Date: March 8th 2006

Shelf-Life and Stability Studies Workshops this Spring

This spring, Creascience will be offering 4 sessions of its popular workshop "Efficient Design and Analysis of Shelf-Life and Stability Studies" in North America and Australia:

• April 24, Toronto, Canada*
• May 12, Melbourne, Australia
• May 26, Chicago, USA
• June 12, San Francisco, USA

*This session will take place the day before the opening of the ASTM E18 committee meeting.

Shelf-life and stability studies are costly and time-consuming to carry out. Moreover, they require specific tools both for designing and analyzing them. The course provides you with a description of this unique type of data and analysis, the tools that can and cannot be used and the reasons why, how to best analyze life data and how to properly interpret and communicate the results obtained. Special emphasis is put on the practical application of the techniques for shelf-life studies by means of examples and discussions.

Covered Topics and Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training course, participants will have learned:

• The difference between shelf-life and stability testing
• The tools available to define shelf-life in a specific context
• The specific features of life data
• The key issues in the design of this type of studies: competing risks, desctructive testing, etc.
• Which statistical analysis techniques adapted to life data are available
• How to interpret results and what the scope of these results are
• The opportunities and limitations related to accelerated testing

Throughout the session, FDA and other existing guidelines will be presented and discussed.

Target Audience and Course Format

The course is primarily aimed at people who work in the food industry and biotechs and have to determine the stability and/or shelf life of their products. No background in statistics is required.
As with all our other training sessions, emphasis is put on concepts and major issues that need to be addressed, in order to provide the participants with a practical knowledge of the subject matter and tools they can direct apply.

Additional Information and Registration

To download the course outline, take a peek at comments from past participants and to register, please go to Efficient Design and Analysis of Shelf-Life and Stabiliity Studies. Of course, do not hesitate to contact us should you have any question.

Other Upcoming Sessions

There are only a few seats left for the English session of our Multivariate Data Analysis Summer School. If you plan to attend, please let us know ASAP.
Sessions on introductory statistics, design of experiments and modeling techniques are also available and we have started to set dates for next Fall. Consult our training calendar to learn more.

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