Design and Analysis of Bridging Studies

Jen-pei Liu is a professor in the Division of Biometry, Department of Agronomy, and Institute of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine at National Taiwan University. He is also an adjunct investigator in the Institute of Population Health Sciences at the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan. A fellow of the ASA, Dr. Liu is an associate editor of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics and an editor of the Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series. He has authored ten books, over 120 peer-reviewed research articles, and over 40 book chapters. His research interests include statistical methodology in bioequivalence evaluation, clinical trials, equivalence and noninferiority testing, bridging testing, statistical quality control in biopharmaceutical products, diagnostic testing, statistical QA/QC for biochip diagnostic products, and evaluation of substantial equivalence in GMO crops and food.

Shein-Chung Chow is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Chow is also a professor of clinical sciences at Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics and editor-in-chief of the Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series. He has authored or co-authored over 200 papers and 19 books, including Adaptive Design Methods in Clinical Trials, Second Edition, Handbook of Adaptive Designs in Pharmaceutical and Clinical Development, and Controversial Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials. A fellow of the ASA and member of the ISI, Dr. Chow has received the ASA Chapter Service Recognition Award, the DIA Outstanding Service Award, and the ICSA Extraordinary Achievement Award.

Chin-Fu Hsiao is an investigator in the Institute of Population Health Sciences at the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan. Dr. H