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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
PHIN2013-2  Quality assurance and pharmaceutical management
- Economic aspects of drug development
- Principles of pharmaceutical management
- Quality assurance, part a: basic concepts and the organisation of quality assurance
- Quality assurance, part b: Process analytical technology and risk analysis
- English used in the pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical marketing
Duration :  Economic aspects of drug development : 10h Th
Principles of pharmaceutical management : 10h Th
Quality assurance, part a: basic concepts and the organisation of quality assurance : 20h Th
Quality assurance, part b: Process analytical technology and risk analysis : 7,5h Th
English used in the pharmaceutical industry : 20h Th
Pharmaceutical marketing : 5h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Advanced Master in Industrial PharmacyToute l'année8
Holder(s) :  Economic aspects of drug development : Jean‑Pierre Delporte
Principles of pharmaceutical management : J.‑M. Vanderhofstadt
Quality assurance, part a: basic concepts and the organisation of quality assurance : J. Scouvart
Quality assurance, part b: Process analytical technology and risk analysis : X. Marcelis
English used in the pharmaceutical industry : E. Dagneaux, D. Lambert
Pharmaceutical marketing : Vincent Bierlaire
Coordinator :  Philippe Hubert
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  
Economic aspects of drug development

General structure of the Belgian health system - Definition of health economy, objectives and specificities - Analysis of the consumption of health resources, including drugs, and its determinants - Different ways to regulate the supply and demand of health resources - Cost of drug misuse and side effects - Methodology of drug utilisation studies, a practical example - Methodology of pharmacoeconomy studies, practical example
Course objective :  
Economic aspects of drug development

- Provide students with a rough description of the Belgian health system structure
- Starting from the specificities of the consumption of health resources, including medicines, to specify the objectives of health economy and pharmacoeconomy
- Critically analyse the mechanisms and parameters influencing the growth of drug expenditures and the different means developed in most countries to contain it.
- Teach the methodology of drug utilisation analysis and of pharmacoeconomy studies
Prerequisites :  
Economic aspects of drug development

The teaching is prodided in the frame of the Complementary Master in Industrial Pharmacy to students holding a diploma of pharmacist or a Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences obtained in a EU university or a diploma considered as equivalent, delivered by a non EU university
Workshops :  
Economic aspects of drug development

None
Organization :  
Economic aspects of drug development

3 half-days , 1st semester.
Written notes :  
Economic aspects of drug development

Detailed written notes and slides' copy
Assessment :  
Economic aspects of drug development

Oral test in June
Contacts :  
Economic aspects of drug development

Professor Jean-Pierre Delporte
Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmacoeconomy
Department of Pharmacy
Avenue de l'Hôpital, 3, B36
4000 Liège
Phone: 32 4 366 43 01
Fax: 32 4 366 43 02
Email: jpdelporte@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  
Economic aspects of drug development

None


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