Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry, abbreviated to PSI^[1], is an organisation for the promotion of statistical thinking in order to improve the quality of research and development in the pharmaceutical industry.

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).

[edit] PSI Conference

Since 1978 PSI have held a conference annually, the locations of which are listed below:

**The PSI annual conference**
Year	Location
1978	The Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
1979	Jesus College, Oxford University
1980	Newnham College, Cambridge University
1981	Lincoln Hall, Nottingham University
1982	Wentworth College, York University
1983	Wills Hall, Bristol University
1984	St Hilda's College, Oxford University
1985	Sorby Hall, Sheffield University
1986	The Murray Building, Southampton University
1987	The Cairn Hotel, Harrogate
1988	The Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport
1989	Atlantic Tower Hotel, Liverpool
1990	The Viking Hotel, York
1991	The Grand Hotel, Bristol
1992	Hospitality Inn, Brighton
1993	The Grand Hotel, Bristol
1994	Hilton National Hotel, Coventry
1995	The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool
1996	De Vere Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth
1997	Stratford Mout House Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
1998	The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
1999	De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton
2000	Stakis Metropole Hotel, Brighton
2001	Carden Park Hotel, Chester
2002	Sopwell House Hotel, St Albans
2003	Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge
2004	Carden Park Hotel, Chester
2005	City Hall, Cardiff (Joint meeting with Royal Statistical Society)
2006	Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge
2007	Carden Park Hotel, Chester
2008	Hilton Hotel, Brussels
2009	Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton

[edit] 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.