Boston Chapter Virtual Meeting

When:  Feb 25, 2025 from 18:00 to 19:00 (ET)

Enhancing R&D Decision Making: Lessons from Eli Lilly’s Probability Assessment Framework

 

 Date: February 25

 Time: 6:00 PM ET

 Place: Online

 

Event Description:

Join the SDP Boston Chapter for an engaging online discussion featuring Charles Persinger and Jay Andersen, who will share key insights from their extensive work in decision sciences and portfolio management at Eli Lilly. Discover how quantitative probability assessments have shaped 26 years of portfolio decisions, improving technical feasibility evaluations and investment strategies in pharmaceutical R&D.

Read more about this topic on LinkedIn: Probability Assessments at Eli Lilly

This session will explore:

  • Structured decision processes for R&D portfolio management
  • Mitigating biases in probability assessment
  • Performance calibration for informed investment decisions

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical takeaways for professionals in drug development, strategy, and risk management!

 

Speakers:

Charles Persinger

Associate Vice President, R&D Strategy, Eli Lilly

Charles leads Lilly’s Decision Sciences group and has over 20 years of experience enabling decision quality in drug development. Under his leadership, Lilly earned the Raiffa-Howard Award for Organizational Decision Quality in 2016.

 

Jay Andersen

Fellow & Two-Time Board Member, Society of Decision Professionals

Jay holds a PhD in statistics and retired as Senior Research Fellow from Eli Lilly after a 28-year career. He now leads Oaken Table Consulting, specializing in decision consulting for portfolio management and probability assessment processes.