Blended learning for entrepreneurial biomedical and pharmaceutical professionals
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden is a non-profit post-graduate education initiative of the Leiden University Medical Center. It offers an international blended learning program for tomorrow’s leaders in biomedical science who have the ambition to develop a new medical intervention.
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Take the next step in your biomedical career
Do you have a great idea for a new medical product, but no idea where to start developing it? The trick is to find a post-graduate training program that is suited to your specific needs.
That's why we wrote a white paper about the Future4 approach to help you find the right post-graduate program by identifying the four key focus areas that will take your career to the next level.
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On-campus experience
Further explore the concepts of the online courses during the on-campus course. Maximum 30 participants are invited to castle Oud-Poelgeest near Leiden, the Netherlands to work in small, multidisciplinary focus groups on advanced teaching cases that are based on real R&D project.
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A selection of our contributors
Juliane Bernholz
Chief Operating Officer
AM Pharma
Onno van de Stolpe
Former CEO
Galapagos
Marc Martens
Head of Bird & Bird's Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law group in Brussels
Bird & Bird
Aliki Nichogiannopoulou
Director
European Patent Office
Ton van der Hoven
CEO
SurgVision BV
Bruno Vandermeulen
IP Lawyer - Member of the Brussels Bar
Independent IP practitioner
On-campus
Nacer Lounis
Senior Principal Scientist
Janssen Pharmaceutica
On-campus
Tine de Marez
Senior Director, Compound Development Team Leader TB
Johnson & Johnson
Bert Leufkens
Professor of Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulatory Science and Former Chair of Medicines Evaluation Board
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS)
Henk Schuring
VP-Head Rare Nephrology
Prilenia
Sjaak Bot
Former VP, Head of EMEA Regulatory Affairs
Janssen
Bernd van der Meulen
Professor of Comparative Food Law
European Institute for Food Law / Renmin University of China Law School
Frank Landolt
Chief Counsel Legal & Intellectual Property
Confo Therapeutics
On-campus
Erik Niks
Neurologist - Pediatric neurologist
Leiden University Medical Center
On-campus
Piet Hinoul
Chief Medical Officer
Virtual Incision
On-campus
Ad Sitsen
Owner
ClinPharMed Consultancy for Drug Development
Eline Bunnik
Assistant professor Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine
Erasmus MC
Maurits Westerik
IE/IT lawyer
Coupry
Bart Swinkels
Partner
NLO
Karin Verzijden
Food and Pharma Lawyer
Axon Lawyers
On-campus
Ineke Jonker-Hoogerkamp
Consultant Regulatory Affairs and Drug Development
Paul Janssen Futurelab & Eagle Pharma Consult
Kees Recourt
Investment Manager
Mibiton Foundation
Paul Stoffels
CEO
Galapagos
On-campus
Marcel Kenter
Director
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden
On-campus
Koen Andries
VP Scientific Fellow Infectious Diseases Discovery
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
On-campus
Andreas Wallnöfer
General Partner
BioMed Partners Venture Capital (former Head of Clinical Research & Exploratory Development at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.)
On-campus
André Elferink
Clinical epidemiologist
Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board
Hans-Georg Eichler
Senior Medical Officer
European Medicines Agency
Johan Garssen
Director Immunology Platform
Danone/Nutricia Research
Rick Kuntz
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific, Clinical and Regulatory Officer
Medtronic
Oliver Bisazza
Former Director Regulatory Policy
Medtronic
Richard Shull
Head of Deal Structuring and Trading Fundamentals
Shell
A world of knowledge
This training opened my eyes to a whole new world of knowledge on the development of medical interventions.
Willem Birkhoff, Centre for Human Drug Research, Clinical Development Online graduate
Interesting insights
Very nice approach, all cases were well explained in the provided papers and the interviews always gave interesting insights.
Pierre-Eric Juif, Actelion, Clinical Development Online graduate
Real life cases
The interactive program of the course ensures that you easily understand the information and make it applicable. The real life cases make this course interesting for biomedical professionals.
Laurel van Schunselaar, LUMC, postdoctoral researcher/ clinical study coordinator
Nicely set up
I think this course is very nicely set up, with a mix of videos, explanations, examples and self-assessments.
Nicoline Treijtel, Astellas, Clinical Development Online graduate