Post Graduate Diploma in Drug Discovery and Development (12 months)

Executive Diploma in Drug Discovery and Development (6 months)

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About IGMPI


The Institute of Good Manufacturing Practices India, registered under SR Act XXI of 1860, Government of India, recognised by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, accredited Vocational Institution of Ministry of Education, Government of India and approved by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) presents a unique, friendly and interactive platform to get rid of all your GMP compliance related issues. GMP- an essential element of industries like pharmaceutical, cosmetic, Ayurveda, biotech, homeopathic, medical device and food manufacturing and sustainability services - in itself is the most dynamic part which witnesses frequent changes in terms of new rules being added and old ones being renewed. Thus, keeping oneself updated with current GMPs is essential to remain aligned with evolving industry requirement and standards.

Our team comprises knowledgeable professionals from diverse sectors such as Pharma, Healthcare, Food & Nutraceutical industries, pooling together their expertise, know-how, and practical experiences to create this GMP guide. IGMPI is moving hand in hand with technology advances and has gained recognition as a stronger and better education and training platform provider for professionals and students in the areas of GMP, Quality Assurance and Control, Pharma, Food & Nutrition and Healthcare Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical IPR and Good Laboratory Practice and Product Management. Our board of governors and specialists have collated their acumen and are offering state-of-the-art courses which includes GMP training, Quality Assurance and Control, Pharma and healthcare Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical IPR, Environment Social Governance (ESG), and Good Laboratory Practice in form of formal classroom studies, online/interactive programmes, online seminars, as well as onsite training programmes along with the knowledge of worldwide affairs of the industry. In short, a round-the-clock service is provided for any information in these areas required by anybody from around the country and abroad. Based on high standards of quality, the training programmes in Pharma, Healthcare and Food GMP, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Regulatory Affairs, IPR, Pharma Product Management, Public Health, Hospital Management, Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Writing, Medical Coding, Nanotechnology, Drug Design and Discovery, Food QA&QC, etc., areas have been approved by Quality Council of India, which is an autonomous body and an accreditation authority for education & vocational training providers under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. IGMPI is duly licensed and certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2018.

Accreditation and Awards

IGMPI is recognized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and duly licensed and certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2018 (License number: ERO/EOMSM/L-8000027) for offering education and training programmes, services and processes in the areas of Pharmaceutical, Food, Nutrition, Healthcare, Environment Health & Safety (EHS), Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) and Marketing Communications.

Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Bureau of Indian Standards

Institute of Good Manufacturing Practices India (IGMPI) is registered as a non-profit society with its own Memorandum of Association and bye-laws under The Societies Registration Act, 1860, Government of India. IGMPI is an accredited Vocational Institution of Ministry of Education, Government of India.

The Post Graduate and Executive Diploma programmes of IGMPI in Good Manufacturing Practices, Regulatory Affairs, Intellectual Property Rights, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Public Health, Nanotechnology, Hospital Management, Product Management, Sales and Marketing Management, Clinical Research, Medical Writing, Drug Discovery and Development, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Coding have been duly assessed and approved by Quality Council of India, Government of India based on fulfillment of QCI's following criteria:

  1. Programme Content
  2. Programme Design
  3. Programme Material
  4. Instructors
  5. Class size & Attendance
  6. Facilities
  7. Evaluation of Students
  8. Written Examination
  9. Certificate

IGMPI is also approved by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) (FSSAI ID: TPINS18). IGMPI® is licensed by Department of Food Safety & Drug Administration under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and registered under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.

IGMPI has been conferred with the prestigious "BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS (BIS) AWARD OF HONOUR 2023". QUALITY COUNCIL OF INDIA (QCI) has also conferred IGMPI with D.L. SHAH NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD, Certificate of Merit & ASSOCHAM has conferred IGMPI with the Services Excellence Award based on excellence of its services to the students and training participants.

IGMPI's Membership with IPA

IGMPI is a Lifetime Institutional member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA).

IPA

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) came into existence through an act of Parliament in 1987. BIS is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The Bureau is a Body consisting of 25 members representing both Central and State governments, Members of Parliament, industry, scientific and research institutions, consumer organizations and professional bodies; with Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution as its President and with Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution as its Vice-President.

Quality Council of India (QCI)

Quality Council of India is set up by the Government of India to establish and operate national accreditation structure and promote quality through National Quality Campaign. QCI is registered as a non-profit society with its own Memorandum of Association. QCI is governed by a Council of 38 members and Chairman of QCI is appointed by the Prime Minister on recommendation of the industry to the government. The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, is the nodal ministry for QCI.

International Recognition

For providing its education and training services to overseas students, IGMPI is registered with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Government of India and our Export Import Code is AADCI7680Q.

