Course summary

The global healthcare sector needs new pharmacological therapies, including medical devices and drugs, to be developed and marketed worldwide. This requires suitably trained graduates who can apply business management skills within the disease treatment and prevention sector to increase sales, market growth and revenue for pharmaceutical and biotech companies in highly competitive global markets.

• Examine the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors and current theories in effective leadership and management.

• Explore the implementation of positive and profitable change within organisations and their external environment.

• Enhance your understanding of product design, development, evaluation and commercialisation.

• Develop a business project to solve a pharmaceutical or biotech problem.

• Design a personal action plan to help you continue to develop as a future changemaker and leader within industry.

• This course has been carefully designed to teach you the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in your field of study, as well as the broader skills that employers expect, both nationally and internationally. This will help you develop as a strong leader with management capabilities.

• An integral part of the course is a professional development module which is currently accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Upon successful completion of the module, you will gain the CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice at no additional cost.

• We aim for our graduates to be globally aware critical thinkers. We also want them to have the analytical, evaluation and problem-solving skills to effectively communicate and manage multinational teams in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

• Our multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building features a suite of analytical and biological laboratories.