SDSU, USD Join Forces to Create Innovative Advanced Certificate in IP and Regulatory Affairs

San Diego State University College of Sciences and the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law are partnering on an innovative new program – the only one of its kind in the U.S. – that prepares students for upward career mobility in the growing life sciences industry.

The six-course joint Advanced Certificate in Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs program begins during the fall semester and will help students build professional skills that employers are seeking in science, law, and business.

This certificate provides an interdisciplinary approach to expand the knowledge base of life science professionals working to translate scientific discovery into commercial products.

“The innovation economy is central to our region,” said SDSU president Elliot Hirshman. “Life sciences companies already employ 45,000 people and this sector is growing with high-wage jobs.

“These companies need employees who can work within the complex IP and regulatory framework necessary to get products to market. Our joint program will give students these skills, benefiting them and our entire region.”
Courses will be on campus at USD School of Law and online through SDSU. The program is administered through SDSU’s College of Extended Studies.
“The Advanced Certificate in Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs program offers an opportunity for midlevel managers who oversee intellectual property (IP) and government regulatory processes and procedures in life science companies to become better trained in both matters,” said Stephen C. Ferruolo, dean of USD School of Law. “As a lawyer who practiced corporate law representing the life sciences industry for 20 years, I’m confident that companies will benefit from the skills training this program offers to members of their management teams.

“This program will help build highly-qualified human capital so vital to the San Diego area, which ranks among the top three centers of biotechnology and medical technology in the world,” added Ferruolo, who along with Hirshman serves on the board of directors at BIOCOM.
The new certificate curriculum joins the existing online Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs and Advanced Certificate in Regulatory Affairs being offered by SDSU, and the Masters of Science in Legal Studies offered by USD School of Law.
These current regulatory affairs programs focus on good manufacturing processes, laws, and regulations mandated by major governmental regulatory agencies, specifically the Food and Drug Administration and its international counterparts. At the core of each program are topics related to discovery, development, testing, manufacturing, commercial distribution, and post-marketing surveillance.

For admissions information and degree requirements, visit regsci.sdsu.edu or reference the Regulatory Affairs listing in the SDSU Graduate Bulletin at http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/catalog/bulletin/GradcurriculumIndex.html

For details visit neverstoplearning.net/ra, email regsci@mail.sdsu.edu, or call
(619) 594-6030.

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