[R] Use of R in clinical trials

[Marc Schwartz]

On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
>> Behalf Of Peter Dalgaard
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:44 PM
>> To: Douglas Bates
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org; Bert Gunter
>> Subject: Re: [R] Use of R in clinical trials
>> 
>> 
>>>> (Corrections/additional information welcome!)
>>> 
>>> My recollection is that the BMD programs (which, in a later version,
>>> became BMDP) predated SAS and were specifically for BioMeDical
>>> analysis.
>> 
>> How could I forget those! Yes, my old (as in 1980-1985) boss at the
>> University hospital even had the manual in the office. It wasn't a
>> statistical system though, more a suite of single-purpose computer
>> programs with a rigid control-card specification format.
>> 
>> BTW, they were apparently put in the public domain by UCLA, but I wonder
>> where they went?
>> 
> 
> I believe BMDP was bought by SPSS around 1996.  SPSS also purchased Systat in that same time period I believe.
> 
> Dan


Statistical Solutions has BMDP, along with NCSS and nQuery, etc:

  http://www.statsol.ie/index.php?pageID=6

I was going to reference BMDP from my memories of some folks that used it back in the 80's, but was away at a meeting and then I noted Doug's reference to it.


SPSS sold Systat to a group in India (Cranes Software) , which then re-constituted Systat Software:

  http://www.systat.com/


StatView was another of those early programs dating from the mid-to-late 80's that went through various incarnations, was eventually bought by SAS, which then shut it down in favor of JMP.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz