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On Transforming Pharmaceutical Technology Education

By Lee E. Kirsch, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics, University of Iowa * Permission to print the following article is granted by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE). The future of the pharmaceutical technology workforce is of profound concern to those of us involved directly in or in support of the pharmaceutical industry. Historically, pharmaceutical innovations and discoveries have propelled this industry to great successes manifested in decades of strong economic growth and advances in effective drug therapy. The vitality of this technology-intensive industry has been attributed in large part to the highly-trained engineers and scientists who serve as a constant source of innovative ideas. The possibility that this vitality may be stagnating due to a lack of interest in science by the current crop of students, or a lack of a strategic focus in the development of human resources, has troubled both policy-makers and leading scientists.[1] Our future ability to capitalize on new biomedical discoveries and generate new business and growth is at risk, in part, because of a lack of support for the physical sciences and engineering. These disciplines directly impact progress in the technologies used to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.[2] The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE) seeks to remedy this situation through two strategic objectives aimed at: 1) implementation of a technology research roadmap to advance the basic sciences supporting the development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals; and 2) implementation of an advanced curriculum to nurture the highly-trained professionals needed to advance our capabilities in pharmaceutical technology disciplines. The former strategic objective is elaborated in a Pharmaceutical Technology Roadmap, a document currently being finalized by NIPTE participants. The NIPTE approach to achieving the latter, a new curriculum, is described herein. Is there really an impending crisis in maintaining and advancing pharmaceutical
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