Richard Kay. PhD Medical Statistics. The author worked within academia until 1989 when he set up his own company offering statistics and data management services to the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2005, he works as an Independent Statistical Consultant providing full consultancy and training course service to the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries. The author currently lectures and runs courses for the pharmaceutical industry in all major European countries: UK, France, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and South Africa and US. His lectures are predominantly given within Pharma Cos or CROs.