Health

International Regulatory Environment for Healthcare Companies and Products

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    School of Pharmacy

Presentation

Specialized training in international regulatory affairs.

 

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Objectives

Participation in the development of healthcare products through expertise in the regulatory environments of healthcare companies and products at the national, European, and international levels.

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Know-how and skills

  • Ensuring the formatting and consistency of active substance dossiers at the international level
  • Ensure the formatting and consistency of the various modules of the international marketing authorization application dossier.
  • Mastering the various channels for bringing a healthcare product to market internationally
  • Know the procedures for modifying marketing authorization
  • Understanding the European Union's arbitration procedures
  • Mastering the legal environment for manufacturing healthcare products (EU, US, Japan, Canada)
  • Mastering the legal environment for the distribution of medicines in the European Union
  • Know the specific regulations governing particular drugs
  • Understanding the different types of eHealth offerings and their legal framework
  • Understanding the role and functioning of the relevant authorities (France, EU, USA, Canada)
  • Ensure the drafting and validation of the labeling, summary of product characteristics, and package insert for a drug.
  • Be able to propose strategies for bringing a drug to market or developing it.
  • Ensuring the legality of advertising
  • Knowing how to analyze and critique a clinical trial report or clinical trial publication
  • Know the steps and criteria for accessing reimbursement and setting drug prices.
  • Participate in pharmacovigilance activities (drafting risk management plans, periodic safety reports for a drug, risk minimization measures, management of reports)
  • Check the compliance of the pharmacovigilance system's permanent file
  • Understanding the legal environment surrounding dietary supplements
  • Mastering legal tools for protecting innovation
  • Be familiar with the specific aspects of subcontracting contract techniques.
  • Learn about the various measures available to support innovation and small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Know and understand efficiency assessments and the main methodologies of pharmacoeconomics.
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Organization

Knowledge assessment

Program

Select a program

M1 Medicinal Sciences and Health Products (P1)

  • Core Curriculum Units

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical-regulatory aspects: Technical regulations

      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 Economy of Health Products

    5 credits
  • Analysis Techniques for Drug Quality Control

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of Health Product Engineering

    5 credits
  • CHOICE 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
      • Knowledge of the company and patent valuation

        5 credits
      • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

        5 credits
      • Microscopy and spectroscopy for biology

      • Industrial development of aging models

        5 credits
  • Long internship

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER course Regulatory environment

    5 credits

M2 International Regulatory Environment for Healthcare Companies and Products

  • Specific ECTS credits

    • Market access and industrial development

      5 credits
    • European Union and national drug registration

      5 credits
    • International drug registration

    • Specific regulations

      5 credits
  • Core curriculum

    • Recent news and advances in pharmaceutical sciences

      4 credits
    • Communication - English Application

      3 credits
    • Project management and risk management

  • Supervised project on regulatory environment internal no.

    10 credits
  • Internship in international regulatory environment

    20 credits

Admission

Admission requirements

In M1: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry – Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences – Bachelor's degree in Health Engineering.

Applications must be submitted online:

  • You are an international student and wish to continue your studies in France within our program. In this case, please follow theCampus France procedure.
  • You are not (or have not been for more than a year) a student and would like to resume your studies through continuing education. In this case, please contact Mrs. Avelli in order to obtain administrative information.

In M2: State Diploma of Doctor of Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine.

Applications must be submitted online:

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

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Registration procedures

Master's 1

Master's degree

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