dies
Sample Size Estimation in BE Stu­dies including Stu­dies with Highly Variable Drugs – Com­pa­rison of Rus­sian and EU Guide­lines29/30 OctRUMoscow
Москва
Drug development and registration: «Pharma-2020» Im­ple­men­ta­tion Stra­tegy
Introduction to BE • PKNCA, PK based Design, Bio­sta­tistics (Part I, Part II) • De­ve­lop­ment of Bio­ana­lytical Methods for BE Stu­dies • Vali­dation of Bio­ana­ly­tical Methods for BE Studies23–25 MayRUMoscow
Москва
Advanced practical training on phar­ma­co­kinetics, statistics, and ana­lytics in BE Stu­dies towards Rus­sian regulatory re­quire­ments
Sample Size Calculations • Sta­tistical aspects of two-way cross-​over studies • Statistical aspects of refe­rence-scaled studies27–29 JanINMumbai
मुंबई
In vitro in vivo Cor­re­la­tion (IVIVC), Bio­wai­vers & Sta­tis­ti­cal As­pects of BE in Drug Pro­duct De­ve­lop­ment
2011
Practically meeting modified release BE re­quirements8 NovDEBerlinInnovations in Mo­di­fied Re­lease
Workshop: Setting up a BE study: from design to appro­val • Power and intra-subject variability in 2 stage approaches to bioequivalence approval
Presentation: ‘Perfecting’ the two stage study design
19–21 SepBEBrussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
2nd Annual BE and BA Stu­dies
Workshop ‘Design and Eva­lu­ation of BE Studies’: Overview and Intro­duc­tion • Non­com­part­mental Ana­lysis (NCA) in PK, PK based De­sign • Sta­tis­tical De­sign and Analysis (Part I, Part II)
Presentation: Determining Opti­mal Sample Size
16–18 MayHUBudapestBA / BE and Dis­so­lu­tion Testing
Assessment of BE of implants: Ap­pro­pri­ate study design, metrics, and acceptance criteria24 FebESBarcelonaRevision of BE Re­quire­ments for Mo­di­fied Re­lease Pro­ducts
Basic Concepts • Basic De­signs for Bio­equi­valence Studies • Ad­vanced De­signs • Sample Size Cal­cu­la­tions • Add-On and Se­quen­tial Designs29/30 JanINMumbai
मुंबई
Biostatistics: Basic concepts & applicable principles for va­ri­ous designs in BE stu­dies and data ana­lysis
2010
Workshop ‘Taking a Bio­sta­tis­tical Approach to De­sign­ing a BE Study: Ensuring Success through Effective Planning’ (Part I, Part II, Part III)
Presentation: Sample Size Chal­lenges in BE Studies and the Myth of Power
25–27 OctDEMunich
München
Bioequivalence and Bio­availability Stu­dies
Overview and Intro­duc­tion • Ana­ly­ti­cal De­ve­lop­ment and Validation • Cli­ni­cal Part of BA/​BE studies • Non­com­part­ment­al Ana­lysis (NCA) in PK, PK-​based De­sign • Statistical Design and Analysis (Part I, Part II)
Presentation: Successfully Over­com­ing Sample Size Challenges in BE Stu­dies
17–19 MaySILjubljanaWorkshop ‘Design and Eva­lu­ation of BE Studies’
Design and Interpretation of BE Stu­dies – Current and Future Issues9 MarDEglobal virtualHurdles and Pit­falls in Generic Drug De­ve­lop­ment
2009
Best Design of BE Stu­dies: Overview and Intro­duc­tion • Analytical Deve­lop­ment and Va­li­da­tion • Cli­ni­cal part of BA/BE stu­dies • Non­com­part­mental Analysis (NCA) in PK, PK-based De­sign • Statistical Design and Analysis (Part I, Part II, Part III)11 MayHUBudapestBioequivalence and Bio­availability
2008
Analytical Development and Vali­da­tion • Clinical part of Phase I Stu­dies • Sta­tis­ti­cal Design and Ana­ly­sis • Q&A Session: Examples1–3 DecINAhmeda­bad
અમદાવાદ
कर्णावती
Bioavailability, Bio­equi­valence, Phar­ma­co­ki­ne­tics & beyond…
BA/BE design versus ‘job creation scheme’7 OctCZPrague
Praha
Dissolution Test­ing, BA and BE
Bioequivalence – Still an Ap­plied Science or already a ‘Cookbook’?3/4 OctDENurem­berg
Nürnberg
2nd World Con­fe­rence on Magic Bul­lets (Ehrlich II)
Considerations for planning and designing a bio­equivalence (BE) study27 JunUKLondonDissolution Test­ing, BE and BA Stra­te­gies
Ensuring bioanalytical com­pliance of your BA/BE study14 MayHUBudapestDissolution, BA and BE
2007
Getting to grips with statistical aspects of BE studies21 NovDEBerlinDissolution Test­ing, BA & BE
Statistical Evaluation of BE Studies24 MayHUBudapestDissolution Testing, BA & BE
2006
Pitfalls in BA/BE-Studies24 MayHUBudapestDissolution Test­ing, BA & BE
Introduction • Dissolution for BA/BE • BA/BE (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII)7/8 MarTRIstanbul
İstanbul
Regulatory Update and Overview of BE and BA Test­ing with an In­dus­try Per­spec­tive
2004
Pitfalls in BA/BE-Studies19 NovBEBrussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
Dissolution Test­ing, BE & BA Stu­dies

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