Quality Indicators
Key figures (Sep 2011 - Dec 2023)
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Some former students' testimonials
This training format was a great opportunity for me to pursue my studies with a good balance between studies and family life
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I thank the teachers of the Master's degree for the great enthusiasm and dedication that they transmit at all times, as well as the authorities and administrative section that have always been very kind and willing to help
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The vast backgrounds and experiences that instructors from academia, medicines regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry bring to the training, make this programme a well-crafted masterpiece
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There is immense opportunity to relate theory and practice in day-to-day scenarios at my workplace and within the profession
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Great experience! I have studied MSc in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology at Eu2P and I have gathered knowledge, experience and applied everything I have learned
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I enjoyed every moment of the master's program
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Organisations trusting us for staff competency development
Education Excellence
- Job-oriented courses
- Made flexible
- With genuine academic quality
- Real-life practices inputs from insiders such as the regulatory and industry members of the Eu2P consortium and from international guest experts invited to share experience and interact with students
- Course compliance with the core competencies and knowledge requirements such as WHO-ISoP requirements for pharmacovigilance and ISPE requirements for pharmacoepidemiology and with the imi-train competency profiles in Drug Safety Sciences
- Inclusion of last research and methodologies advances in collaboration with the IMI PROTECT stakeholders
- The full online courses approach to ease professional study-time management has been awarded a trophy for higher education innovation (Educatec-Educatice 2012)
- Modular and time flexible courses comply with lifelong learning and continuing professional development as described by the LifeTrain initiative
- Academic standards and quality of the programme are ensured by the Eu2P Executive Board including academic representatives of the 6 Eu2P degree awarding universities
- Compliance with main quality items of ENQA's report on "Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area"
- Cross quality review of assessments between Eu2P academic partners
- Independent external examination of programme assessments and equity
Recommendations & collaborations

Eu2P training programme is recommended by the ENCePP as important in building future capacity in the European Union to undertake high quality, scientifically independent research
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The North America chapter from the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (NASoP) has collaborated with Eu2P to build a new education program tailored to North American medicines-stakeholders, the American Program in Pharmacovigilance Am2P.
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The Eu2P academic partners have been selected to design and develop the Pharmacoepidemiology and Real-World Evidence (RWE) online course programme within the EMA Big Data training curriculum for both EMA and EU Regulatory network members.
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IMI PROTECT project and Eu2P fostered collaboration in postgraduate training and exchange of trainees between pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology centres. PROTECT has also provided pharmacoepidemiological research findings and new methodology inputs for Eu2P teaching materials and programmes.
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Eu2P training programme has been awarded a PharmaTrain Centre Recognition following a quality assessment of its Master Education and Training programme by The PharmaTrain Federation.
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IMI EMTRAIN's On-course®, the European portal of biomedical postgraduate education and training resources has indexed Eu2P courses and provides a Eu2P course filter in its Advanced Search feature.
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IMI SafeSciMET has collaborated with Eu2P to adapt course modules into a blended learning format on the Eu2P eLearning platform under the collaborative framework of the imi-train project.
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IMI European platform for education and training in the medical, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, imi-train, promotes Eu2P academic postgraduate programmes as well as CPD training in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology.
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Publications & media highlights
- The American Program in Pharmacovigilance (Am2P): a new accredited online training program in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology.
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Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (2024). - Collaborative Approaches to Establishing and Implementing Pharmacovigilance Systems. .
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In: Jose, J., Cox, A.R., Paudyal, V. (eds) Principles and Practice of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety. Springer, Cham (2024). - Current career situations of Chinese pharmacovigilance professionals working for pharmaceutical companies: an exploratory survey.
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BMC Health Serv Res (2023). - Training Opportunities for a Career in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry.
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In Career Options in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry. Springer, Cham.(2023). - European Regulatory Science and Regulatory Science Expert Training Project .
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy (2021). - A Multidisciplinary Approach in Pharmacovigilance Awareness: ISoP Egypt Chapter's MedSafetyWeek Experience.
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Drug Safety (2021). - A systematic review on learning outcomes of pharmacovigilance issues: Undergraduates of pharmacy.
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International Journal of Educational Research (2021). - Global Pharmacovigilance, challenges, and future considerations: West globe and East globe.
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Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Research (2021). - Drug safety academic programme expands to North America.
Innovative Medicines Initiative (2021). - For research projects to leave a legacy, long-term vision is vital.
Innovative Medicines Initiative (2021). - An Update of the North American Chapter of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (NASoP).
Gossell-Williams, M. et al.
Drug Safety (2021). - Socio-Economic Impact Report on IMI1 projects.
Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (2021). - Chapter 23 - Translational safety medicine.
Ernst et al.
