The international master D2HP offers training for future researchers and managers in the pharmaceutical field with a versatile, scientific and technical expertise, and an opening-up to business life or R&D.
Drawing on the expertise of Paris-Saclay’s researchers and professionals, it is intended to provide students with knowledge and skills on the following topics:
(1) Development of biotechnology and innovatives therapies for major diseases; (2) Design and production strategies for drug delivery systems applied to challenging small active pharmaceutical compounds and biomacromolecules; (3) Development of pharmaco-toxicological and analytical methods for evaluation of new therapeutic approaches and prediction of environmental issues.
All core courses include compulsory and elective teaching units that allow students to acquire both professional and transversal skills promoting their employability and personal development.
Through lectures, tutorials, practical works, as well as focused group works, case studies and internships, the students acquire general and specific skills.
Main professional skills
- identify the current issues in major pathologies to implement treatments and adequate preventive measures
- identify and determine the structure of simple chemical compounds, analyse and correlate molecular structure to the physicochemical properties, biological activity, metabolism and toxicity of drugs
- solve problems and implement technical processes for the design and manufacturing of new drug formulations, nanomedicine, medical devices and biotechnologies, taking into account environmental issues and market requirements
- apply experimental protocols according to good laboratory practice and ethical rules to generate, organize, analyse and extract relevant information from experimental data
- discuss and compare experimental results and exploitation of the literature with initial hypotheses in order to validate, correct or refute them.
Main transversal skills
- Master the techniques of written and oral professional communication
- Organize and manage a project
- Build their own personal and professional projects
- Develop their autonomy, their capacity for initiative and their sense of responsibility.
Programme overview:
Postgraduate perspectives:
- PhD training and academic career
- Drug evaluation in governmental/international agencies
- Project manager in pharmaceutics, cosmetics, biotechnology, biomedical, regulatory, R&D, quality assurance and quality control
- Clinical research investigator
- Research engineer
Course managers:
M1: Prof. Véronique Rosilio, Dr. Eric Morel, and Dr. Sana Tfaili.
M2: Prof. Imad Kansau and Dr. Dorine Bonte, and Dr. Nicolo Tonali
Address: Faculté de Pharmacie – Bâtiment Henri Moissan – 17, avenue des Sciences, 91400 Orsay, France.
