Innovative Methods for Rare Diseases Drug Development focuses on biostatistical applications in terms of design and analysis in pharmaceutical research and development from both regulatory and scientific (statistical) perspectives.

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic Considerations. 3. Hypotheses Testing for Clinical Evaluation. 4. Endpoint Selection in Clinical Trials. 5. Strategy for Margin Selection. 6. Probability of Inconclusiveness. 7. Probability Monitoring Procedure for Sample Size. 8. Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence. 9. Innovative Approaches for Rare Diseases Drug Development. 10. The n-of-1 Trial Design and Its Application. 11. Two-Stage Adaptive Seamless Trial Design. 12. Master Protocol - Platform Trial Design. 13. Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases. 14. Clinical Development for NASH Program

Shein-Chung Chow, Ph.D. is currently a Professor at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He was previously the Associate Director at the Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Chow has also held various positions in the pharmaceutical industry such as Vice President at Millennium, Cambridge, MA, Executive Director at Covance, Princeton, NJ, and Director and Department Head at Bristol-Myers

Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ. He was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the ISI (International Statistical Institute). Dr. Chow is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics and Biostatistics Book Series, Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, New York. Dr. Chow is the author or co-author of over 300 methodology papers and 30 books.