An industrial consortium for workforce development has been established by NIPTE to develop a workforce to drive the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing. MINNEAPOLIS , Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NIPTE is ready to engage with members of the industrial and regulatory communities to offer training on a wide variety of subjects across a broad spectrum of skill levels.
This consortium consists of the 17 member universities of NIPTE and industrial partners committed to enhancing the skills of the pharmaceutical workforce in the industry and in their own companies. Courses are offered to companies using synchronous and asynchronous distance learning, live on-site training (at a company), and laboratory-based experiences (at university laboratories). "We are excited to have this opportunity to connect world-class researchers and instructors with the employees of pharma to utilize courses developed by our talented NIPTE faculty members," says Vadim J.
Gurvich , Executive Director of NIPTE and Research Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota . "We have a library of modules that are ready to be shared with industry that will fill a distinct need for training and developing the current workforce." The current training spans fields such as pre-formulation, formulation, continuous manufacturing, PAT, QbD, engineering fundamentals, lyophilization, parenteral, and drug substance manufacturing.
"There are tremendous resources sitting on the hard drives of our faculty. This pro.