Roche / Genentech

Building and Managing Unified R Environments for Data Science and Software Development

R and Biocondutor are important tools supporting scientific workflows across early Research and Development at Roche/Genentech. We have a broad R users community, which includes Data Scientists, Software Developers and consumers of Data Products …

visR - a package for effective visualization in Pharma

Implementing Mixed Models with Repeated Measures (MMRM) in R and Shiny for Regulatory Purposes

MMRMs are often used as the primary analysis of continuous endpoints in longitudinal clinical trials (see e.g. Mallinckrod et al, 2008). Essentially, an MMRM is a specific linear mixed effects model that includes (at least) an interaction of …

Collaborating at scale: managing an enterprise analytical computing ecosystem

In a large organization, collaboration faces many obstacles. Groups may inadvertently reinvent functionality and expend redundant effort. Siloing may impede aggregation and comparison of results. Analysts may not be aware of potential collaborators. …

Embrace R in Pharma - building internal R community and establishing fit-for-purpose R pilots

R is the dominant language in modern quantitative science, however it is still not widely used in pharma industry. In this talk I will share learnings in building an internal R user community in a large global organization, via efforts including …

R Packages for Analyzing Clinical Trials Data with R Focusing on Safety And Early Efficacy

The R shiny-based nest framework (previously named teal) has been proven valuable in exploratory settings and supporting strategic decision meetings. To allow more clinical studies to be able to adopt this agile framework in a wider range, we've …

Re-envisioning Clinical Content Delivery in the Open Source World

Content delivery in preparation for filing a clinical study report requires robust tooling for quickly and reproducibly compiling analysis of study data. Traditionally, this reproducibility has stemmed from one-time, rigorous validation of a …

Updates on Analyzing Clinical Trials Data with R

At R in Pharma 2018, I gave a workshop and a presentation on analyzing clinical trials data with R. Since then much has happened at Roche/Genentech with regard to analyzing clinical trials data with R our R-based projects got funded in order to …

Accelerate Personalized Health Care by Empowering Biomarker Data

In Pharmaceutical industry, personalized patient care is about having access to traditional and new data sources including comprehensive diagnostic data, sensor data, real-world data, etc., applying traditional and advanced analytics like machine …

Analyzing Clinical Trials Data with R

Creating datasets and tables, listings and graphs (TLGs) for analyzing clinical trials data with R, such that in the final stage the code, datasets and TLGs can be submitted to the health authorities, is a multifaceted problem. We have been working …