Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland

Drug Development Workshop 2003

Wednesday July 9 2003

Cole Lecture Theatre
5th Floor
School of Medicine
85 Park Road
Auckland

A mix of short lectures and interactive small group discussion will cover the spectrum of modern drug development science and its application to pharmaceutical medicine in New Zealand.

Time Topic
14.00 Dr Nick Holford Introduction
14.10 Small groups What do I need to know about drug development? What's the difference between Discovery, Development and Delivery?
14.30 Prof Bill Wilson Discovery: Anti-Cancer Drug Insights in Auckland
14.55 Small groups How does cell biology help drug development? How does biological science influence drug development in humans?
15.15 Everyone Afternoon tea
15.30 Dr Steve Duffull Development: Designing Clinical Trials
15.55 Small groups How can the double blind randomized trial be improved? What information should clinical trials try to discover?
16.15 Dr Edward Watson Delivery: Medical Marketing
16.40 Everyone How does Drug Development Affect The Way the Medicine reaches the Patient? What did we learn today?
17.00 Meeting finishes

This workshop has been organised as a joint activity of the Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland and Merck, Sharpe & Dohme (NZ) Ltd. Please contact one of us for registration details.

Nick Holford

David Woolner