Staburo @ 57th EMWA Conference in Valencia

Our two colleagues Kathi Künnemann and Ulrike Fischer, both Senior Disclosure Managers and Medical Writers, attended the EMWA conference 2024 in Valencia. It was a truly enriching experience not only for its professional and educational content but also for its warm and inclusive atmosphere.

Each of our two colleagues proudly presented a poster, contributing to the wealth of knowledge shared at the event. Ulrike presented: ‘An attempt to translate estimands into plain language’  and Kathi presented: ‘Plain language summaries created with Artificial intelligence’. The opportunity to expand their understanding through workshops and engage in meaningful exchanges with other medical writers was invaluable.

Highlights included high-quality presentations on AI, meeting the translators’ group, and insightful roundtable discussions as well as the sunny weather of Valencia.

Staburo Walk & Run Team Event 2024

Thrilled to celebrate our recent Staburo GmbH team event, which kicked off with a warm-up session in a perfect weather, setting the tone for the exciting activities ahead. Runners tackled a 6 km route, while walkers enjoyed a comfortable 3 km stroll along the Isar in the southern part of Munich. This was followed by a company-themed quiz, that sparked some friendly competition and laughter. To conclude the day, we adjourned to a nearby restaurant, providing an opportunity for further networking and relaxation.

A huge thanks to all participants for making it a memorable day! Looking forward to more exciting team moments together!

Staburo at the 70th Biometric Colloquium in Lübeck

With the slogan “Navigating the Sea of Data: Biometrics Guides the Way”, the 70th Biometric Colloquium took place at the University of Lübeck from February 28 – March 01, 2024.

While various topics were presented, Maria Stark, Senior Data Scientist at Staburo GmbH, delved into practical aspects of planning and analyzing diagnostic studies in the “Statistics in Practice” invited session.

The talk was a joint work together with her former colleagues of Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf. They covered several aspects such as the choice of a study design, definition of an estimand, calculation of the sample size and the analysis and report of the study results.

The conference was a successful event, featuring three keynote presentations on statistical methods in high-dimensional genetic data, insights in the work at the European Medicines Agency and causal inference.

This memorable experience for our colleague, Maria Stark, was concluded with a networking dinner hosted at the venue of the traditional restaurant “Schiffergesellschaft,” followed by a guided city tour of Lübeck.

Staburo at the 9th Pharm-Tox Summit in Munich 

Imagine you are tasked with designing a phase II dose finding study to come up with a suitable dose for phase III. To accomplish this, the invited talk by Gabriele Bleckert from Staburo GmbH at the 9th German Pharm-Tox Summit in Munich on 14 March 2024 within the AGAH session gave good directions.

Ten years ago, the Multiple Comparison Procedure and Modelling (MCP-Mod) Methodology was qualified by regulators as an efficient statistical methodology for model-based design and analysis of phase II dose finding studies under model uncertainty.

The talk showcased two clinical trials in the indication Schizophrenia and Diabetes where MCP-Mod has been implemented successfully. MCP-Mod was motivated and key features of the methodology were explained with focus on MCP-Mod at analysis stage. Planning of MCP-Mod trials was elaborated in the subsequent talk by Sebastian Bossert from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Many thanks to Ruwen Böhm and Barbara Schug from SocraTec who chaired the AGAH (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e. V.) session for inviting us to share our insights on MCP-Mod. Special thanks to Sebastian Bossert for the illuminating exchange on MCP-Mod.

Februar team get togethers

February is already over, and we look back on some smaller, but great and fun team get togethers in our office. As we continue to grow, it is always important that we create time and opportunities to get to know each other and exchange ideas.

Beginning of the months we celebrated the carnival season with fresh doughnuts (German: Krapfen) in the office and enjoyed a relaxed coffee break together.

A few weeks later this was followed by one of our monthly office days plus another movie night for all colleagues. On this day also a lot of our remote colleagues travelled to our office in Munich, and we had the chance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of our colleagues.

As we have ‘Big Lebowski’ fans in our team, this film was on the programme and was accompanied by a presentation about the most important characters in the run-up to the film. We spent an entertaining und funny evening together including pizza and drinks.

We always look forward to meeting our colleagues in our office – either for business meetings or for smaller after work events. Thanks for your great participation.