Understanding Pharma

Get the competences to start a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry

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4 - 5 Mar 2025

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On location

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Danish

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13,500 DKK ex VAT

(app. 1,815 EUR ex VAT)

50% DISCOUNT FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

SUMMARY

The most important parameters for success as an employee in the pharmaceutical industry are the ability to work in a team, understanding of your company’s internal departments (and their value creation) and in-depth knowledge of the environment in which pharmaceutical companies operate.

This two day course will provide you with a basic understanding of the entire value chain of the pharmaceutical industry. You will learn how ideas for new pharmaceutical products emerge, how they are developed and tested (in animals and in humans) and how companies obtain final approval from authorities. In addition, you will learn how pharmaceutical companies prices their products and what strategies are used for optimizing marketing and sales.

Finally, you will learn how to collaborate with the pharmaceutical industry’s stakeholders such as doctors, nurses, patient associations, politicians and authorities.

This course provides you with the competences to start a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, and competencies that are a prerequisite for anyone who collaborates with the pharmaceutical industry.


Other course participants say

"The course is very relevant and absolutely central to understanding all the many entities in the pharmaceutical industry and the process of drug development. For me, the course provided clarity about the responsibilities of different functions and the importance of cross-functional collaboration."

Charlotte Legind Greyling, Strategic Account Manager DK, Oncology/Lung Cancer


"A well-structured, quick overview of the organisational setup in the industry. The course also provided a well-managed possibility to network."

Frederik Kjerulf-Jensen, Strategy and Business Performance Manager & Global R&D, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S


"A great, informatory introduction to the pharma industry."

Lenette Skott, District Manager Diabetes, Novo Nordisk A/S


“Overall, this was a fantastic interesting course! And it has helped me decide which elective courses to choose on the Pharma Consultant Programme. The only ‘negative’ is that now I wonder what I am doing in my current position, when there are so many exciting options in the pharma industry :).”


    Keywords

    • Non-clinical and clinical drug development
    • Pharmacovigilance
    • Regulatory Affairs
    • Market Access
    • Sales and marketing
    • Challenges and opportunities

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    Course leader & lecturers

    • Kirsten Harting
      Course leader
      Medical Doctor and Executive MBA
      Pharma-Business

    Is this course for you?

    This course is relevant if you are new to the pharmaceutical industry, or if you collaborate with the pharmaceutical industry and need a deeper understanding of how it operates and how a pharmaceutical company is organized.

    What you will learn

    1. A basic understanding of the entire value chain of the pharmaceutical industry
    2. How to ensure personal success in cross functional work teams in the pharmaceutical industry
    3. How to optimize marketing and sales of pharmaceutical products
    4. How to collaborate with the pharmaceutical industry’s stakeholders such as doctors, nurses, patient associations, politicians and authorities

    What your company will get

    1. An employee with in-depth knowledge of the environment in which a pharmaceutical company operates
    2. An employee with understanding of the company’s internal departments and their value creation
    3. An employee with knowledge and competencies to start a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry

    Course calendar

    Starting 4 Mar 2025
    4 Mar 2025 9:00-16:00
    DAY 1
    • Introduction to the Pharma Industry
    • Research & Non-clinical Development
    • Clinical Development
    • From R&D to production
    • Pharmacovigilance
    • Regulatory Affairs
    • Market Access
    5 Mar 2025 9:00-16:00
    DAY 2
    • Marketing
    • Sales
    • Compliance
    • Medical Affairs
    • External/Public Affairs
    • Current challenges and the future for pharma
    Practical information

    Registration

    Registration deadline
    25 Feb 2025
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    2100 København Ø
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    4 - 5 Mar
    Sometimes things change. This is the expected programme.

    Course information

    Literature

    Prior to the course you will get access to mandatory and optional readings via your personal Atrium log-in.

    Please familiarise yourself with the mandatory readings before starting the course.

    Prerequisites

    There are no prerequisites for this course but we recommend that you have a Bachelor’s degree or similar as a minimum.

    Examination

    There is no examination for this course.

    This course is a part of a diploma

    Pharma Consultant Diploma

    Design a medical training programme that fits your professional interests. Relevant if you work with or advice on drugs, maybe as a professional in sales and marketing, market access or public affairs in the pharma industry

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    Course leader

    Kirsten Harting
    Medical Doctor and Executive MBA
    Pharma-Business

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    Contact Client Manager Birger Flinthagen at +45 39 15 09 06

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