🚀 go-pugleaf

THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: AN INTENSIVE SHORT COURSE 

UC Berkeley Extension will offer a three-day course, "The Drug 
Development Process" on Mon., Oct. 20 through Wed., Oct.22 at UC 
Berkeley Extension Downtown, 150 Fourth St., San Francisco. The fee is 
$1,245, and includes an extensive course materials, lunches, and a 
social hour.  There is a team fee of $1,145 per person for groups of 
three or more.  For a brochure or more information, call (415) 323-8143, 
e-mail eiw@unx.berkeley.edu. To enroll, please call (510) 642-4111 or 
visit UC Berkeley Extension's website at 
http://www.unex.berkeley.edu:4243

Irwin A. Heyman, the course director, has more than 20 years of 
pharmaceutical industry experience and is also president and CEO of 
Heyman Healthcare Consultants, a firm specializing in providing product 
development and safety expertise to biotechnology and pharmaceutical 
companies.  Heyman will be joined by guest lecturers who are known as 
leaders in the field.

The course is designed for new and experienced professionals from the 
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health-related industries, the course 
is also useful to venture capitalists, patent attorneys and other 
service providers who wish to improve their understanding of the 
industry.

Topics include the functions and role of pharmacology, drug metabolism, 
pharmacokinetics, toxicology, CMC/pharmaceutical development and 
pharmacoeconomics; the 
IND package; the four phases of clinical trials and clinical data 
management; and the regulatory 
review and approval process, including regulatory compliance, the NDA 
filing and global registration and approval process.