Drug Discovery and Development (3D) Workshop

Drug Discovery and Development (3D) Workshop

Thursday 6th December, 11-4pm (lunch provided)

Seminar Room B, First Floor 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX

Attendance is free but strictly limited to 25 participants – Please email ruchi.chauhan@admin.cam.ac.uk to reserve your place.

This Pfizer 3D game enables all participants to collaborate throughout a computer simulated drug development process from pre-clinical research through to final product approval from the FDA. Participants work as an industrial project team, trying to get a great drug to patients. This workshop is a tailored version of a training system that is regularly provided to senior Pfizer R&D scientists and project team leaders.

The facilitator Dr Nick Clarke, Head of UK Academic Partnerships at Pfizer, will guide the interactive session using a computer programme simulating the entire spectrum of R&D process based decisions (from target selection, in vivo & safety studies, IND filing, to clinical trial strategy and regulatory interactions). During the game, your team will encounter decision points and then work together and engage in debate on how to move forward. These decisions will be influenced by data and test results produced by the simulation. Your decisions and the related outcomes will affect overall quality and competitiveness of your program as reflected by R&D cost, patent/product life and time to market.

Who Should Participate: Researchers and academics who are interested in developing a deep appreciation of the decision processes, cost and timeline for new drug R&D; hands on experience in the drug R&D is preferred but not a must.