Global Pharmaceutical and Biotech Management MSc

Course overview

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.

Why you should study this course

• 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)¹. 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.

Careers and opportunities

Upon successful completion, our graduates should have an in-depth understanding of business leadership and management relevant to global markets within a range of industries including pharmaceuticals, biotech, and healthcare as well as Non-Government Organisations.

Graduates of the Global Pharmaceutical and Biotech Management course should be equipped with the fundamental knowledge and theory that underpins drug discovery and development with a global business management perspective. The Global Pharmaceutical and Biotech Management graduate will apply their knowledge and skills in both in the management of drug discovery and development processes and/or promoting sales of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals nationally and globally. The MSc culminates in a group research project where students will create a business case project in their selected field of Global Pharmaceutical and Biotech Management. This will result in a real-world collaborative experience which can be referred to in future job applications.