Date:         Tue, 20 Jul 2004 04:50:53 -0400
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From:         Natalie Fforde <natalie@FFORDE-MANAGEMENT.COM>
Subject:      Recruitment for Novartis Pharma Ag- Health Economics
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Fforde Recruitment welcome the opportunity to offer the following position
at Novartis in Switzerland or on contract in UK, why join Novartis?

Novartis is an excellent client to consider for the following reasons:

1. They have 79 drugs in the pipeline
2. They have an extremely strong Oncology ECD and CV area
3. Biostatistics is considered of utmost importance in the company
4. The recruitment of quality people is their priority , therefore if
you were considering a job at Novartis your colleagues would be excellent
assets
5. Basel is an excellent location!
6. They offer a great relocation package and salaries are very good


Statisticians for Health Economics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel

Statisticians and Programmers for a new group to support Patient Reported
Outcomes and Economical Support data.

In today’s environment the careful planning, reporting and presentation of
Patient Reported Outcomes and Economics Support (PRO/ES) data is becoming
more and more important to provide Health Economics arguments for pricing,
reimbursement and marketing purposes.  In times of parallel processing of
information for registration and publication, under tight timelines,
Novartis realises the need for dedicated resources to support the planning,
analysis and reporting of PRO/ES data from clinical trials.  Therefore,
within the department of Biostatistics and Statistical Reporting, we are
setting up a new group to support PRO/ES aspects of our clinical
development projects.  This initially small group of 2 statisticians and
one programmer, lead by an experienced and enthusiastic leader, may well
become the nucleus of a developing and growing function.

The main tasks of this new group will be to influence the design of
clinical development projects and stuffed to include the important aspects
of PRO/ES to plan and implement the analysis and reporting of these
endpoints, and to support the publication of these data.  This group should
also function as a centre of excellence and as advocates for these aspects
within the various functions of Clinical Research and Development in
Novartis.  Working as part of one of the leading Biostatistics group in the
pharmaceutical industry, you are part of an exciting environment, driven by
innovation and cutting edge methodology, and offering a wealth of
development opportunities.

Your qualifications:

• University degree in Statistics of Mathematics or a related area
(PhD or MSc. Level)
• At least seven years relevant experience in the field of clinical
trials for a senior level position, or at least three years for a more
junior level as a must, preferably with experiences in the PRO/ES area
• Good knowledge of clinical trials methodology, scientific
computation and SAS; S-Plus an advantage
• Flexible, positive, creative thinker, good communicator, negotiator
and team player



Natalie Fforde
Managing Director
Fforde
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Email: natalie@fforde-management.com