New Biotech Learning Center Courses!

Autumn is in the air and the kids are back in school – now is your chance to take advantage of professional development opportunities through MassBioEd!

MassBioEd recently unveiled some exciting new courses worth checking out:

Medical Device Overview

This 1-day course provides an overview of U.S. medical device regulations, including how to navigate the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), how to determine if a product is a device, how to classify the device, types of applications and how to determine which and when to utilize, and components of those applications.

For more information and to register, click here.

Clinical Trial Overview: The Players, Process and Language

If you are looking to transition to a research position, this primer will help you become aquainted with the players, the process, and the terminology of clinical trials.

For more information and to register, click here.

Managing Clinical Trials

It is intensely demanding to successfully manage and demonstrate oversight of clinical trials, especially in the current development environment of regulatory scrutiny of the Sponsor’s relationship with vendors, cost consciousness, global programs, the use of numerous vendors and the need to become more efficient and process oriented. This modular seminar series will teach the major skills needed to manage successful clinical studies.

For more information and to register, click here.

Drug Development for the Non-Scientist

This course was new in the spring but is back by popular demand! This course is an overview of the development and regulatory process for bringing a new drug, either a small or large molecule, to market. Participants will learn about drug discovery/product development as well as preclinical research, regulated clinical trials and post-approval commercial considerations.

For more information and to register, click here.

The rest of the fall lineup includes:

• Biotechnology Project Management
  

• BioBasics: Biotech for the Non-Scientist

• Leadership Training Program for Scientists, Managers, and Support Services
  

• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) Training for the Biotech Industry

• Improving Biotech Presentation Skills

For more information on MassBioEd Courses, visit their website or contact julie.deschenes@massbio.org.

MassBio members get a discount on registration and some companies qualify for the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Workforce Training Fund Express reimbursement program. Businesses that employ 50 or fewer workers, can apply for an  grant that will allow purchase of up to $30,000 worth of training.

See you in our classroom soon!