As a joint effort of the department of pharmaceutical and healthcare business and the department of health policy and public health of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 12 graduate students will be visiting Japan from July 1?11.
The business students will participate as part of the international pharmaceutical business course and the health policy students as part of a special topics elective.
Bruce Rosenthal (pharmaceutical and healthcare business) and Dr. Robert Field (health policy and public health) will accompany the group. They will be meeting with Japanese professionals from the pharmaceutical and health care fields. Some of the company visits on the agenda include Eizai Headquarters, Dai-Ichi R&D Center, A-Z Japan and Wyeth Japan. The students will also be meeting with students from several top-level universities including Tokyo University as well as attend meetings with prominent academic researchers and government officials.
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to education, research, and service. Founded in 1821 as the US’ first college of pharmacy, it is where the founders of six of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world launched their futures. Comprising four colleges across a broad range of majors, USP specializes in educating its 2,500 students for rewarding careers through its undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs in pharmacy and in the health and related sciences.