What's New
BioPhorum acquires Inspired Pharma to enhance its training and support for pharmaceutical professionals worldwide
Strategic acquisition strengthens BioPhorum’s ability to deliver insight, expertise, and practical solutions to its global membership and life sciences client community across the pharmaceutical value chain
BioPhorum is pleased to announce the acquisition of Inspired Pharma, a leading provider of specialist training for the pharmaceutical sector. This strategic move reinforces BioPhorum’s commitment to delivering insight, expertise, and practical solutions that help the pharmaceutical industry thrive. The acquisition builds on BioPhorum’s training portfolio by adding additional capabilities as well as opportunities to develop new industry training solutions based on BioPhorum’s collaborative outputs.
BioPhorum has been at the heart of the biopharmaceutical industry for more than 15 years. Trusted by leaders from across the industry, it enables them to work together in non-competitive, confidential settings to seek out solutions for the benefit of all. Its members are united by their drive to improve patient outcomes and they recognize BioPhorum as the engine room for change in their industry.
BioPhorum acquired Brookwood Global, a UK-based training company offering professional development solutions in the fields of clinical research and drug safety, in 2024.
Inspired Pharma has been providing a portfolio of highly respected classroom and online Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP) training courses to global pharma clients since its foundation in 2010.
The addition of Inspired Pharma to BioPhorum's portfolio alongside Brookwood enables the development of new, multi-disciplinary Good Practice (GxP) training solutions to support global industry need.
On announcing the acquisition, Deborah Kobewka, BioPhorum CEO, said: “This acquisition is an exciting step forward in our mission to support the biopharma industry. By bringing Inspired Pharma’s proven training capabilities into the BioPhorum family, we are expanding our ability to provide insight and expertise that enables our members and the wider industry to meet today’s challenges and drive change.”
Dominic Parry, Inspired Pharma Managing Director, added: “The Inspired Pharma team and I are delighted to join forces with BioPhorum. We look forward to working closely with our new colleagues to support BioPhorum members and others across the pharmaceutical industry, and to delivering high-quality training to our customers.”
The acquisition underscores BioPhorum’s dedication to fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing and implementation services across the life sciences, ensuring that companies are equipped with the tools and expertise needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving environment.
The ICH E8(R1) Guideline reaches Step 4 of the ICH Process
Clinical studies of medicinal products are conducted to provide information that can ultimately improve access to safe and effective products with meaningful impact on patients, while protecting those participating in the studies. ICH E8(R1) provides guidance on the clinical development lifecycle, including designing quality into clinical studies, considering the broad range of clinical study designs and data sources used.
This modernisation of ICH E8 is the first step towards the Renovation of Good Clinical Practice initiated in 2017. The revision incorporates the most current concepts achieving fit-for-purpose data quality as one of the essential considerations for all clinical trials.
New Training from Brookwood Global - Essential Guide to the EU Clinical Trial Regulation Online Training
This online, on-demand course covers the main content and requirements of the EU Clinical Trial Regulation 2014 No. 536 (the CTR).
Implementation of the CTR starts on 31 January 2022. Sponsors will have the option of starting trials in accordance with the CTR from this date. It is important that both sponsors and investigators are aware of the changes and new requirements.
Our course is interactive and has both narrated and read-only options. The course is personalized using participants name.
At the end of the course participants are able to print a certificate of completion for their training records.
The course is delivered using Brookwood’s Articulate Rise learning management platform. This allows participants to set their own password and access their training dashboard. We are able to track activity and provide progress and completion reports to the training organizers.
Alternatively, the course can be provided to organizations under license as Scorm files to be delivered on their own learning management system.
Brookwood launches inspection readiness training.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our inspection readiness training “Are you ready for … a GCP inspection”.
This online, on-demand training is available 24/7/365. It has been developed with those experienced in the area and is based on questions that you may like to have answered relating to inspections. It provides great tips, words of advice and practical help for those wanting to know more about an inspection that they may face.
British Ambassador to Bulgaria opened Brookwood webinar on 2 July 2020
Her Majesty the Queen’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Emma Hopkins, opened Brookwood Global’s webinar for senior members of pharma and biotech industries in CEE countries on 2 July 2020. Guests have been invited by the UK’s Department of International Trade in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. In addition to learning more about ‘Brookwood’s history and products, participants will be treated to a presentation by Prof Dr David Hutchinson on the challenges facing clinical research now and in the period post-pandemic. This will be followed by a discussion on the impact of the pandemic on clinical trials in the region, by Laszlo Pop of Precision for Medicine, Brookwood’s trading partner in the region.
British Ambassador opens Brookwood webinar on 28 May 2020
Her Majesty the Queen’s Ambassador to Denmark, Dominic Schroeder, opens Brookwood Global’s webinar for senior members of Denmark’s pharma and biotech industries on 28 May. In addition to learning more about ‘Brookwood’s history and products, participants will be treated to a presentation by Prof Dr David Hutchinson on the challenges facing clinical research now and in the period post-pandemic. This webinar follows a successful breakfast meeting hosted by the Ambassador at the British Embassy in Copenhagen last October.
Masters in high quality online training
Brookwood Global has an outstanding range of online training courses in GCP, PV, GDPR, NIS, GCLP and data management, for sponsors and investigator sites. Our key GCP course for investigator sites is available in 14 languages! Our sponsor range forms an ideal corporate training program.
See our new e-brochure for details of all courses. Click the video link to see a sample.
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Safety reporting for the investigator site
Our new course for the investigator site outlines their safety reporting responsibilities. Want to evaluate it?
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