IGMPI is an Institutional Member of the International Society for Quality in Health CarelSQua

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and through the Indian National Committee (INC) which is a member of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). BIS is also a member of regional standards bodies like Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) and South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO). India started taking part in IEC from 1911 and subsequently the then Indian Standards Institution (now BIS) took over the responsibility of Indian National Committee of IEC(INC-IEC) in 1949. Since then the INC-IEC is actively participating in the activities of the IEC both at the policy level and technical work and carrying out the responsibilities as member body of IEC Council. India is a member in Standards Management Board (SMB) of IEC since 2015.BIS has also signed Bilateral Cooperation Agreements (BCA)/Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) with the National Standards Bodies of several countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, European Union , Germany, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordon, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia , Slovakia, Slovenia, Suriname, USA, UAE, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Bhutan, Brazil, Israel, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), Quality Council of India is a member of International Accreditation Forum (IAF) & Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) as well as signatory to its MLAs for Quality Management Systems, Environmental Management Systems and Product Certification. NABCB is also a Full Member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) & Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) as well as signatory to its MRAs for Inspection.


Post Graduate Diploma/Executive Diploma in Drug Discovery and Development


The drug needs are changing rapidly and so is increasing the need of technically and professionally trained individuals with sound knowledge scientific attributes related to the field. The academic training in drug development forms the base but they need to be backed with professionals training. IGMPI serves this purpose well with its online learning programme in drug development and discovery.

The programme trains and guides the candidate through varied aspects of this industry to ensure a complete all round grooming of the aspirant. Producing only efficient and productive professionals for the industry is the only concern of this professional programme. Post Graduate Diploma/Executive Diploma programme by IGMPI adds to the candidate’s potential of entering into this industry by offering:

  • Complete knowledge of the theoretical chapters (structural design, rational and combinatorial methods, drug target selection, etc.)
  • Knowledge and training of practical drug designing tools
  • Application and technicalities of drug development process
  • Guidance by field experts during the programme and drug patenting
  • Knowledge of global scenarios, scope and opportunities
  • Knowledge about the clinical trials, ethics and regulatory processes involved

IGMPI programme promise to polish the skills of its candidates and make them job ready! The candidates are taught the techniques, given practical knowledge and accustomed to the varied on-field situations that might arise during their careers. All this is made possible with help of:

  • Extensive programme material which has been designed by experts who are or have been contributing to the industry in the past
  • Numerous case studies which are a part of the programme
  • Intelligently aligned programme structure which gives step wise knowledge and insight of the industry and all its aspects

Programme Modules

Module 1: Introduction to Drug Design and Development

  • Introduction to Drugs, Names of Drugs, Types of Drugs
  • Drug Discovery Process: General Introduction, Flow of Drug Discovery Process

Module 2: Cellular and Molecular Biology

  • Structure and Function of Cell
  • Cell Cycle, Cell Division and Cell Death
  • Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids, Proteins, Carbohydrates and Lipids
  • Receptors and Secondary Signalling

Module 3: Concepts of Pharmacology

  • Introduction to Pharmacology
  • Routes of Administration
  • Pharmacokinetics: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion
  • Pharmacodynamics: Drug-Receptor Interaction and Terminologies

Module 4: Modern Drug Discovery Process

  • Target Identification and Validation
  • Lead Identification and Optimization
  • Economics of Drug Discovery
  • Role of Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
  • Role of Nucleic acid Microarrays, Protein microarrays, Antisense Technologies, siRNAs, Antisense Oligonucleotides, Zinc Finger Proteins
  • Role of Transgenic animals in Target Validation

Module 5: Lead Identification

  • Combinatorial Chemistry and HTS
  • In silico Lead Discovery Techniques
  • Assay Development for Hit Identification
  • Proteins: Structure and Functions
  • Domains, Motifs and folds in Protein Structure
  • Computational Prediction of Protein Structure: Threading and Homology modeling methods
  • Applications of NMR and X-ray in Protein Structure Prediction

Module 6: Rational Drug Design

  • Traditional vs. Rational Drug Design
  • Methods in Traditional Drug Design
  • Concepts of Rational Drug Design
  • Methods in Rational Drug Design: Structure and Pharmacophore based approaches
  • Virtual Screening Techniques: Drug Likeness screening, Concepts of Pharmacophore mapping and Pharmacophore based Screening

Module 7: Molecular Docking

  • Rigid Docking, Flexible Docking & Manual Docking
  • Docking Based Screening
  • De novo Drug Design, Quantitative Analysis of Structure Activity Relationship, History and Development of QSAR, SAR vs. QSAR
  • Physiochemical Parameters: Hansch Analysis, Fee Wilson Analysis and relationship between them

Module 8: QSAR Statistical Methods

  • Regression Analysis, Partial Least Square Analysis (PLS) and other multivariate statistical methods
  • 3D-QSAR approaches: COMFA & COMSIA

Module 9: Pro-drug based Concepts

  • Prodrug Design-Basic Concept
  • Prodrugs to Improve Patient Acceptability
  • Drug Solubility, Drug Absorption and Distribution, Site-specific Drug Delivery & Sustained Drug Action
  • Rational of Prodrug Design
  • Practical Consideration of Prodrug Design

Module 10: Biostatistics in Drug Discovery and Development

  • Defining the Research Problem
  • Sampling Design
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Parametric and Non parametric test
  • Scientific Writing

