Blended learning for entrepreneurial biomedical professionals
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden offers a non-profit, 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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Clinical Development
Questions Optimizing Calculator
This tool helps to optimize the development of novel medical interventions such as medicinal products, medical devices and medical nutrition. Using risk-adjusted project values to rank key scientific questions, the tool identifies the optimal path for developing a new medical intervention. Watch the tutorial from Dr. Saco de Visser, developer of the tool and course teacher of the course Clinical Development. Create an account to use the tool for free.
Our approach in professional learning
We offer a unique blend of online education and on-campus training for talented biomedical scientist that have the ambition to become the future generation Chief Scientific Officers.
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Our participants
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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
Marc Martens
Head of Bird & Bird's Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law group in Brussels
Bird & Bird
Aliki Nichogiannopoulou
Director
European Patent Office
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
Sanofi Genzyme
Sjaak Bot
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
V.P. intellectual property and legal
Ablynx N.V.
On-campus
Erik Niks
Neurologist - Pediatric neurologist
Leiden University Medical Center
On-campus
Piet Hinoul
Global Head, Pre-Clinical, Clinical and Medical Affairs
J&J Ethicon
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 (former Bird & Bird)
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
Chief scientific officer
Johnson & Johnson
Tom Huizinga
Head of the Department of Rheumatology
Leiden University Medical Centre
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
Justin Hay
Pharmacokinetics Assessor
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
On-campus
André Elferink
Clinical epidemiologist
Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board
On-campus
Rob Zuiker
Senior Clinical Scientist
CHDR
On-campus
Barbara J. van Zwieten-Boot
Vice Chair
Medicines Evaluation Board, The Netherlands
Hans-Georg Eichler
Senior Medical Officer
European Medicines Agency
On-campus
Robert Klautz
Thoracic Surgeon
Leiden University Medical Centre
On-campus
Matthijs Moerland
Research Director Translational Biomarkers
CHDR
Joris Rotmans, MD, PhD
internist-nephrologist
LUMC
On-campus
Janneke Meulenberg
CEO
Arthrogen
Inge de Lepeleire
Director Translational Pharmacology
MSD Europe
On-campus
Koos Burggraaf
Research Director CVS & Metabolism
CHDR
Johan Garssen
Director Immunology Platform
Danone/Nutricia Research
On-campus
Ingrid de Visser
Senior Clinical Scientist
CHDR
Rick Kuntz
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific, Clinical and Regulatory Officer
Medtronic
On-campus
Geert Jan Groeneveld
Research Director CNS
CHDR
Oliver Bisazza
Director Regulatory Policy
Medtronic
Saco de Visser
Teacher and Clinical Pharmacologist
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden
On-campus
Adam Cohen
CEO and clinical pharmacologist
Centre for Human Drug Research
Richard Shull
Head of Deal Structuring and Trading Fundamentals
Shell
Pierre Peeters
Former site head early stage development
Organon
Really instructive
"The highlights of the course were the real life examples and the follow up provided. The interviews with people that were involved in the studies were really instructive"
Georges Habineza Ndikuyeze, Janssen Research & Development, Clinical Development Online graduate
Excellent learning opportunities
“The cases were excellent and the manner in which they were presented provided excellent learning opportunities”
Vickas Patel, GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Development Online graduate
Not the traditional classroom
"Clinical development was dissected in a different way than I am used to, which was intriguing. The interface of the online course and exam were really nice: simple and straightforward to interact with, at your own pace and time, and you can go back and forth as you wish, certainly not the traditional way of a frontal classroom interface!”
Ofer Spiegelstein, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Clinical Development Online graduate
Happy with responses
“Real life case studies and learning about 'how it really happened'. Very happy with responses on comments (timewise and content)”
Joost van Middendorp, Pfizer, Clinical Development Online graduate
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A few days left to sign up for the online course of May 4th. Participants rate this course 9 out of 10. Learn how Question Based Clinical Development can optimize the development of medical products and how to apply it to real R&D projects. https://t.co/M2DQ3uViLE
In collaboration with CCMO, Futurelab offers a FREE COURSE about legislation and procedures on clinical research in the Netherlands. Brush up on how to submit your research file with this short animation. https://t.co/WkF0I0IP3E