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Winter 2025: January, 2025
What you'll learn through the
KSA Pharma, Life Sciences & Leadership Fellowship
Gain expertise in digital health over an 8-week Fellowship combining highly engaging live virtual sessions conducted every week with industry led projects and global networking opportunities.
Week 1: Mindset, Leadership & Emotional Intelligence (Riyadh)
This module covers leadership, emotional intelligence, and project management from a global perspective. Through global group projects, from start to finish, participants gain practical experience in managing diverse teams, applying emotional intelligence in cross-cultural leadership, and overcoming international challenges to achieve goals.
Week 2: Biopharma and HealthTech in Pharma (Remote)
This session delves into the integration of biopharma and healthtech within the pharmaceutical industry. It explores how biotechnological advancements and digital health technologies are revolutionising drug development, patient diagnostics, and treatment monitoring. The module examines case studies of successful biopharma and healthtech collaborations, highlighting the role of data analytics, AI, and wearable technology in enhancing drug efficacy and patient care.
Week 3: Drug Discovery, Preclinical Development and Clinical Trial Design
This module explores the drug life cycle's initial stages, including Drug Discovery and Preclinical Development, and proceeds to detail Clinical Trial Design. It emphasises the journey from identifying potential therapeutic compounds to the critical planning and execution of clinical trials. This comprehensive approach underlines the significance of ethical considerations, regulatory compliance, and the integration of technology in streamlining trial processes, ensuring data integrity, and safeguarding patient safety, offering a holistic view of drug development from conception to clinical evaluation.
Week 4: Drug Life Cycle (Regulatory Affairs, Drug Approval and Launch) & Mindset (Remote)
This module offers an overview of pharmaceutical regulations, concentrating on drug approval processes around the globe. It details the role of regulatory affairs in drug development, including marketing authorisation submissions, agency interactions, and compliance importance throughout the drug's lifecycle. Additionally, it addresses post-approval obligations, amendments, and regulatory document management.
Week 5: Patient Safety, Medical Affairs, and Communication (Remote)
This module examines the crucial role of medical affairs in pharmaceutical companies, focusing on their involvement in scientific communication, medical education, and stakeholder engagement. It teaches how to effectively communicate complex scientific information to diverse audiences, including healthcare professionals, patients, and regulatory bodies. The module also covers strategies for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
Week 6: Health Economics & Market Access and Pricing (Remote)
This module introduces health economics and market access, key to pharmaceutical product commercialisation. It covers health economics principles, such as cost-effectiveness, budget impact analyses, and pricing strategies, and discusses reimbursement pathways and negotiations with healthcare payers. Fellows will learn about the importance of demonstrating value to stakeholders and using health economic data in market access strategies. The module also highlights global variations in healthcare systems and market access requirements.
Week 7: Pharmaceutical Omnichannel Marketing & Sales (Remote)
This module delves into marketing and selling pharmaceutical products, highlighting product positioning, brand management, and campaign development for various stakeholders. It examines digital and traditional sales strategies, ethical marketing practices, regulatory compliance, and the influence of market access on marketing strategies. Fellows will learn about pharmaceutical sales dynamics and customer relationship management's significance.
Week 8: Pharma & Life Sciences Summit event (Riyadh)
The final week culminates with our BiteLabs: Pharma and Life Sciences Summit event, where we host the pharma and life sciences industry, topical panel discussions and an oppertunity for our fellows to present the individual and/or group projects they have been working on during their 8 weeks fellowship programme.
Our summit event is a great opportunity for our fellows to become a part of the Pharma and Life Sciences industry by networking and raising their profiles amongst the top industry leaders.
You will ralso eceive your certificates and be formally initiated into the BiteLabs Pharma & LifeSciences Alumni Community.
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Our global programme runs live on a weekly basis in the GMT+3 (KSA) timezone.
Winter 2025
18th January, 2025
Winter 2025
18th January, 2025
Autumn 2024
2nd November – 13th January
15th October, 2024
Autumn 2024
2nd November – 13th January
15th October, 2024