Startdate: 28 August 2012 - 29 August 2012 Location: Medicademy Lersø Parkallé 101 2100 København Ø
Purpose: AIM: BY THE END OF THIS MODULE, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
Understand the relations between pharmacovigilance and the processes of application and registration, focusing on areas and phases in drug development processes in which the clinical development, registration, and pharmacovigilance units co-operate closely; overview of the pharmacovigilance staff and their roles in the pre-application phase. Analyse the different pre-application tasks for the pharmacovigilance staff in relation to: preparation of clinical study protocols, conduct of clinical studies, preparation of annual safety reports (SUSARs), preparation of integrated clinical study reports, preparation of scientific advice in relation to the preparation of clinical trial applications (e.g. endpoints, statistical power, safety parameters, etc.) Use the obtained knowledge to achieve a higher quality of input from the pharmacovigilance staff and to smoothen cooperation between the clinical development, registration and pharmacovigilance units. Content:- Global development plan - Handling of safety data during a clinical study - Integrated clinical study report - Clinical summaries - Clinical overview - Annual safety reports - Applications for new medicinal products - Clinical trial applications - Risk management during development - Safety variations and applications - New horizons - variations and pharmacovigilance Course leaders:
Doris Stenver, Danish Medicines Agency, Denmark Ea Dige, ALK Abelló, Denmark Lecturers:
The Medicademy pharmagovigilance faculty employs lecturers from all over Europe, including the pharmaceutical industry, the EMA, national authorities, universities and organisations. All lecturers work within their teaching area and are experts within their field. Prerequisites:ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
In order to maintain a professional level in the programme, applicants are required to have, as a minimum, a relevant Bachelor Degree and 2 years of experience within pharmacovigilance from the pharmaceutical/biotech industry or regulatory authorities, or similar qualifications. Applicants, who do not meet the entry requirements, will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Lack of formal qualifications need not be a barrier to study, and exemptions may be granted case by case. For each module, Medicademy will accept for up to 20 % of the seats to be occupied by applicants with limited experience within the pharmacovigilance area, as long as they are able to benefit from and actively participate in the module activities. Approximately 25 applicants will be admitted to each module. Please note that applications will be considered in order of receipt. |