Presentation title

Biostatistics use of TCS in Mumbai

by Trine Næstoft Juhl (TRJU)

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Agenda

• Introduction • Team• Tasks to be outsourced• XXX

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Purpose

”To gain a flexible pool of qualified statisticians and statistical programmers. Hereby avoid bottlenecks within Biostatistics, meet our deadlines and ensure high quality deliverables”

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The company

• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), member of the TATA group

• Provides: Information technology consulting services and business process outsourcing organisation

• TATA• The Tata family of enterprises comprises 96 companies

in seven business sectors. Examples: Cars, Steel, Energy, Tea, Chemicals, Services

• The Tata Group is one of India's largest and most respected business conglomerates

• With revenues in 2005-06 of $21.9 billion, the equivalent of about 2.8 per cent of the country's GDP

• Tata companies together employ some 202,712 people

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Biostatistics activities in Mumbai

• A team five started in August 2006• Now they are seven

• Stepwise approach• Transition phase (August)• Implementation phase (September-

February, Stop – go decision)• Steady state

• Project activities• The team has worked on EX1000, hGH, NovoSeven and Liraglutide

as a part of the implementation and steady state phases

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NN-TCS Biostatistics Team

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Team

• Lead Statistician: Satish Shetty (MSc. Statistics)• Statistical Analyst: Rajesh Joshi (MSc. Statistics)• Programmers: Rajalakshmi Iyer (MSc. Statistics, maternity leave)

  Tejal Tank (MSc. Statistics) Pranil Raut (MSc. Statistics)

Venkata Datla (MSc. Engineering) Neelam Maurya (MSc. Computer Science)

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Tasks to be outsourced

• Primarily: Programming and validation tasks • Advanced statistical analyses will be handled at NNHQ

• Secondarily : Simple trials • All analyses, programming and validation

• Longer perspective: Full trial analysis• Including SAP and End-of-Text Material

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Tasks handled by TCS

• Analyses and programming of trials• Partial programming and validation of trials • Partial validation of trials

• This illustrates the flexibility of which tasks can be assigned to TCS and likewise the close collaboration with statisticians and statistical programmers at NNHQ

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How will the collaboration affect your department

• Collaboration• Statisticians and statistical programmers

• Is the primary point of contact• Is responsible for the collaboration and ensuring all

relevant information is available to TCS• Is providing access to data and documentation

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Thank you for your attention

Any questions?