Pharmacotherapy: Understanding Biotechnology Products
Improve your clinical pharmacy knowledge and learn the principles, techniques and tools used to create biotechnology products.
- Duration6 weeks
- Weekly study2 hours
Pharmacotherapy: Understanding Biotechnology Products
Assess and review findings from clinical research of biotechnology products
On this course, you’ll enhance your working knowledge of pharmacotherapy by understanding the principles and technologies of therapeutic protein products.
You’ll study the history and learn about the various techniques and tools involved in making biotechnology products.
Through clinical research and case-based exercises, you’ll explore everything from immunogenicity and formulation to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Ultimately, you’ll discover the full scope of biotechnology products, from bench research to clinical use, and learn how to evaluate PK/PD correlations of biotechnology products.
What topics will you cover?
-History of biotechnology products
-Principles, techniques and tools of biotechnology products
-Immunogenicity of biotechnology products
-Formulation of Biotechnology Products
-PK/PD Correlations of Biotechnology Products
-Biotechnology Products Review
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and learn at your own pace. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Improve pharmacotherapy knowledge by understanding principles of biotechnology products.
- Assess clinical findings with pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics results from clinical research of biotechnology products.
- Compare different formulations of biotechnology products used in clinical practice.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for any student or practitioner who’d like to enhance their clinical pharmacy knowledge.
This includes undergraduate pharmacy students, post-graduate pharmacy students, and pharmacists in clinical practice.
Who will you learn with?
Professor and Associate Dean College of Pharmacy Taipei Medical University
Visiting Professor of School of Pharmacy Taipei Medical University
Who developed the course?
Taipei Medical University
Taipei Medical University (TMU) has been a leader in Taiwan’s healthcare system for over half a century due to its research, teaching excellence, internationalization and outstanding medical service.
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