Guest Lecture on Clinical Research “Pharmacovigilance - safety monitoring during clinical trials & An overview on clinical trials”
Amity Institute of Pharmacy under the aegis of Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, organised a guest Lecture on “Pharmacovigilance- safety monitoring during clinical trials & An overview on clinical trials” on 14th & 24th March 2022. The event was organised on a virtual platform on MS Teams, wherein students of B. Pharm VIII sem. & M. Pharmacology 2nd sem. joined with full enthusiasm.
This session aided the students in academics as well as provided a guidance to pursue their carrier in the field of pharmacovigilance like drug safety associate, pharmacovigilance and clinical operations.
Dr. Nimisha, Assistant Professor, moderated the event and started with an introduction of the speaker Prof. (Dr). Pramil Tiwari, Professor & Head, Pharmacy Practice, NIPER Mohali. The honourable speaker helped the attendees to explore the brief information about clinical research, clinical trial, and various career opportunities in clinical research field. This event was attended by more than 85 attendees, and everyone appreciated the talk and presentation of speaker. The lecture was conducted on two dates for more than an hour following a questionnaire session of 20 minutes in which the students of final year B. Pharm actively participated. The event ended with thanks giving by Dr. Nimisha, Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.
Objectives
1. To update the knowledge of students about basics of clinical research.
2. To update and guide the students about various career opportunities in clinical research.
The online guest lecture helped students by updating their knowledge about clinical research and drug development processes in detail. The guest lecture gave brief information regarding various fields in clinical research where in students could peruse their career in clinical research field.