Principles of Translational Science in Medicine (Third Edition 2021). - Harmonizing and improving European education in prescribing: An overview of digital educational resources used in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2020). - Pharmacovigilance: Challenges in Getting From Here to There.
P. Beninger
Clinical Therapeutics (Dec. 2018). - Pharmacovigilance: Our experience in Aden.
M. Alshakka and W. Badulla
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Oct. 2018). - A Review of the Contributions of Cross-discipline Collaborative European IMI/EFPIA Research Projects to the Development of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement Strategies.
S. Wolfensohn
Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (May 2018). - Enhancing Pharmacovigilance Capabilities in the EU Regulatory Network: The SCOPE Joint Action.
A. Radecka, L. Loughlin, M. Foy, M. Viana de Ferraz Guimaraes, V. Macolic Sarinic, M. Dimov Di Giusti, M. Lesicar, S. Straus, D. Montero, J. Pallos, J. Ivanovic, J. Raine
Drug Saf (2018). - What Future Healthcare Professionals Need to Know About Pharmacovigilance: Introduction of the WHO PV Core Curriculum for University Teaching with Focus on Clinical Aspects.
R. van Eekeren, L. Rolfes, A.S. Koster, L. Magro, G. Parthasarathi, H. Al Ramimmy, T. Schutte, D. Tanaka, E. van Puijenbroek, L. Härmark
Drug Saf (2018). - 'All this wouldn’t have been possible without IMI' - an interview with Eu2P project coordinators.
IMI JU in Success stories from projects, 01 February 2018. - Carrying the torch for medical innovation.
IMI JU in IMI Results and Impact, 06 Octobre 2017. - Risk Communication in a Pharmacovigilance Environment.
P. Beninger
Clinical Therapeutics. 39, no. 4 (April 2017): 672–74. - An Introduction to Pharmacovigilance, 2nd Edition.
P. Waller, and M. Harrison-Woolrych
Wiley-Blackwell, April 2017. - Practical Implementation in Six Member States.
M. Kaeding, J. Schmälter, C. Klika. in Pharmacovigilance in the European Union : Practical Implementation across Member States, edited by Wiesbaden: Springer, February 2017. - البرنامج الأوروبي في اليقظة الدوائية: درجة الماجستير في اليقظة الدوائية عن بعد [European programme in pharmacovigilance: distant pharmacovigilance Master programme]
هاجر علي [Hager Ali]
Egypt Scholars blog May, 2017 - From Face-to-Face training to blended learning in the postgraduate program SafeSciMET - a case study.
J.C. Vos, S. Dragovic, M. Jochimsen, J. Dirach, H. Foth, J. Wiese, O.J. Bjerrum
Eur. J. Pharm. Sci., 01 January 2017. - Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Development: Public–Private Partnerships, Adaptive Designs and Big Data.
O. Yildirim, M. Gottwald, P. Schüler and M.C. Michel
Front. Pharmacol., 06 December 2016. - Job and Career Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Sector.
J.R. Thomas, C. van Schravendijk, L. Smit and L. Saso.
In Special Topics in Drug Discovery, edited by T. Chen and S.C. Chai, November 2016. - Elaboration et évaluation d’un site d’e-learning pour l’apprentissage de la recherche en médecine générale.
N. De Chanaud.
Thèse de Médecine Générale, 27 septembre 2016. - How can an adaptive training programme support change in organisational strategy?
K. Palin
Intrinsic Activity, 2016; 4 (Suppl. 1): A4.1 - Essential learnings: How do I begin...?
S. Mt-Isa
benefit-risk assessment, the blog around structured decision making in medicine, June, 2016 - Shaping Europe's Vision for Personalised Medicine.
The PerMed SRIA (Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda), Jul. 2015. - Structured Benefit–risk Assessment: A Review of Key Publications and Initiatives on Frameworks and Methodologies.
S. Mt-Isa, M. Ouwens, V. Robert, M. Gebel, A. Schacht, and I. Hirsch.
Pharmaceutical Statistics, May 2015. - European Initiatives for Better Training in Medicines Development.
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Journal of Medicines Development Sciences 1, no. 1 (May 2015). - Guide de Conception de Formation Ouverte et à Distance (FOAD) Dans Le Monde de La Santé.
Haute Autorité de santé, Apr. 2015. - The Innovative Medicines Initiative: an engine for regulatory science.
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Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2015 Jan;14(1):1-2. - Chapter 6 - How Can the Innovative Medicines Initiative Help to Make Medicines Development More Efficient?
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In Re-Engineering Clinical Trials, 55–63. Elsevier - Academic Press, Jan. 2015. - Teaching Pharmacovigilance: The WHO-ISoP Core Elements of a Comprehensive Modular Curriculum.
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Drug Safety, Aug. 2014, 1–17. - Practical Experience in Teaching Pharmacovigilance.
