PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Certara
Certara has announced an appointment of its own. Lawrence Lesko, former Director of Clinical Pharmacolopy at the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CEDER) will join the company’s Simcyp Scientific Advisory Board.
Lesko spent 16 years at CDER before his retirement in 2011. He currently serves as Clinical Professor and Director of the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology at the University of Florida.
“We are definitely seeing increased use of modelling and simulation in new drug applications (NDAs),” said the professor.
“They provide valuable insight regarding dose selection in unstudied populations, such as paediatric patients or those with rare diseases. They also allow researchers to study potential drug-drug interactions in virtual populations before new products enter clinical trials. I look forward to working with the Simcyp team and helping them to continue to advance this field.”