Clinical Development

Question Based Clinical Development facilitates the design of a rational and efficient development pathway for new medical interventions. Learn the principles behind QBCD and how to apply it to real R&D projects.

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Clinical Development Online

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Learn how to use the QBCD approach to formulate key questions when developing a new medical intervention

Learn how to deal optimally with development risks and costs

Learn how to work with the QBCD software program

Discuss online with peers and receive feedback from your course instructor

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Experience the challenge of decision making on R&D projects

Learn from the successes and failures of real-world R&D projects

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Hear about first-hand experiences from industry experts

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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

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Very helpful

The cases were very helpful, they brought the theory to life!

Dennie Tempel, Quorics B.V., Clinical Development Online graduate

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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

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Out of my comfort zone

“I loved the ‘corporate finance’ bit, really out of my comfort zone, but it did give me so much more insight into the financial considerations in clinical development”

Meta Roestenberg, Leiden University Medical Center, Clinical Development Online graduate

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This online course can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the blended learning-by-doing course Clinical Development, giving you the freedom to learn online in a time and place independent fashion from anywhere where you have internet access. At the end of the online course you will take a short online exam; participants who pass the exam will receive a certificate of completion and are eligible for the on-campus course held in the beautiful Castle Oud Poelgeest near Leiden in the Netherlands.

What makes this course special?

This online course is the first part of our blended course that also includes an on-campus course. In the online course, you will be introduced to Question-Based Clinical Development (QBCD), an innovative approach to designing a rational and efficient pathway for developing new medical interventions. The QBCD concept is derived from Real Options Theory, which is commonly used by the oil industry to deal with the high levels of uncertainty and large investments that are also common to clinical development. Adapted to the biomedical industry, QBCD offers significant advantages compared to the commonly used net present value (NPV) and risk-adjusted project value calculations. Specifically, the goal of QBCD is to optimize project value by identifying and addressing critical questions early, thereby streamlining the development of new medical interventions.

What will you learn?

In this 5-week course, you will learn the basic principles of QBCD and how to apply this approach to teaching cases based on real-world R&D projects. Using these principles and clear examples, you will learn to identify the key questions that must be answered when developing new medical interventions such as medicinal products, vaccines,

advanced therapy medicinal products, medical devices, and medicinal foods. During the online course, you will receive close guidance from the course instructor, who will actively participate in discussions and give valuable feedback on assignments.

4 things you will take away from this course

During this course, you will:

  1. Learn how to use the QBCD approach to formulate key questions when developing a new medical intervention;
  2. Learn how to deal optimally with development risks and costs;
  3. Learn how to work with the QBCD software program; and
  4. Engage in online discussions with your peers and receive feedback from your course instructor.

Article in Nature Biotechnology

We recently published the QBCD approach in the prestigious journal Nature Biotechnology; you can download the article (if you experience problems downloading the file, please contact us).

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Clinical Development contributors

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Clinical Development Online

Nacer Lounis

Senior Principal Scientist


Janssen Pharmaceutica

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Clinical Development Online

Tine de Marez

Senior Director, Compound Development Team Leader TB


Johnson & Johnson

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Clinical Development Online

Erik Niks

Neurologist - Pediatric neurologist


Leiden University Medical Center

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Clinical Development Online

Piet Hinoul

Chief Medical Officer


Virtual Incision

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Ad Sitsen

Owner


ClinPharMed Consultancy for Drug Development

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Paul Stoffels

CEO


Galapagos

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

Marcel Kenter

Director


Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

Koen Andries

VP Scientific Fellow Infectious Diseases Discovery


Janssen Pharmaceutica NV

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

Andreas Wallnöfer

General Partner


BioMed Partners Venture Capital (former Head of Clinical Research & Exploratory Development at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.)

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

Justin Hay

Senior Director


Cetara

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

André Elferink

Clinical epidemiologist


Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board

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Hans-Georg Eichler

Senior Medical Officer


European Medicines Agency

Clinical Development Online

Inge de Lepeleire

Director Translational Pharmacology


MSD Europe

On-campus

Clinical Development Online

Koos Burggraaf

Research Director CVS & Metabolism


CHDR

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Johan Garssen

Director Immunology Platform


Danone/Nutricia Research

Clinical Development Online

Rick Kuntz

Former Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific, Clinical and Regulatory Officer


Medtronic

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Clinical Development Online

Geert Jan Groeneveld

CSO/CMO


CHDR

Clinical Development Online

Oliver Bisazza

Former Director Regulatory Policy


Medtronic

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Saco de Visser

Teacher and Clinical Pharmacologist


Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden

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Richard Shull

Head of Deal Structuring and Trading Fundamentals


Shell

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Pierre Peeters

Early Clinical Development Expert


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