S. Evans, and I. Douglas
In Mann's Pharmacovigilance, 805–6. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Apr. 2014. - Eu2P: The First European Online Public–Private Joint Training Program in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology.
K. Palin, C. Bataille, S. Liège, R. Schimmer, and A. Fourrier-Réglat
In Mann's Pharmacovigilance, 785–92. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Apr. 2014. - Bordeaux : L'Université Se Met Au Numérique.
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France 3 Aquitaine. Feb. 2014. - Towards a Single VOICE for European Clinical Pharmacology: Proposals for Future Developments.
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European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 69, no. 11 (Nov. 2013): 1981–84. - La Formation à Distance 'Made in Aquitaine' Qui Intéresse Harvard.
Journal l'Aquitaine, journal d'information du Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine, Sep. 2013. - Prescrire juste, plutôt que juste prescrire.
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Le Monde.fr, Apr. 2013. - Regulatory Science: Researchers in the Pipeline.
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From Priority Medicines for Europe and the World Project "A Public Health Approach to Innovation" by the World Health Organization, Mar. 2013. - Enseignement : Bordeaux Segalen Tient La Distance.
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Sud-Ouest Feb. 2013. - Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development in the European Union.
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Pharmaceutical Medicine 26, no. 4 (Dec. 2012): 223–33. - Better Comms in Meds.
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Public Service Review: Health and Social Care, no. 34 (Dec. 2012): 71.
- TV report on Eu2P programme
Emission Modes d'Emplois.
TV7 Bordeaux, Nov. 2012. - Pharmacovigilance Medical Writing: A Good Practice Guide
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Wiley-Blackwell, July 2012 - Conference Scene: 5th Anniversary Meeting of the European Research Network Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics.
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Pharmacogenomics Vol. 13, No. 7 (May 2012): 747-749. - European Initiative towards Quality Standards in Education and Training for Discovery, Development and Use of Medicines.
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European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 45, no. 5 (Apr. 2012): 515–20. - The Innovative Medicines Initiative: A European Response to the Innovation Challenge.
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I started my career in quality control and quality assurance and I wanted to broaden my knowledge in the field of pharmaceuticals and public health. The Eu2P program enabled me to achieve this objective whilst studying from home. This training format was a great opportunity for me to pursue my studies with a good balance between studies and family life. Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology were completely new to me when I started and at the end of the Master program, I felt very confident with my acquired skills in these fields. The program is very complete and the intervention of experts from both the industry and public health allows to appraise real situations. For all these reasons I highly recommend the Eu2P Master program.
The Master's is very interesting and intense. It covers four major areas that I was interested in: Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacoeconomics and Public Health with a focus on medicines. Various perspectives were taken into account in each course domain/module/unit, considering that industry representatives, as well as regulators from the EMA and FDA, participated in many of these classes as well as academics, researchers, doctors, health funders and sometimes any patients. It is worth the many hours of study invested in the Master. I thank the teachers of the Master's degree for the great enthusiasm and dedication that they transmit at all times, as well as the authorities and administrative section that have always been very kind and willing to help. I am the first graduate from my country, so I am proud of that and grateful to the European universities that support this Master's degree and EMA. A very special greeting to the Bordeaux University team! And also, to Fundacion Instituto Catalan de Farmacologia teachers.
If you are thinking of specializing in drug safety, I highly recommend the Eu2P programme in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology! The vast backgrounds and experiences that instructors from academia, medicines regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry bring to the training, make this programme a well-crafted masterpiece. One of my favourite things about the training was its direct applicability, with most instructional material dealing with real-world situations and finding solutions to real problems. The training programme has enhanced my perception of drug safety in ways I could not have imagined. The Eu2P programme is not just enlightening but enjoyable as well. I highly recommend it!
I would recommend the Eu2P Programme to any interested parties. The program had relevant real-world cases that contributed immensely to the body of Pharma Industry knowledge I contain. There is immense opportunity to relate theory and practice in day-to-day scenarios at my workplace and within the profession. A lot of enlightenment has come from being in the programme and it has helped me improve even on soft skills and organization at a personal level. I really loved the way the Faculty not only gave practical content on the course but also gave all the chances and opportunities for students to go through the program, understand it, and succeed.
Great experience! I have studied MSc in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology at Eu2P and I have gathered knowledge, experience and applied everything I have learned. I had also met amazing Professors who guided us and assured that we are prepared for the next steps. We had seminars, courses, projects, exams and we had many times additional references if we wanted to learn more on those specific topics. Thank you Eu2P for this amazing experience, I had a great time during my MSc and I have also applied my knowledge regarding Pharmacology, Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Trials, Statistics and many other modules.
I enjoyed every moment of the master's program. The subjects are broad and comprehensive yet delivered in a manner that is easy to digest and progress through at a reasonable pace. Karine, Christa and Stephane were always responsive and helpful, regardless of the request or assistance that was required.