DAY 01(10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT)
- 10:00 AM -11:00 AM
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- Size and key therapeutic areas
- Regional differences
- Market shares of chemical and biological drugs
- Roles of drug development professionals
- Product types and routes of administration
- The drug development process
- Risks in drug development
- Drug targets
- The Human Genome Project
- Lead compound identification and optimization
The global pharmaceutical marketOverview – development of drug productsDrug discovery
- 11:00 AM -11:15 AM Break
- 11:15 AM -12:00 NOON
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- Drug plasma concentration profiles
- Absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs
- First-pass metabolism
- Types of toxicity screening
Pharmacokinetics and toxicity
- 12:00 NOON -1:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 PM -2:00 PM
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- Polymorph and salt form screening
- Solubility, permeability and oral bioavailability
- Optical isomerism
- Formulation options for improving bioavailability
- Common formulation types
- Critical quality attributes
- In-process controls and release testing
- Phases of clinical development
- Establishing safety and efficacy/bioequivalence
- Clinical study design
- Adverse event reporting
- Impact of mobile computing on clinical research
- The application process for chemical and biologic drug products – US and EU
- The Common Technical Document
- CTD modules
- Regional administrative information
Pre-clinical developmentClinical researchRegulatory submissions
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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- Current situation
- Problems concerning product improvement
- New ICH Q12 – the promise of easier post-approval change
- Drug product manufacture
- Distribution
- ICH guidance
Post-approval changePharmacovigilance Important elements of regulation (US and EU)
- 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Final questions, feedback and close