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Eckhard Pecher Tokyo Fax +49-721-1512-87083 mail@statistician.de
EDUCATION Diplom (German Equivalent of M.Sc.), 1995 University of Munich, Germany Major: Statistics Minors: Computer Science, Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Position: Local Department Head a.i. Statistcs and Programming, Novartis Pharma PK, Tokyo, Japan (Since June 1997=
97-Present Statistician/Senior Statistician/Expert Statistician Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland (2006: Novartis Pharma KK, Tokyo, Japan) Design and analysis of phase II and III clinical trials. Activities on trial and projectlevel in cross-functional teams with members on both sides of the Atlantic.Planning of large-scale long-term trial. Analysis programming in SAS. Responsible statistician for large-scale long-term outcomes trial. Lead program statistician for antidiabetic drug. Statistical lead in submission activities. Health Authority interactions and meetings (FDA, CHMP) Therapeutic areas: Cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, diabetes & impaired glucose tolerance.
96/97 Biostatistician Nycomed Austria AG, Vienna, Austria Data Validation, analysis programming of Phase II and III clinical trials (predominantly on morphine derivatives in oncology) using the SAS software.
96 Statistician Nycomed Imaging GmbH, Ismaning near Munich Data Management (using Paradox databases) and statistical analysis of Phase III trials of contrast media. Writing full clinical study reports.
JOB-RELATED SKILLS
Computer skills SAS software; R. Specialized statistical software, e.g. for sample size calculation MS-Windows (NT, 98) & Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Linux/KDE, programming languages
Non-clinical Coordination of IT-related tasks within the statistics department (Basle site): activities Evaluation and ordering of new hardware and software, supervision of installation validation documentation and testing of statistical software packages according to internal and external requirements.
Courses attended Various internal and external courses and congresses, e.g. on sample size calculation, long-term clinical trials, general linear and mixed models, generalized estimation equations, multiple imputation
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Languages German: Native speaker, English: Fluent, written and spoken (office language at work), Spanish: Good (DELE diploma intermedio 11/2005, 94.5pts/100), French and Japanese: Working knowledge
INTERESTS Cycling, Travelling, Music, Computing
For a list of some publications, click here.
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