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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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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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

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
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
Chief Counsel Legal & Intellectual Property
Confo Therapeutics
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

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

Paul de Koning
Exploratory Development Expert
Former Head Clinical Pharmacology & Exploratory Development Astellas
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

The mix worked well
"I was impressed with the versatility of the learning environment. The mix of texts, PDFs, videos, questions and assignments worked wonderfully well!"
Erik van Beers, Skyline DX, Clinical Development Online graduate

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

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

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