Introduction of a Clinical Forensic Medicine ... - Drexel University

The pharmaceutical industry demand for increasingly more
effective and efficient use of technology continues to gain
strength, as reflected within industry analysis reports. Industry
is sensitive the need for R&D speed to deliver an increasingly
complex product portfolio in order to satisfy global health care
demand. One trend that is having a significant impact on speed is
the transformation of the IT landscape of drug development
from a somewhat disconnected, application-by-application efforts
to an integrated systems approach. In the clinical trials process,
for instance, clinical supply units are learning how to use valuable
information derived from early research and development and
testing to improve product quality and to ensure health care
consumer safety. Discovering ways to leverage this information
can prove crucial to winning the first-to-market race, and
ultimately, capturing valuable market share. In recent years, the
pharmaceutical industry has realized the benefits of applying
automated technology to optimize various processes within the
research and drug development process. This course will provide
the foundation for subsequent courses dealing with computer
applications in clinical drug development and data management.