Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland

Drug Development Workshop September 2002

Wednesday September 11 2002

Cole Lecture Theatre
5th Floor
School of Medicine
85 Park Road
Auckland

A mix of short lectures and interactive small group discussion will cover the spectrum of modern drug development science and its application to pharmaceutical medicine in New Zealand.

Time Topic
14.00 Dr David Woolner Introduction
14.10 Small groups What do I need to know about drug development? What did I learn at the last workshop? What is still unclear?
14.30 Dr Michelle Glass Discovery: Transmembrane Receptor Signalling
14.55 Small groups How does pharmacology help drug development? How does pharmacological science influence drug development in humans?
15.15 Everyone Afternoon tea
15.30 Mr Simon Hurley Development: Individual doses – the Target Concentration Strategy
15.55 Small groups What needs to be in the drug data sheet? What information is useful for dose individualization?
16.15 Dr Richard Robson Drug Approval in New Zealand. What does MAAC do?
16.40 Everyone Review of Small Group Outcome. What did we learn today?
17.00 Meeting finishes

This workshop has been organised as a joint activity of the Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland and Merck, Sharpe & Dohme (NZ) Ltd. Please contact one of us for registration details.

Nick Holford

David Woolner