Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI), India's premier institution in clinical research studies, has now opened admissions for its recently introduced one year (part time) PG Diploma in Pharmacovigilance. The course begins on February 2008 at Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad.

The course content will include the basics in pharmacovigilance, adverse drug reaction reporting, signal detection systems and pharmaco-epidemiology.


The highlights of the courses is a free ICR (UK) membership where students will be eligible to give an examination and will be awarded an ICR (UK) certificate on passing the examination. Students can also benefit from the partnership with the largest clinical trials laboratory in UK. There will also be regular workshops, pre-clinical site visits and a well-equipped library. It is the only institute to provide training in Oracle Clinical. A team of 40 top notch faculties from both industry and academia will teach and train the students.

The qualified professionals can look forward to rewarding careers as director pharmacovigilance, associate director, pharmacovigilance scientist, pharmacovigilance manager, regulatory officer, pharmacovigilance coordinator, regulatory affairs executives, etc.

The eligibility is graduation or Master's in Life Sciences, Microbiology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Zoology, Chemistry, Botany, Biochemistry, Pharmaceuticals, MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS and pharma & clinical research professionals. The selection is based on entrance test and a personal interview.

ICRI has been conceived with the objective of meeting the growing demand of skilled clinical research professionals in the future. The choice of courses offered by the Institution is specially made to suit the requirements of a large number of people with varied experiences.