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What I do: director of biostatistics

Published on February 26, 2026   35 min

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Interviewer: Today, in a series of interviews on what I do, I'm interviewing Dr. Avery McIntosh, Biostatistician Director at Pfizer. On his LinkedIn page, he has written, "I have a passion for finding data-driven solutions to complex problems." Dr. McIntosh's research interests include trial design and analysis strategies for cell and gene therapies, small sample inference, and use of real-world evidence in clinical development. Dr. McIntosh has experience in "driving innovative approaches to develop and commercialize multiple early and late-stage programs, small molecule, antibody, and gene therapy modalities." Dr. McIntosh, thank you very much for sparing the time. To start to understand what you do and how you do it and with whom it is done, may I ask two questions? One, where does the question you seek to answer come from? Do you go out seeking questions to answer, or are they brought to you? Two, who decides if your answer is correct? Dr. McIntosh. Dr. McIntosh: Thank you, Neil, for that nice introduction. The questions that we, as drug developers, seek to answer usually come from a multi-stakeholder perspective. We have clinical teams involved in the development and potential commercialization of investigational new drugs and from my perspective as a biostatistician,

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