Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry, abbreviated to PSI, is an organisation for the promotion of statistical thinking in order to improve the quality of research and development in the pharmaceutical industry.
History PSI is a non-profit organisation formed in 1977 which was later converted to a company limited by guarantee, a process which was completed in January 2003. PSI achieves its vision by providing a forum for regular discussion of statistics and matters relating to the practice of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as promoting good statistical practice within the industry.
PSI's membership is around 1000 statisticians from across the Pharmaceutical Industry and academia. About 80% of these are UK based. PSI hosts an annual three day conference for its members, as well as several one-day meetings and training courses. It publishes a quarterly newsletter "SPIN" and sponsors the international journal "Pharmaceutical Statistics", published by John Wiley & Sons.
PSI is a member of the European Federation of Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (EFSPI).
PSI Conference PSI has held an annual conference every year since 1978. In its early years the conference was typically held at an English university, but later moved to hotel conference facilities. The first conference to be held outside the United Kingdom was in 2008, but since then the venue has tended to alternate between the UK and other European venues outside the UK. The full list of conference locations is shown below:
+The PSI annual conferenceYearLocationPSI Chair1978 The Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon Jorgen Seldrup, Geigy1979 University of Oxford, Jesus College, Oxford John Lewis, ICI1980 University of Cambridge, Newnham College, Cambridge John Lewis, ICI1981 University of Nottingham, Lincoln Hall, Nottingham Alan Ebbutt, Ciba-Geigy1982 University of York, Wentworth College, York Chris Hallett, Roche1983 University of Bristol, Wills Hall, Bristol Chris Hallett, Roche1984 University of Oxford, St Hilda's College, Oxford David Robinson, Glaxo1985 University of Sheffield, Sorby Hall, Sheffield David Robinson, Glaxo1986 University of Southampton, The Murray Building, Southampton John Shelton, Searle1987 The Cairn Hotel, Harrogate John Shelton, Searle1988 The Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport Richard Hews, Pfizer1989 Atlantic Tower Hotel, Liverpool Cynthia Haliburn, SK&F Labs1990 The Viking Hotel, York Alec Vardy, Duphar1991 The Grand Hotel, Bristol Alec Vardy, Duphar1992 Hospitality Inn, Brighton Phil Poole, Sterling Winthrop1993 The Grand Hotel, Bristol Phil Poole, Pfizer1994 Hilton National Hotel, Coventry Mick Godley, Zeneca1995 The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool Mick Godley, Zeneca1996 De Vere Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth David Morgan, HMR1997 Stratford Moat House Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon David Morgan, HMR1998 The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate Andy Grieve, Pfizer1999 De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton Andy Grieve, Pfizer2000 Stakis Metropole Hotel, Brighton John Chapman, Quintiles2001 Carden Park Hotel, Chester John Chapman, Serono2002 Sopwell House Hotel, St Albans Sue McKeown, Procter & Gamble2003 Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge Sue McKeown, Procter & Gamble2004 Carden Park Hotel, Chester Kerry Gordon, Quintiles2005 City Hall, Cardiff (Joint meeting with Royal Statistical Society) Kerry Gordon, Quintiles2006 Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge Paul Worthington, Chiltern International2007 Carden Park Hotel, Chester Paul Worthington, Takeda2008 The Hotel, Brussels (Joint meeting with EFSPI) Sara Hughes, GlaxoSmithKline2009 Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton Sara Hughes, GlaxoSmithKline2010 Midland Hotel, Manchester Stephen Pyke, Pfizer2011 Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney Stephen Pyke, Pfizer2012 The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield Katherine Hutchinson, Quanticate2013 Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow Katherine Hutchinson, Quanticate2014 The Tower Hotel, London Robert Cuffe, ViiV Healthcare2015 Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London Robert Cuffe, ViiV Healthcare2016 Pullman Hotel, Berlin Mark Morris, Conatus Pharmaceuticals2017 Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London Nigel Howitt, Covance2018 Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam Nigel Howitt, Covance2019 Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London Nigel Howitt, Covance2020 Webinar Series Lucy Rowell, Roche2021 Online Conference Lucy Rowell, Roche2022 Gothia Towers, Gothenburg Chrissie Fletcher, GSK2023 Novotel London West, London Chrissie Fletcher, GSK2024
Footnotes The abbreviation PSI is chosen in preference to the more literal SPI to avoid connotations with the word "spy", and to tie in with the Greek letter Ψ - Greek letters playing a substantial part in statistics. Ψ was the original logo of PSI. The 2020 conference had been scheduled to take place in Barcelona but was changed to a Webinar series because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
External links PSI Website PharmaClik Website Pharmaceutical Statistics (PSI Journal)