Welcome to Berry Consultants

Berry Consultants is a statistical consulting group specializing in adaptive clinical trial design in pharmaceutical and medical device research and development. We are leaders in the Bayesian approach to medical statistics. This approach is radically changing the way research is done throughout the medical industry (device and drug development). We employ world renown experts in Bayesian statistics and strive to set the standard for Bayesian design and analysis in the statistical and medical communities.

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Can We Help You?

The Bayesian approach provides a mathematically rigorous and principled methodology for making decisions under arbitrarily complex scenarios. It provides a powerful framework for determining optimal behavior in the face of uncertainty. However, most non-trivial Bayesian analyses demand skilled and experienced modeling, and typically entail a significant computational effort that usually require deployment of customized software. We can help if you have a decision to make, uncertainty about how to best craft a development strategy, or a clinical trial to design.

Please see our "Services" page for details on what we do, and please feel free to contact us for more information.

About Us

Don Berry is a key opinion leader in Bayesian biostatistics, cancer research and policy, and adaptive trial design. Professor Berry has long championed adaptive trials in clinical research. His vision became reality and adaptive designs earned favor by U.S. and international regulating agencies, and more and more companies looked to collaborate with Prof. Berry. To meet this demand, he started Berry Consultants with Scott Berry in 2000. Since then Berry Consultants has designed over 100 unique adaptive trials for medical device, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies.

In addition to Don Berry, along with Scott Berry as President and principal modeler/programmer, Berry Consultants includes four full-time statistical scientists and a variety of other collaborators to precisely tailor adaptive designs for each unique company, breakthrough technology, and regulatory situation.

See our Q&A with Don Berry for more about our origins, and our guiding philosophy.

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Wyeth wins Bio-IT Best Practices Award for the Adaptive Design Explorer (ADE) which was co-developed by Berry Consultants, Tessella, and Wyeth Research.

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