Pharma is not what it was even a few years ago. Understanding emerging information technologies and their impact on the pharmaceutical industry, and the roles and responsibilities of IT and non-IT stakeholders in leveraging these emerging technologies in light of the digital transformation, will be at the heart of all of the courses.
- Driving & facilitating drug discovery, development, and clinical trials
- Pharmacies can become health management centers instead of only medication fulfillment
- Health trackers and wearables will be able to provide real-time capture of data
- Facilitating earlier detection of disease and their impact
- Enabling more targeted & faster clinical trials
- Ensuring treatments can reach patients
- Analyzing the OR for efficiency and physician learning
- Prescription Management
- Automated manufacturing and supply chain
The pharmaceutical/life sciences industry is going through profound changes which present many significant opportunities and challenges in leveraging IT. This is driving the demand for IT individuals, not only with the proper technical background, but also advanced knowledge of management and pharma industry skills and considerations. In addition, non-IT professionals (e.g. researchers, scientists, manufacturers, marketing, administration) are now being called upon to deal with complex business issues that leverage information technology in light of emerging regulatory changes and new information technologies.
Naturally, having accurate, accessible, secure data is fundamental to a successful AI initiative, thus providing additional topics addressed in this program. The Digital Pharmaceutical Certificate focuses on the use of IT to enhance the strategic, tactical, and operational elements across the entire pharmaceutical industry Value Chain:
Patient Administered Out-Patient Drugs Flow
The courses are designed for IT and non-IT professionals in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry whose roles involve leveraging digital pharmaceutical industry opportunities to provide demonstrable value from their IT investments, in light of the digital transformation and emerging information technologies (e.g., AI, blockchain, social media, analytics, big data), while addressing important considerations like providing a secure infrastructure and hybrid work environment. Lessons learned regarding the impact of IT on the coronavirus pandemic are included in the program.
The Pharmaceutical IT Certificate focuses on the use of IT to enhance the functional elements of the pharma value chain from drug discovery through commercialization and includes critical supporting functions, such as supply chain logistics and regulatory and compliance. The program is designed to help participants understand how to leverage IT in pharma organizations by providing the necessary skills to become a vital resource to their firm and industry while enhancing their immediate and long term professional development.
