Principles and Practice of Drug Development

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction From Discovery to Market: An Integrated View Instructors: Charles L. Cooney, Ph. D
2	Brief Economic History of the Pharmaceutical Industry Instructors: Stan N. Finkelstein, M. D
3	The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Drug Development Process; Basic Science Instructors: Anthony J. Sinskey, Sc. D.
4	Business of Biopharmaceuticals Guest Lecturer: Robert Mulroy, M. P. P. M., Director, President & CEO, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Guest Lecturer: Sumit Khedekar, Director, Global Healthcare Group,  Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
5	Accelerating Cancer Cures: A Global Frontier Guest Lecturer: Jason Sager, M. D., Head of Early Development Oncology Portfolio,  Sanofi Guest Lecturer: Christoph Lengauer, Ph. D., MBA, Chief Scientific Officer,  Blueprint Medicines
6	Clinical Drug Development Guest Lecturer: Clet Niyikiza, Ph. D., Executive Vice President,  Merrimack Pharmaceuticals	Project outline / proposal due
7	Drug Delivery Systems Guest Lecturer: Luís Almeida, Ph. D., Professor,  João Nuno Moreira, Ph. D., Professor,  Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Portugal
8	Regulation Instructors: Stan N. Finkelstein, M. D. Emerging Pharmaceutical Science and Technology I Guest Lecturer: Brock Reeve, MPhil, MBA, Executive Director,  Harvard Stem Cell Institute
9	Manufacturing I Instructors: Charles L. Cooney, Ph. D.  G. K. Raju, Ph. D.
10	Reimbursement Instructors: Stan N. Finkelstein, M. D. Emerging Pharmaceutical Science and Technology II Guest Lecturer: Lee L. Rubin, Ph. D., Professor,  Regenerative Medicine, Harvard
11	Manufacturing II Instructors: Charles L. Cooney, Ph. D.  G. K. Raju, Ph. D. Guest Lecturer: Ajaz Hussain, Ph. D., Principal,  Insight, Advice & Solutions, LLC	Progress report due
12	Manufacturing III Instructors: Charles L. Cooney, Ph. D.  G. K. Raju, Ph. D.
13	Student Presentations
14	Final Class	Final Paper due