PharmaTrain Membership

The PharmaTrain Federation addresses several categories of members: course providers, companies, agencies and societies as well as individual members. All benefit in different ways from PharmaTrain.

Membership & Benefits

Who can become member of the PharmaTrain Federation?
PharmaTrain Federation addresses five categories of members: course providers, companies, agencies and societies as well as individual members. Also trainees may join as individual members.

Company Membership

PharmaTrain has implemented Global Shared Standards for Education and Training in Medicines Development, enabling high-quality, efficient and cost-effective infrastructure to educate and train employees outside the company

Your Advantages

Global best standard for Education and Training (E&T)
Highly competent staff is the basis for efficient medicines development. Top-quality training in recognised courses and standardisation of education can help to reliably develop the staff that can drive efficient medicines development.

Industry’s global needs
PharmaTrain brings together a global network of university based and commercial course providers who deliver their courses according to the agreed shared standards and support the development of competencies in medicines development.

Industry relevant content
In a public-private partnership (www.imi.europa.eu) PharmaTrain has identified 180 topics (Syllabus) that have been mapped to 60 Learning Outcomes – all relevant for practical application in medicines development.

Implementing new training standards
Training Centres, which offer Diploma Courses, Master Programmes and CPD Modules/Short Courses under the PharmaTrain brand, guarantee the high PharmaTrain standards and undergo quality assessments.

PharmaTrain recognised Training Centres
PharmaTrain has assessed and awarded training centres that share the high-quality standards, the “PharmaTrain Centre Recognition” or “PharmaTrain Centre of Excellence”.

Competencies – development and recognition
PharmaTrain has established the concept for structured competence development in medicines development leading to a “Specialist in Medicines Development” (SMD), based on PharmaTrain recognised courses and coached on-the-job training.

Your Benefits in joining the PharmaTrain Federation

  • Driving advanced E&T in Medicines Development
  • Shaping the future global infrastructure for competence development in medicines development
  • Benefit from the unique network with partners from university and non-university course providers, regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical and training companies as well as scientific associations.

Courses Provider Membership

PharmaTrain has implemented Global Shared Standards for Education and Training in Medicines Development. PharmaTrain supports course providers which are offering courses in
- Medicines Development
- Preclinical and Clinical Research
- Regulatory
- Medical affairs
- Pharmacovigilance
- Or any other topics in conjunction with above domains

Your Advantages

The PharmaTrain global Course Providers’ network
Global collaboration and mutual recognition of modules from diploma and master courses by PharmaTrain Centres in the network offers greater flexibility to trainees and employers. The network is a platform for course providers to share experience with other course providers and to learn about needs and experiences in other countries.

Global best standard for Education and Training (E&T)
Highly competent staff is the basis for efficient medicines development. Top-quality training in recognised courses and standardisation of education can help to reliably develop the staff that can drive efficient medicines development.

Academia and Industry’s global needs
PharmaTrain brings together a global network of university based and commercial course providers who deliver their courses according to the agreed shared standards and support the development of competencies in medicines development.

Industry relevant content
In a public-private partnership (www.imi.europa.eu) PharmaTrain has identified 180 topics (Syllabus) that have been mapped to 60 Learning Outcomes – all relevant for practical application in medicines development.

Implementing new training standards
Training Centres, which offer Diploma Courses, Master Programmes and CPD Modules/Short Courses under the PharmaTrain brand, guarantee the high PharmaTrain standards and undergo quality assessments.

Implementing new training standards
Training Centres, which offer Diploma Courses, Master Programmes and CPD Modules/Short Courses under the PharmaTrain brand, guarantee the high PharmaTrain standards and undergo quality assessments.

PharmaTrain recognised Training Centres
PharmaTrain has assessed and awarded training centres that share the high-quality standards, the “PharmaTrain Centre Recognition” or “PharmaTrain Centre of Excellence”.

Competencies – development and recognition
PharmaTrain has established the concept for structured competence development in medicines development leading to a “Specialist in Medicines Development” (SMD), based on PharmaTrain recognised courses and coached on-the-job training.

Your benefits in joining PharmaTrain Federation
  • You participate in driving Education and Training in Medicines Development.
  • The PharmaTrain brand supports the awareness and acceptance of your courses.
  • Support awareness of the need for more and better standardised E&T in medicines development.
  • Benefit from the unique network with partners from university and non-university course providers, pharmaceutical companies and their service organisations as well as professional and regulatory organisations.