Uppsala pharmacometrics workshop before PAGE in June

Dear all, Uppsala Pharmacometrics with Mats Karlsson and colleagues will give a 3-day course on Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic modeling of continuous and categorical data in NONMEM 7 for intermediate and advanced users from 6th to 8th of June in Berlin, Germany, as a satellite meeting before PAGE 2010. The course presents modeling strategies, techniques and implementations (using NONMEM 7) for the handling of PK-PD information in population models. PD models for continuous data as well as binary, ordered categorical, count and time to event data will be discussed. The course will include explanations and comparisons (with respect to PK-PD modeling) of the different estimation methods available in NONMEM 7. Model diagnostics for PK-PD models including diagnostics for the new estimation methods offered in NONMEM 7 will also be covered. The course will consist of both lectures and hands-on computer exercises using NONMEM 7, PsN and Xpose 4. The participants will be provided with large library of NONMEM code as well as self-instructive material for further studies and exploration of examples for a wide range of PKPD models applied in different disease areas. A prerequisite for the course is experience with performing NONMEM analyses and basic knowledge of PK/PD models. For more information and registration, see www.uppsala-pharmacometrics.com. Best regards, Ulrika Simonsson Ulrika Simonsson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacometrics Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences Uppsala University Box 591, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden