Les holds a Master of Science degree in Statistics and has 26 years of international drug development experience, from preclinical research through commercial launch. He began his pharmaceutical career with Syntex Research in Biostatistics in 1977, serving in statistical and management positions and rising to the Head of Statistical Programming, and, later, International Biometrics Operations. With the purchase of Syntex by Roche Pharmaceuticals, Les became International Planning/Project Manager for the cytovene program in 1993. He has taught university level statistics courses and served in a consultant role for the biotechnology industry. Les joined Clinimetrics in 1997, where his responsibilities have included management of all biostatistics and data management operations, as well as information systems. Currently, he is Vice President of Biostatistics and has statistical responsibility for worldwide strategic clinical program development, study design, analysis, and statistical reporting of client studies. |