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Fostering Competence in Medicines Development: The IFAPP Perspective

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Title
Fostering Competence in Medicines Development: The IFAPP Perspective
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, October 2016
DOI 10.3389/fphar.2016.00377
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Dominique J. Dubois, Anna Jurczynska, Sandor Kerpel-Fronius, Gustavo Kesselring, Kyoko Imamura, Gerfried Nell, Honorio Silva, Peter Stonier

Abstract

IFAPP (International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Pharmaceutical Medicine) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to promote Pharmaceutical Medicine & Medicines Development (PM&MD) by enhancing the competencies and maintaining high research ethical standards of Pharmaceutical Physicians and other professionals involved in medicines development worldwide, leading to the availability and appropriate use of medicines for the benefit of patients and society. About 30 national professional associations related to PM&MD, involving 7000 professionals, are affiliated to IFAPP. Medicines development has traditionally been a challenging enterprise, with high risk, high investment, and potentially high returns in the lengthy and complex process of identifying a new chemical entity as a candidate for development and possibly succeeding in bringing it as a pharmaceutical product to the market. However, the emergence of genomics, translational research, biomarkers, and precision medicine pose challenges going forward involving allocation of resources, price, market access, and cost-effectiveness as opposed to the traditional concepts of "efficacy" and "safety." Education and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are a major focus of IFAPP. The International Conference on Pharmaceutical Medicine (ICPM) is the largest event for our organization; ICPM is held every 2 or 3 years and is aimed to provide the state of the art in key areas for our discipline and profession. The paper is a reflection on the role of competency-based education and training for Pharmaceutical Physicians and medicines development scientists, as was discussed during the recent ICPM 2016 held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 18-19, with the support of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Medicine, and gathered around 200 representatives from the pharmaceutical, clinical research and regulatory arenas from all over the world(,).

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Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 16%
Researcher 6 14%
Other 4 9%
Student > Postgraduate 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Other 9 20%
Unknown 10 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 20%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 14 32%
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