Bioequivalence and Bioavailability Forum

Hi Helmut!

❝ I guess small CROs – which will not jump ship – will opt for the lowest fee (still an amazing cost increase of 75% from the 2014 fee of 2,254 USD). Then what?

[…] you will be asked to submit a certification document to reconcile the # of actual studies completed to those you purchased.

A “certification document”? Oh yes, I performed 100, but state 5. Will Certara hire a private dick sneaking into my office and check? C’mon! Or is there a hidden counter in the software which phones home every time I execute a workflow?

I asked about this, they said that the studies we conduct are confidential and they'll not be able to control that. So they would not know how many studies we did in fact. This log that Luvblooms was talking seems bizarre, since the number of times I use Phoenix is not the same number of studies I conduct, as established above... And we haven't even talked about the studies with two or three analytes, that sometimes we have to run separates workflows (different concentration units, sampling schedule, etc.).

❝ ❝ May be time to improve my R "almost non-existing" skills!

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❝ Why not? Many companies use PHX/WNL for NCA only (and run the stats in SAS). Package bear is an alternative for NCA in R.

Time goes by in the rush of our daily routines, and unfortunately little time is left for developing new skills... But I gotta find some room for that in my day, maybe I could squeeze that in 00-06am.
I use R now and then, but still a bit painful to use it comparing with Phoenix.

❝ Have your heard about RapidNCA? Seems that only the bloody linear trapezoidal method is implemented.

Well, this is the first time I'm hearing about this also... Really seems nice, have you checked it out personally? I couldn't find a demo version to download.

Regards

Lucas