Clinical Development
Question Based Clinical Development facilitates the design of a rational and efficient development pathway for new medical interventions. Learn the principles behind QBCD and how to apply it to real R&D projects.
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Clinical Development Online
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Learn how to use the QBCD approach to formulate key questions when developing a new medical intervention
Learn how to deal optimally with development risks and costs
Learn how to work with the QBCD software program
Discuss online with peers and receive feedback from your course instructor
Clinical Development On-campus
prerequisite: online course
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Experience the challenge of decision making on R&D projects
Learn from the successes and failures of real-world R&D projects
Learn from your group members in small, interdisciplinary working groups
Hear about first-hand experiences from industry experts
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Genuinely fascinating
The case studies were all thought provoking, well-chosen and expertly presented to make different points. Genuinely fascinating: thanks!
Huw Lewis, GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Development Online graduate
The mix worked well
I was impressed with the versatility of the learning environment. The mix of texts, PDFs, videos, questions and assignments worked wonderfully well!
Erik van Beers, Skyline DX, Clinical Development Online graduate
Challenging content
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The content, consisting of great videos, articles, and assignments, both challenged and matched my knowledge of clinical development.
Jaap Sniekers, Novartis, Clinical Development Online graduate
Out of my comfort zone
“I loved the ‘corporate finance’ bit, really out of my comfort zone, but it did give me so much more insight into the financial considerations in clinical development”
Meta Roestenberg, Leiden University Medical Center, Clinical Development Online graduate
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This online course can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the blended learning-by-doing course Clinical Development, giving you the freedom to learn online in a time and place independent fashion from anywhere where you have internet access. At the end of the online course you will take a short online exam; participants who pass the exam will receive a certificate of completion and are eligible for the on-campus course held in the beautiful Castle Oud Poelgeest near Leiden in the Netherlands.
What makes this course special?
This online course is the first part of our blended course that also includes an on-campus course. In the online course, you will be introduced to Question-Based Clinical Development (QBCD), an innovative approach to designing a rational and efficient pathway for developing new medical interventions. The QBCD concept is derived from Real Options Theory, which is commonly used by the oil industry to deal with the high levels of uncertainty and large investments that are also common to clinical development. Adapted to the biomedical industry, QBCD offers significant advantages compared to the commonly used net present value (NPV) and risk-adjusted project value calculations. Specifically, the goal of QBCD is to optimize project value by identifying and addressing critical questions early, thereby streamlining the development of new medical interventions.
What will you learn?
In this 5-week course, you will learn the basic principles of QBCD and how to apply this approach to teaching cases based on real-world R&D projects. Using these principles and clear examples, you will learn to identify the key questions that must be answered when developing new medical interventions such as medicinal products, vaccines, advanced therapy medicinal products, medical devices, an
4 things you will take away from this course
During this course, you will:
- Learn how to use the QBCD approach to formulate key questions when developing a new medical intervention;
- Learn how to deal optimally with development risks and costs;
- Learn how to work with the QBCD software program; and
- Engage in online discussions with your peers and receive feedback from your course instructor.
Article in Nature Biotechnology
We recently published the QBCD approach in the prestigious journal Nature Biotechnology; you can download the article (if you experience problems downloading the file, please contact us).
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