Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry - Tapa dura

Project management is the key to effective drug development. Given the costs of development and the critical issue of 'time to market', project management techniques - appropriately used - are a key factor in bringing a drug to market. Laura Brown and Tony Grundy's book offers the reader a guide to the tools and techniques of project management and how to apply them in the pharmaceutical context. The authors cover both the technical and human aspects of project management to provide clinical research, drug development and quality assurance managers or directors with a must-have reference.

Laura Brown, BSc, PhD, MBA, Diploma in Clinical Science, is a co-Director of Cambridge Corporate Development, an independent management consultancy and training organization. She is also Director of the MSc programme in Clinical Research, School of Pharmacy at the University of Cardiff. Laura has 15 years' experience of the pharmaceuticals industry and has worked with GSK, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Good Clinical Research Practices and MDS. She has worked as a Life Cycle Project Manager, Clinical Research Manager, and as Head of Training for a pharmaceutical training company. Laura is co-author of five books on management and is author of the latest SCRIP report in GCP. Tony Grundy, MA, MBA, MSc, MPhil, FCA and PhD is also co-Director of Cambridge Corporate Development, He is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cranfield School of Management. Tony has researched the strategic and financial appraisal of major projects, and the strategic behaviour of teams involved in complex projects. He specializes in strategic thinking, strategic team working, and project appraisal in a variety of contexts, and has also consulted extensively in the pharmaceutical industry. Tony is author of 17 books.