1st Edition

Biostatistics for Bioassay

By Ann Yellowlees, Matthew Stephenson Copyright 2025
318 Pages 105 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

318 Pages 105 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

318 Pages 105 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

In recent decades, there has been enormous growth in biologics research and development, with the accompanying development of biological assays for emerging products. In parallel, there have been substantial advances in statistical methodology, as well as technological advances in computer power, enabling new techniques to be implemented via statistical software. Biostatistics for Bioassay... Read more

I Potency and its measurement: bioassays and their performance

1. Introduction - bioassays and potency

2. Bioassay performance requirements

3. Bioassay design

II Estimation of potency: the statistical analysis of bioassay runs

4. Statistical models for characterising the dose-response relationship

5. Choosing the dose-response relationship for bioassay data

6. Assay data analysis

7. Bioassay suitability criteria

III Validation, monitoring and modifications

8. Qualification and validation of bioassays

9. Monitoring the performance of a bioassay procedure

10.Bioassay updates and modifications

Biography

Ann Yellowlees is Founder of Quantics Biostatistics. Ann has worked in academia, Shell Research, and the NHS in Scotland. She has been consulting in bioassay statistics since 2006. She holds degrees in both mathematics and applied statistics from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in statistics from the University of Waterloo.

Matthew Stephenson is a Director of Statistics at Quantics Biostatistics, with an undergraduate degree in human kinetics, and an MSc and PhD in statistics from the University of Guelph. He won the 2020 Canadian Journal of Statistics Award for his PhD research on leveraging graphical structure among predictors to improve outcome prediction.