Module 11: Pharmacological and Toxicological Screening Methods

  • General Principles of Screening and Animal Models
  • Pharmacological Screening Models – Hypertension, Pain, Epilepsy, Depression, Ulcers, Ischemia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Diabetes and Leishmaniasis.
  • Regulatory Toxicology (OECD Test Guidelines: Acute, Sub-acute, Sub-chronic & Chronic, Reproductive Toxicity, Teratogenicity, Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity

Module 12: Introduction to Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance

  • Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Research Stakeholders and Core team
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Seriousness, Expectedness and Casualty Assessment of ADRs
  • PvPI

Module 13: Demonstration of Instrument Handling and Analytical Techniques

Module 14: Industry Based Case Study

Eligibility

Any Graduation/ B.tech/ B.Sc. in Microbiology/ Life Sciences/ Botany/ Zoology/ Food Science/ Food Technology/ BE/ B.Pharma/ MBBS/ BDS/ BHMS/ BUMS/ BAMS or any other discipline. Diploma holders are eligible for our Executive Diploma, Industry Certificate, and Certificate Programmes.

Programme Duration

The duration to complete this programme is 1 year (Post Graduate Diploma), 6 months (Executive Diploma).

Registration

The registration dates for this programme run by the Institute are updated timely on the webpage. Effective online learning tools incorporated into the design of the webpage make the programme lectures, online live classes and study material easily accessible. This gives a huge window of self-regulated and self-paced performance to the participants.

Programme Deliverables

A comprehensive study material for all the modules in hard copies ensuring the needs of the audience. The accompanying training material is appropriately aligned with the current Industry’s expectations.

  • Assignments for all the programme modules for continuous evaluation and guidance.
  • Interactive or online live sessions on all key areas of the programme giving all flexibility to the participants.
  • Online classes for all the modules will be conducted on the weekends. Moreover, a doubt clearing session will also be scheduled before the examination
  • All the efforts are made by IGMPI faculty members to make the entire programme modules easily understandable.
  • Assessment and evaluation for all the programme modules in order to enhance the levels of competencies and skills of the participants leading towards the objective of application in the job.
  • At the end of each programme modules, the trainers shall obtain feedback from the participants using specially designed questionnaires.
  • All learning and training delivery initiatives shall be conducted in English.

Examination and Certification

IGMPI follows a credit system based on all learning activities involved in studying for all PG Diploma, Executive Diploma and Certificate Programmes. Each of your modules is equal to 4 credits. To successfully complete the programme, you will have to earn all the credits assigned to your programme. This programme is approved by Quality Council of India (QCI), Government of India.

All the participants are obliged to timely submit completed assessment assignments (during the programme, usually after every module) and appear for an online exam at the end of the programme. After successful completion, the participants will be awarded Post Graduate Diploma/Executive Diploma in Drug, Discovery and Development by Faculty of Drug Discovery and Development, IGMPI. For all the above-mentioned modules, Online Classes (Online mode) or face-to-face classes (Regular mode), elaborate programme material, self-assessment assignments would be provided by the Institute. Details get updated on the webpage as well.

Placement Assistance & Corporate Relations

The Institute has partnered with many organizations for providing with placement assistance to in its participants. Besides, it has a robust placement cell comprised of senior level Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close links with business and industry. This cell is continuously engaged in promoting the employability of our participants and encouraging the concerned Human Resources department and Hiring Managers to recruit/hire our participants for their vacant positions. The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing & interview skills.

In recent months the Institute has witnessed more and more participation from professionals working with global pharmaceutical like Mankind Pharma Ltd., GSK, Syngene International, IPCA Laboratories, GVK Biosciences, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Gland Pharma Ltd., Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ranbaxy, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Wockhardt Ltd., Piramal Life Science, Alembic Ltd., Zydus Cadila, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, FDC Ltd., JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Lupin Ltd., Orchid Pharma, Natco Pharma, Matrix Laboratories, Hetro Drugs, Jubilant Life Sciences, etc. The IGMPI’s Corporate Resource Division actively recommends our students and training participants for various job requirements and specialized roles to Human Resource, Talent Acquisition as well as the heads of various departments in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare industries on regular basis.

Future career prospects

Professionals in this industry have a global standing and responsibility as well. The work done here serves to global audience and is not just country specific. Thus, the field beholds immense respect for its takers which comes with equal amounts of pressure to ensure proper code and ethics of the field are followed. IGMPI offers comprehensive training in drug discovery and development which is essential; for ensuring a benefitting future in the industry. Pass outs from this programme are eligible to find work in:

  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Biomedical companies
  • Technology/consulting companies in the healthcare arena or even government sector

The programme also prepares for positions and roles like Medicinal chemist, Computational chemist, Nano Technician or In Silico Drug Designer. IGMPI offers professional and industry oriented training thus opening doors for entry into the industry. Post Graduate Diploma/Executive Diploma in Drug discovery and Development adds advantage for those already in the industry as a tag of professional training and those new to the industry feel comfortable with backing of apt and up-to-date information and training required to have sustained growth in the industry.


Advisory Board and team


Our Advisory Board Members : https://igmpi.ac.in/advisoryboard.html


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