A Two Day Onsite Workshop for Pharma & Biotech Companies:

Introduction to Pharmacokinetics in Drug Development - Concepts and Applications

Dr. Perlstein will arrive to your site and provide an exciting two day introductory workshop.

The workshop topics may be modified per company request and if desired, specific company cases can be reviewed.

Audience: This workshop is aimed at professionals in the pharmaceuticals industry specializing in R&D

Pre-requisites: The workshop is for non-specialist and assumes no prior knowledge of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, the participant should be able to:

- Understand the roles of PK in drug development

- Describe basic PK concepts and parameters

- Give a few examples of how interpretation of PK data can be applied to support drug development

Typical Agenda: 

Day 1

• Introduction to PK and its utilities
• Basic Pharmacokinetic (non-compartmental) Concepts:
• ADMET Concepts (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity)
• ADMET Methods (in-vitro, animals)
• Translation into human (dose selection for first in human)

Day 2

• Translational PK
• Considerations for biologic compounds
• Overview of clinical pharmacology studies and the CDP
• Practical issues in PK
• PK Case Studies ofDrug Development
• Introduction to Pharmacometrics
• Concluding remarks