Module 1:Course Orientation

1 October, 2007   Monday

0900-0915      Welcome address

                       President, Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Saitoh, Nagasaki University, Japan

0915-0945      Objective of the course and expectation

   Prof. Dr. Kenji Hirayama, Director of the course, Nagasaki University, Japan            

0945-1000        Introduction of participants

1000-1030       Tea break

1030-1200       Key medical and public health issues, and the need for new products

                       Dr. Janis Lazdins, WHO/TDR, Geneva

1200-1300        Lunch

1300-1400      Discovery research and product development and the different 

                       approaches required for each of them

                       Dr. Janis Lazdins, WHO/TDR, Geneva

1400-1500      Stakeholders in Product Research and Development

·    Large, medium and small pharmaceutical companies

·    Academic institutions

·    Clinical Research Organization

·    Biotech

·    Regulatory

                       Prof. Dr. Eiji Uchida, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

1500-1530   Tea break

1530-1600   Stakeholders in Product Research and Development (discussion)

              Prof. Dr. Eiji Uchida, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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