Compare and Conquer SAS Programming

Techniques for FDA Submissions

Day: Thursday, October 20, 2011 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (IST)

Course Descriptions:

This course is intended for anyone directly or indirectly responsible for the creation, content or validation of summary data sets, tables, and data lists used to support research, drug or medical device efficacy and safety in a regulatory submission. Professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries who want to be 21 CFR Part 11 compliant in relation to the SAS programming environment will benefit from this unique course. Effective technical and practical solutions to address real-world issues will be provided.

Who Should Attend?

  • SAS Statistical Programmers
  • Quality Assurance Specialists
  • SAS Statistical Managers
  • Medical Writers
  • Statisticians
  • Regulatory Affairs Associates
  • Clinical Data Managers
  • CRO Professionals
  • Directors, Statistical Programming
  • Health Care Professionals
  • Research University Specialists

Learning Objective

Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:


• Apply proven SAS programming techniques using the five most useful SAS procedures for effective analysis and validation related to FDA Submissions, including:

  • Compare and Conquer SAS Programming
  • Quick Results with Proc SQL
  • Proc REPORT
  • Proc TABULATE
  • Anatomy of SAS Macros*

• Discuss current SAS Procedures for Analysis and Reporting

• Explain the advantage of Statistical Graphs and Templates


Course Description

This intense 120-minute accredited online course focuses on improving productivity by up to 20% by channeling SAS programmers to benefit from concise and common SAS syntax for quick results. As a result, less time is needed to produce and validate analysis data sets, tables, lists and graphs. Discussions will focus on proven SAS programming techniques to address real-world issues with references for in depth details.


This training will include opportunities for learning assessment.


Module 1: Quick Results with SAS Procedures

• Review of Learning Objectives

• Must Know SAS Procedures for Data Management: Proc SQL, Proc Transpose, and Proc Compare

• Must Know SAS Procedures for Analysis and Reporting: Proc SQL, Proc Report, and Proc Tabulate

• One Stop validation with Proc Tabulate

Module 2: ODS, RTF and Statistical Graphs

• Using ODS: Style Definitions,Table Templates and RTF code

• Taking advantage of Statistical Graphs and Templates

Module 3: Anatomy of SAS Macros

• Two Levels of Macros: Base Utilities and Standard Macros

• Levering the power of metadata for more intelligent processing

Question and Answer Session

 

Course Director

Sunil Gupta, Senior Consultant, Gupta Programming, International SAS expert, speaker, trainer and author Sunil Gupta has been an Independent Consultant since July 1994. He became a SAS Institute Quality Partner the following year. In 2000, he became a SAS Certified Professional V6 and in 2003 he passed the SAS Base Programmer Certification exam. During his 14 years experience in the Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Sales & Marketing Industries, Mr. Gupta has been in management and project lead positions. He understands how business functions and how to work together as a team member to achieve results. Mr. Gupta has developed and taught many topics related to SAS Skills and has done numerous presentations and workshops. Additionally he has done numerous presentations and workshops at SUGI, Regional and Local SAS User Groups meetings. He has authored and co-authored on this topic. In 2006, he released his third SAS book titled “Data Management and Reporting Made Easy with SAS Learning Edition 2.0”.


Tution & Registration


TUITION

Single Rate: Rs. 5000.00 per person

Group Rate: Rs. 4500.00 per person**


The payment is to be made latest by 29th Sep. No payments will be accepted on the day of the event.To register for the webinar, please write at elearning@iddcr.com with following details:


  • Name of participant:
  • Name of organization:
  • Email address:

All payments to be made by drawing a cheque or a DD in favour of “International Drug Discovery & Clinical Research Pvt Ltd” and sent to contact address mentioned in the webiste


OR

You can deposit the amount to IDDCR Bank account and inform us by mail to Ahmed Kabeer.


Bank details are as follows:


Name of the Bank: Bank of Baroda.

A/C Name: International Drug Discovery & Clinical Research Pvt Ltd

Branch: Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

A/c Number: 26610200000266


**Group Rate: The Group Rate is for two or more enrollments, up to five registering from the same company at the same time. For groups of six or more, please contact customer service for group pricing.


GROUP DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE For details, contact:
Ahmed Kabeer
AVP – Training & Development
Phone: +91-40-44859888
a.kabeer@iddcr.com
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

PC-based attendees: Windows(R) 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server/Macintosh(R)-based attendees: Mac OS(R) X 10.4.11 (Tiger(R)) or newer with SKYPE installed.