Drug Development – 3 day course

Drug development projects are often initiated by identifying treatment for a disease. The project usually contains a deep knowledge of the disease and the biological mechanism. However, in order to develop a drug for the disease, a broad knowledge of many different areas is required. This three-day course provides insights into all the parts that should be addressed to effectively target a drug project. This course is available as a traditional and as an online course. Traditional participant also have the opportunity to add lectures online. The course is organized in cooperation with SwedenBIO.

Who should attend?

The course is aimed for those involved in drug development (eg in small and medium-sized companies), and needs a comprehensive picture of the complex development chain. During the course you will get insight into how to work in the different stages of development, what to think about and what pitfalls there are on the road. To get the most exchange of the course, it is an advantage to have a natural science background. This course's main focus is on small molecules.

Lecturer

All lecturers have experience from drug development and most have worked with or in small drug development companies.

Subjects

Day 1
Starting a development project/TPP
Medicinal chemistry
In vitro pharmacology
Assay development and library screening
ADME
PK/PD
Drug metabolism and metabolic drug-drug interactions
Patent/IP

Day 2
Regulatory strategy
Non clinical safety studies
Preclinical development and CMC
Preclinical formulation & analytics
Production of active pharmaceutical ingredient
Manufacturing of clinical material for biopharmaceuticals
Analysis and formulation of biologics
Pharmaceutical development incl. manufacturing and quality
Financing

Day 3
Translational Science/biomarkers
Health economics and reimbursement
Clinical trials
Medical Products Agency
Business Development
Licensing Strategies among Big Pharma
Pharmacovigilance
Market, phase IV & post reg. phase

Preliminary Schedule

day 1 ca 8:30-17:15
day 2 ca 9:00-17:15
day 3 ca 9:00-17:15

Program Committee

Tuulikki Lindmark, Disruptive Materials
Björn Ursing, SwedenBIO