This course offers a training to understand the context (big picture), risks and opportunities of Drug Product Development and its interfaces.Experienced professionals from industry present and discuss development concepts and how development has to cooperate with surrounding functions to bring innovative and high quality products as fast as possible to patients.

The students know the relevance and the role of quality assurance measures to assure quality, efficacy and safety of drugs. The students know the most important Swiss regulations, including the associated European regulations, which are relevant from a quality assurance point of view and they are able to interpret the content of this regulations.