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Growing an R Community in a Shifting Tech Landscape: The Story of R-Ladies Zurich

Luisa Barbanti, organizer of R-Ladies Zurich, shares how her team keeps a technically focused R community thriving in Switzerland as tools, workplaces, and expectations…

Dec 9, 2025

Expanded FDA eCTD File Format Support for R Packages — A Milestone Achieved Through Industry–FDA Collaboration

A milestone! FDA expands accepted R file formats, resulting directly from joint work between industry and FDA through the R Consortium Submissions Working Group.

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Dec 8, 2025

R Consortium announces JD Long as keynote speaker for R!sk 2026

The R Consortium is pleased to announce that James “JD” Long, CTO at Palomar, and co-author of R Cookbook, will deliver the keynote address at R!sk 2026, being held…

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Dec 4, 2025

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A First for Pakistan: Karachi R User Group Builds R Ecosystem from Scratch

Muhammad Uzair Aslam, founder of the Karachi R User Group, spoke with the R Consortium about growing an open and volunteer-led R community in Pakistan—one of the first of…

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Dec 4, 2025

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Connecting Pharma, Students, and R: Ronak Shah on Strengthening the Pune R Ecosystem

Ronak Shah, co-organizer of the Pune R User Group in India, is energizing a growing R community that connects students, professionals, and data enthusiasts across the city.

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Dec 2, 2025

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nlmixr2 is Becoming an R Consortium Working Group

The vision of nlmixr2 is to develop a R-based open-source nonlinear mixed-effects modeling software package that can compete with commercial pharmacometric tools and is…

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Nov 26, 2025
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