Health

International Regulatory Environment for Healthcare Companies and Products

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training Structure

    School of Pharmacy

Overview

Specialized training in international regulatory affairs.

 

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Objectives

Contributing to the development of healthcare products by understanding the regulatory environments governing healthcare companies and products at the national, European, and international levels

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Expertise and Skills

  • Ensure the proper formatting and consistency of active ingredient dossiers at the international level
  • Ensure the proper formatting and consistency of the various modules in the international marketing authorization application dossier
  • Understand the various pathways for bringing a health product to market internationally
  • Understand the procedures for amending a marketing authorization
  • Understanding the European Union’s arbitration procedures
  • Understanding the Legal Framework for the Manufacture of Health Products (EU, U.S., Japan, Canada)
  • Understanding the Legal Framework Governing the Distribution of Medicines in the European Union
  • Understand the specific regulatory requirements for particular drugs
  • Understanding the Different Types of eHealth Services and Their Legal Framework
  • Understand the role and operations of the relevant authorities (France, the EU, the U.S., and Canada)
  • Ensure the drafting and approval of the labeling, the summary of product characteristics, and the package insert for a drug.
  • Be able to propose strategies for bringing a drug to market or for its development
  • Ensure that an advertisement complies with the law
  • Knowing how to analyze and critique a clinical trial report or a clinical trial publication
  • Understand the steps and criteria for obtaining reimbursement and setting drug prices.
  • Participate in pharmacovigilance activities (drafting risk management plans, periodic safety update reports, and risk minimization measures; managing adverse event reports)
  • Verify the compliance of the pharmacovigilance system’s permanent record
  • Understanding the Legal Framework for Dietary Supplements
  • Mastering the Legal Tools for Protecting Innovation
  • Understand the specific aspects of subcontracting contract law.
  • Learn about the various measures designed to support innovation and small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • To be familiar with and understand efficiency assessments and the main methodologies of pharmacoeconomics
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Organization

Knowledge Assessment

Program

Select a program

M1 Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Products (P1)

  • UEs Core Curriculum

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and Technical and Regulatory Aspects: Technical and Regulatory

      3.5 credits
      • Quality Department

      • Section: Technical and Regulatory Aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and Scientific Monitoring

      3 credits
  • Registration and Economics of Health Products

    5 credits
  • Analytical Techniques for Drug Quality Control

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of Healthcare Product Engineering

    5 credits
  • CHOOSE 2 UEs

    15 credits
    • Choose 2 or 3 out of 7

      • Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Biopharmaceutics

        5 credits
      • Advanced Analysis Techniques for Media Development.

        5 credits
      • Introduction to Aging and Anti-Aging

        5 credits
      • Understanding the Company and Maximizing the Value of Patents

        5 credits
      • Drug Design: An Introduction to Drug Design

        5 credits
      • Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Biology

      • Development of Aging Models in Industry

        5 credits
  • Long-term internship

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Course: Regulatory Environment

    5 credits

M2 International Regulatory Environment for Healthcare Companies and Products

  • Specific UEs

    • Market Access and Industrial Valorization

      5 credits
    • European Union and National Drug Registration

      5 credits
    • International Registration of Medicines

    • Specific Regulations

      5 credits
  • Common Core Curriculum

    • News and Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences

      4 credits
    • Communication - Using English

      3 credits
    • Project Management and Risk Management

  • Supervised Project: Regulatory Environment Track, Internal No.

    10 credits
  • Internship in International Regulatory Environment

    20 credits

Admission

Admission Requirements

In the first year of a master's program (M1): Bachelor's in Chemistry – Bachelor's in Life Sciences – Bachelor's in Health Engineering.

Applications are submitted online:

  • If you are an international student and would like to pursue your studies in France as part of our program, please follow theCampus France procedure.
  • You are not a student (or have not been one for more than a year) and would like to resume your studies through continuing education. In that case, please contact Ms. Avelli in order to obtain administrative information.

At the M2 level: State-Awarded Doctorate in Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, or Veterinary Medicine.

Applications are submitted online:

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https://pharmacie.edu.umontpellier.fr/scolarite/admissions/

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Registration Procedures

Master's Degree, Year 1

Master's Degree (Year 2)

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