Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Product Management

Post Graduate Diploma programme at IGMPI is a serious endeavor to provide trained manpower to business and industry through arduous and comprehensive curriculum. It is designed with a vision to convert today's youth into tomorrow's ingenious Product Managers for Pharma industry.

This programme will enable the participants to:

• Acquire thorough knowledge of multiple disciplines, including pharmacology, basics of medicine, principles and strategies of marketing management.
• Induce lifelong learning skill through systematic knowledge of basic and applied aspects of Pharmaceutical Product Management.
• To seek worthy employment in the food/pharma/healthcare/biotech based industries and serve as strong assets.
• To survey different Marketing strategies & examine opportunities for sale of drug / pharmaceutical goods.
• Understand the latest techniques in management, innovative marketing strategies and effective methods for corporate growth.
• The programme helps to establish relationship with private sector in order to facilitate the transfer of research results in to public health domain
• Technology Transfer module covers essential phases of pharmaceutical product development through to commercial manufacturing including:
  • a. Quality control-analytical method transfer
  • b. Product transfers including API and product manufacture
  • c. Processing, packaging and cleaning operations

IGMPI imparts this programme through effective classroom teaching by various experts and professionals. All take-home materials, assignments and necessary reference materials are timely provided to all the participants.

IGMPI imparts this programme in e cum online learning mode as well through hassle free accessibility in the form of online learning tools like webinars, e-lectures and online examinations. All the study materials, assignments and necessary reference material are timely dispatched at participant's postal address for their self paced study.

This programme is a compilation of all associated aspects to gain proficiency in the field of product management and is meant for all those Graduates as well as Post Graduates who aspire for a career in product management.

After the successful completion of the programme, participant is all set to face the upcoming challenges and take up the responsibility for the establishment of brand equity in the market along with a profitable progress and encounter a boom in his career. Incumbent will learn corporate tactics to improve communication barriers in implementing research results to manufacturing units.

Programme Modules :

Module 1: Introduction to Pharma Product Management

Module 2: Principles of Management

Module 3: Brand Management

Module 4: Basics of Human Anatomy and Physiology

Module 5: Basics of Microbiology and Pharmacology

Module 6: Pharmaceutical Marketing, Logistics, & Sales Management

Module 7: Role in New Product Launch Framework

Module 8: Portfolio Management Skills for Product Manager

Module 9: Pharmaco- economics

Module 10: New Product Development

Module 11: Guidelines of Visual Aid and Input Designing

Module 12: Business Communication in Pharma Industry

Module 13: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Regulatory Affairs

Module 14: Digital Marketing, Relationship marketing –KOL Management

Module 15: Entrepreneurship Development in Pharmaceutical Industry

Module 16: Industry specific case studies

Eligibility

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

Programme Duration

Minimum time in which a student can complete this diploma programme is one year while a maximum of two consecutive years is allowed to complete the programme.

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 & 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.

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 receive a certificate of Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Product Management, 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. The robust placement cell comprises of senior level Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close links with business and industry. We are engaged in promoting the employability of our participants by maintaining good rapport and relation with HR cell and recruiting managers of leading healthcare companies across the globe.
The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing, interview skills & conducting mock interviews etc.

In recent months the Institute has witnessed more and more participation from professionals working with global pharmaceutical giants like Mankind Pharma Ltd, GSK Ltd, Syngene International, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Jubilant LifeSciences Ltd, Granules India Ltd, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Ipca Laboratories, Sun Pharma Ltd, Glenmark Generics, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Cipla Ltd , Natco Pharma , Mylan Laboratories etc.

Future career prospects in Pharma Product Management

The job of product management serving as a link between medical and sales, will allow having interaction with inter departmental workforce. The role and responsibility will revolve around operating a brand and attaining optimum profitability. Other avenues available to product managers include branching out to training department as 'training managers' or venturing into the challenging domain of 'business development' where they can ensure launch of new promising products for the company. Product managers with flair for market research can move on to become 'market research managers'

This programme allows you to very easily access quality training, and thus overcome the usual barriers to being trained in technology transfer: membership in professional associations or academic environments, requiring previous experience, high cost, etc

Those who take on their career in this field, undoubtedly sky is the limit for them. The person can attain the following positions:
1. Product Manager
2. Area Sales Manager
3. Regional Manager
4. Zonal Sales Manager
5. National Sales Manager
6. Medical Representatives
7. VP Sales
8. President Sales
9. Product Development Specialist
10. Technology Transfer specialist
11. Technology Upgradation Specialist

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How to apply

For further enquiries, write to or call us on:
info@igmpi.ac.in / 18001031071 (Toll Free), Phone: +91 11 26512850

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