Philip Delff
Director, Modeling & Simulations
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Delff is a Director of Modeling & Simulations with 10+ years translating statistical and pharmacometric rigor into regulatory successes and strategic decision-making at Vertex. He leads cross-functional teams in pain PK/PD and PK/PD programming, driving automation (NMsim, NMdata) that accelerates simulations, VPCs and report generation for NDA-enabling submissions. Trained as a PhD-level statistical modeler and applied mathematician, he combines deep quantitative expertise with hands-on programming to reduce manual error and scale reproducible workflows. His team led the modeling that supported the first non-opioid NDA for severe acute pain, reflecting a blend of scientific impact and operational leadership. Currently completing an MBA focused on biotech/pharma strategy, he uniquely bridges technical modeling, product development and business planning to improve drug development decisions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management at Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityErasmus student, Mathematical statistics, Erasmus student, Mathematical statistics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)High school, Mathematical/Scientific, High school, Mathematical/Scientific at Roskilde KatedralskolePK WorkshopsTechnical University of Denmark
Danish, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
prepare10
r-package10
r10
cran9
frame7
trace4
predictive4
simulation3
vpc3
simulate2
ode2
agent-based-modeling2
sbml2
modeling-tool1
modelica1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
philipdelff/pmxtricks
Dec 2018 - Nov 2024
Contributions:12 releases, 8 PRs, 174 pushes in 6 years
NMautoverse/NMdata
Mar 2020 - Feb 2023
Prepare and document data for Nonmem - and automatically retrieve results
Contributions:34 releases, 4 reviews, 655 commits in 2 years 11 months
pharmacometricsdocument-datanonmemprepareretrieve
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