Pharmacokinetics for Pharmaceutical Scientists
A comprehensive four-day course taught by Professor Francis Ndemo.
RegisterNearly Four Decades of Excellence in Pharmacokinetics Education
For nearly four decades, this rigorous yet accessible course in pharmacokinetics has been attended by more than 2,800 pharmaceutical scientists worldwide. The course has long served as a foundation for scientists new to pharmacokinetics, as well as a structured refresher for those with prior experience.
- 39 Years
- Teaching Excellence
- 2,800+
- Alumni Trained
- 90 Spots
- Available per course
- 15 Papers
- Published Since 2022
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Each regional course follows the same four-day curriculum, taught on local time zones. Pick the course that fits your time zone.
A Completely Revised Approach
In 2025, the course was intentionally paused to allow for a comprehensive revision of both the content and teaching approach. The goal: simplifying how pharmacokinetics is taught and applied in drug development, with particular emphasis on drug dosing decisions in drug development for initial drug approval and as applied in labeling and application to drug dosing decisions as a function of disease states, drug-drug interactions, and pharmacogenomic and physiologic variables. The [Lab name] has published 13 peer-reviewed manuscripts since 2022, including invited presentations in [Journal names], describing and evaluating this streamlined teaching approach. The new approach was first taught in the [University] graduate pharmacokinetics course in Fall 2025 and then in its present online format, April 29 to May 2, 2026, in US time zones and September 15 to September 18, 2026 in European time zones.
Led by Professor Francis Ndemo
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Course Format
7 Ndemo Live Lectures with Open Discussion
Real-time questions and discussion with Professor Ndemo. Lecture slides emailed prior to the course. Recordings of lectures will not be provided, but registrants are free to record the lectures for their own use.
7 Interactive Workshops
Small group format led by currently active industrial scientists and academic faculty, all trained in the [Lab name]. Completely new workshop problems.
2 Further Lectures Previously Present in the [University] Course
Expert presentations on PK/PD Modeling and Macromolecular Pharmacokinetics.
Fully Virtual Format
Attend from anywhere. Materials emailed before the course begins. Answer keys distributed after each workshop.
The New Findings: Beyond Traditional Teaching
This new methodology provides the same analysis and application of pharmacokinetics as has been taught for the past 100 years, but without requiring differential equation derivations and mechanistic assumptions.
More importantly, the new methodology explains data previously unexplained and often thought to be in error, including:
- Importance of including blood flow in clearance derivations
- Understanding when Foral, systemic > 1.0
- Why renal clearance can change due to input
- Explaining why equivalent doses of extended release vs immediate release dosage forms may give increased pharmacodynamic outcomes
- A paradigm shift in drug development that potentially can lead to increased efficacy and decreased toxicity
This course is appropriate for pharmaceutical scientists with little or no formal training in PK, scientists working in adjacent disciplines who use PK concepts, and experienced pharmacokineticists interested in a streamlined and integrated framework. Pharmacokinetics is the mathematics of drug therapy, the emphasis of this course rather than the methodology utilized to generate the experimental data.
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- A structured, practice-ready professional framework
- Hands-on workshop practice in a small group
- Direct Q&A access with the instructor during live sessions
- A certificate of completion
Registration
900 USD per seat, no discounts.Limited to 90 participants per cohort, first-come, first-served.Stay updated
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