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Commercialisation of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Sydney Professional Certificate

This page was first published on 21 November 2022 and was last amended on 28 April 2023.
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Graduates of this Professional Certificate will have specialised knowledge in the commercialisation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Graduates will be able to:

  • Explain the processes and path for taking a new therapeutic or medical device from conception through to registration
  • Discuss the importance of market analysis and research and associated business skills and asset management frameworks required for each stage
  • Compare the processes and steps required by the local regulatory environment during discovery, manufacture, clinical trial and registration with the requirements of global regulatory systems
  • Appraise the importance of Target Product Profile (TPP) in setting the clinical and regulatory strategies in the Pharma and MedTech sectors.
  • Explain concepts of opportunity recognition, entering new markets, disruptive innovation, venture capital funding and corporate spin-off in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors.

Sydney Professional Certificate in Commercialisation of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Students must complete:
(a) 12 credit points of 5000-level units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
PHAR7817 
Pharmaceuticals: development and regulation
6    P PCOL5101
PCOL5105
Commercialising MedTech and Pharma
6     

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
28/04/2023 PCOL5101 removed from unit of study table (replaced by PHAR7817) PHAR7817 added to the unit of study table (replacing PCOL5101)