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Wilmar Igl

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Director Biostatistics at Veranex
📍 Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Wilmar is the Director of Biostatistics at Veranex, where he leads a global team focused on ensuring the quality of statistical deliverables for clinical studies. With a PhD and over 23 years of experience as a statistician and psychologist, he specializes in clinical trial design, Bayesian statistics, and genomics. He has published in high-impact journals like Nature.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director Biostatistics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden
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Bayesian Statistics
A core professional interest and the subject of his award-winning MSc thesis. He has also co-authored recent publications on applying Bayesian approaches in drug development.
Clinical Trial Design
A primary responsibility in his current role at Veranex and a frequently cited interest, with specific expertise in adaptive designs for drug, biologic, and medical device studies.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director Biostatistics
Veranex
11-2022 - 4-2025
Biostatistics Consulting Director
ICON plc
1-2018 - 11-2022
Assessor Statistics
Swedish Medical Products Agency
8-2017 - 1-2018
Consultant in Biostatistics/Bioinformatics
DFIND
5-2015 - 7-2017
Principal Scientific Computing Specialist
Advanced Analytics Centre at AstraZeneca
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Education
2012 - 2015
Master of Science (MSc)
University of Leicester
2003 - 2007
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Freiburg
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