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