Andrew Raven, MSc

Andrew Raven has been the manager of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Pharmacometrics Unit at the Pharmaceutical Drugs Directorate (PDD), Health Canada since 2015. Prior to this, he worked as a biostatistician and senior biostatistician in PPD since 2004. He holds a BSc in Molecular Biology & Genetics and a MSc in Mathematics & Statistics both from the University of Guelph.

The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Pharmacometrics Unit provides expertise and support to evaluate the statistical aspects of clinical study design, methodology, conduct, and analyses in pre-market prescription pharmaceutical drug submissions. They also provide expert advice for pre-submission meetings, clinical trial applications, guidance development, and various working groups, as well as teach statistical courses to clinical review staff.