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Pharmaceutical Industry Essentials
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Pharmaceutical Industry Essentials
General information
Workshop aim:
this full day workshop offers a valuable insight into the structure and function of the pharmaceutical industry; helping you to understand and perform well within your environment. This course is aimed at junior staff.
Facilitator:
Phil Yates,
Coachwise Consultants
Audience:
This event is aimed at junior consultants who are new to the pharmaceutical industry. However, it is also open to more senior consultants/account managers who think they would benefit from having a general overview of the whole industry.
Learning objectives
Be aware of the history and development of the pharmaceutical industry
Know how the industry is segmented and the identity of its major players both now and in the future
Understand the protection afforded to a pharmaceutical product through its patent
Understand the development process by which a promising molecule becomes a profitable drug
Be able to differentiate between the various phases of pre-clinical and clinical development
Know how pharmaceutical products are licensed through Regulatory authorities and appreciate the importance and process of pharmacovigilance
Know how and increasingly where drugs are manufactured
Appreciate the various laws and codes of practice which control the industry
Be aware of the major pharmaceutical markets and know how companies access these markets before then promoting their products
Have considered potential future trends within the industry and therefore future opportunities
Key content
Pharmaceutical industry history
Market statistics
Disease and research trends
Mergers and acquisitions
Key industry issues
Patent protection
Pharmaceutical development - pre-clinical and clinical Clinical studies Regulatory authorities Product licences Healthcare Technology Assessment (incl. NICE)
Pharmacovigilance Pharmaceutical manufacture and GMP Markets and market access Market value assessment & forecasting Formularies Ethical codes and regulation Future industry, technology and disease trends
This workshop is accredited by the CPD Standards Office and provides participants with six hours of CPD training.
Testimonials
Phil was very welcoming, fun and knowledgeable – a really excellent trainer.
Really useful training sessions providing great insights into the industry and helped make things make sense to me.
Very engaging speaker with a good mix of team work and presentation of information.
Really comprehensive and excellently delivered.
Member Cost
£350.00
per person (ex. VAT)
Associate Member Cost
£210.00
per person (ex. VAT)
Non-member Cost
£600.00
per person (ex. VAT)
Event title
Pharmaceutical Industry Essentials
Venue
Virgo Health, Indigo House, Holbrooke Place, Richmond, London TW10 6UD
Date
Mon 07 Nov 2016
Time
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM GMT
(10:30 AM - 5:30 PM CET)
Places remaining