Introduction: Health economic decisions rely on the evaluation of complex systems. The complexity demonstrates itself in several aspects: (1) each…
Read morePoster: Methodology - New Modelling Approaches
Crossing borders from mechanistic QSP to clinical population modeling
Introduction: The field of pharmacometrics had decades to evolve and establish itself as an indispensable component of drug development in…
Read moreA novel approach to estimate ontogenies for PBPK applications – From literature data to simulations
Objectives: Application of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling in pediatric and geriatric populations requires a detailed understanding of age-dependent physiological…
Read moreBayesian individual dynamic predictions of biomarkers and risk of event in joint modelling (with uncertainty): a comparison between Stan, Monolix and NONMEM
Objectives: Joint models of drug or biomarker kinetics and occurrence of event are increasingly used in drug development using nonlinear…
Read morePositive allosteric modulators – a challenge for development of QSP models
Background: Positive allosteric modulator (PAM)-antagonists exhibit paradoxical pharmacological profiles by simultaneously increasing agonist affinity whilst decreasing the efficacy of the agonist…
Read moreQSP Modelling of Neurodegenerative Chronic Diseases and Brain Biomarkers: Adding the Effect of Ageing on Brain Volume
Introduction: Physiological modelling and simulation including brain physiology (and/or pharmacology) have been typically based on the assumption that brain is…
Read moreComparison of Phase I combination therapy designs by clinical trial simulations to evaluate early tumor shrinkage
Objectives: In oncology, there is a growing interest in the use of combination therapies in early clinical trials, but most…
Read moreSystems pharmacology modelling of the alternative pathway to study target suitability
Objectives: The complement system (CS) is an integral part of the innate immune system. Its effector functions include pathogen clearance…
Read moreAn open source software solution for automating pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model selection
Objectives:The current approach to population PKPD model selection is formally known as downhill search and is a local search method….
Read moreShared Learning from a Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Strategy for Human Pharmacokinetics Prediction through Retrospective Analysis of Genentech Compounds
Introduction: Quantitative prediction of human pharmacokinetics (PK) including the PK profile and key PK parameters are critical for early drug…
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