Health

MASTER OF SCIENCE OF DRUGS AND HEALTH PRODUCTS

Drug and Health Product Sciences

  • Targeted level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Montpellier Master's degree in Drug and Health Product Sciences is based on the University of Montpellier's extensive experience in training in the field of drugs and health products, and locally on the most important internationally recognized research structures in the field. It also benefits from a unique partnership in France between the University and the ANSM, the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products.

This Master 1 and 2 program offers a common core that is essential for a good understanding of the regulatory and scientific contexts and the most significant advances in the field, as well as six well-identified and structured courses. The essential points that are the evolutions of professional, regulatory and industrial contexts, the needs for solid evaluation in the essential fields of quality and safety, the emergence of new specific approaches concerning Aging, and the requirements for in-depth knowledge in the field of structural biology for the development of new health products are essential points in the training of this master. The diversity of possible jobs and professional fields, the implications in Europe and internationally, the training through apprenticeship and sandwich courses, the strong interactions with the industrial and regulatory environments constitute the basis for the structuring of the training offers proposed in Drug Sciences.

The Master's degree in Drug and Health Product Sciences is supported by two major research structures, IBMM and ICG, involved in the development of drugs and health products in Montpellier and the Languedoc-Roussillon region, as well as by the Structural Biochemistry Center, which is more transversally involved at the interface between physical chemistry and biology, two essential complementary approaches in pharmaceutical development. Training through research is also ensured by the strong involvement in both management and student training of a large number of teacher-researchers from these different institutes or internationally recognized research units.

 

 

 

 

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Objectives

The objective of the Master's degree in Drug and Health Product Sciences is to train managers capable of mastering the essential points of drug and health product development, particularly in the areas of regulations, quality and safety. Two specific aspects of development are also particularly developed: mastery of structural biology and drug design issues in accessing new structures of therapeutic interest, and mastery of the problems posed by aging for the development of new drug intervention strategies or in dermocosmetics.

 

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Know-how and skills

The training allows to master the knowledge and techniques allowing :

  • Integrate compliance with international frameworks and procedures in the design and implementation of a health product project.
  • explore a research topic and its limits and design the corresponding study protocols, research and analyze the literature on drugs and health products and design an appropriate literature watch.
  • master the aspects of a quality approach by applying it to the technical and organizational field, master the essential parts of the development of a drug or health product.
  • to carry out applied research and to prepare technical and regulatory files.
  • to evaluate and participate in the expertise of technical and regulatory files.
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Organization

Knowledge control

 

 

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Special arrangements

The Master is open to continuing education.

The Master 2 (all courses) is open to apprenticeship.

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Program

The training is structured in a first year of Master 1 of introduction to the fields of health, drugs and health products and a second year of Master 2 of specialization according to 6 courses, already pre-targeted in the first year:
1) International regulatory environment of companies and health products course

2) Health Products Analysis: Quality Assurance and Control course

3) Health Products Development: Quality and Safety

4) Structural biology and rational design of bioactive molecules course

5) Aging and anti-aging strategies course

6) Innovation in Health Chemistry and Therapeutic Targeting

English is an important part of the core curriculum. Some courses are taught in English, and presentations may be required in English

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Select a program

International Regulatory Environment for Health Care Companies and Products

Specialized training in international regulatory affairs.

 

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Health Products Analysis: Quality Assurance and Control

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Health Product Development: Quality and Safety

Training on the evaluation of the safety of health products: pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, from raw materials to finished products.

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Aging and Anti-Aging Strategies

The course provides a mastery of the concepts and technologies of Aging, senescence and aging in relation to R&D applications in the health sector.

 

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Innovation in Health Chemistry and Therapeutic Targeting

In close collaboration with internationally recognized research institutes (IBMM, IRCM, IRMB, etc.), this program allows students to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for a professional project at the Chemistry-Biology-Health interface. This course will enable students to acquire cutting-edge expertise in chemistry applied to the development of innovative therapies.

 

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Structural Biology and Rational Design of Bioactive Molecules

The course, based at the Montpellier Structural Biology Center, leads to the mastery of approaches used for the structural analysis of biomolecules and their complexes for the in vitro analysis of interactions between biomolecules and their ligands.

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Admission

Conditions of access

The Master 1 is accessible in initial training for students coming from a scientific L3 giving solid bases in Life Sciences, biological or chemical (including physical-chemical), with coherence of the curriculum with the requested course and an adapted professional project.

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Target audience

Students in training Bac + 4 interested in the field of health products.

Possibility of integrating into a Master 2 for students in the health field (Pharmacy, Medicine, Odontology, etc.).

The Master 2 (all courses) is open to apprenticeship.

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Necessary pre-requisites

The Master 1 is accessible in initial training for students coming from a scientific L3 giving a solid basis in biological or chemical sciences (including physical chemistry).  

The Master 2 is accessible to any holder of a Master 1 in drug sciences or health products, student in DFASP2 or DFASM3, intern in Pharmacy or Medicine.

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And then

Further studies

The Master's degree in Drug Sciences is backed by all the research structures involved in the field of health products, and it is possible to continue one's training within the very specialized framework of a very high level University Doctorate.

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Bridges and reorientation

Bridges are possible at the end of the Master 1 to the Master 2 in the same field of training in Biology and Health and Health Engineering.

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Professional integration

All professions in the field of medicine and health products according to the specificities of the 5 training courses (see Master's courses)

Graduates of the Master of Science in Medicines work in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, biological and medical engineering companies, hospitals, clinics and national health agencies (ANSM, ANSES, etc.).

  • Regulatory affairs managers.
  • Compliance officers.
  • Application engineers, Design and research engineers.
  • Assistants and managers in applied research.
  • Research and development project managers.
  • Design and R&D assistants, product managers.
  • Medical information officers.
  • Public research scientist.
  • Engineers and technical managers, etc.
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