Internship
■Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd (Kagoshima, Japan) 2013.Aug.27 ～ 2013.Aug.30
■Participants
9 in total（8students, 1specially appointed tutor）
■Purpose
In-situ training at the pharmaceutical funded research institution for preclinical test and others, makes the students encounter the essence of corporate practice - its philosophy, compliance, management, planning, administration, finance, contribution to society/community, and demand-response, and upgradeｓ their glocal (global+local) perspective, practical competence and change-adaptability.
■Contents
The 1st Day
New drug development process and assessment (lecture)
What's done at Drug Safety Research Laboratories (lecture)
Departments of Drug Safety Research Laboratories (e.g. toxicology, clinical test, pathology)
Lab Tour (major facilities of Drug Safety Research Laboratories)
Target new-drug for safety evaluation and related exam data are kept under stringent control, which marked some difference from our research condition at the university.
The 2nd Day
The idea of animal welfare / well-being, and regulations (lecture)
"Good Laboratory Practice" and experiment standard - established by the Nation (lecture)
Observation of key experimental sections at Drug Safety Research laboratory (Developmental & Reproductive, Bioanalysis)
Animal testing facility (non-human primates)
The 3rd Day
Toxicology Overview and Guideline (lecture)
Chemical property (lecture)
Animal testing facility (rodents)
3Rs for animal experiment, and the testing itself should be considered in the eye of animal well-being and welfare. Each student conducted a brief presentation and Q&A, concerning her/his project, to the audience of internship participants.
Afterwards, discussion was done concerning better performance of presentation.
The 4th Day
Embryotoxicity (lecture)
Latest Bio-pharmaceutical, antibody drugs (lecture)
Animal testing facility (canines)
Each student expressed her/his opinion about animal experiment necessity. At the canine housing facility, students treated the canines themselves, orally administering gelatin capsule designed for medication.
Review
Within rather short, 4-day period, students absorbed lots of profound knowledge through lectures and on-site observation. They might have realized how what they had learnt so far in lectures, researches and other studies at the University would be applied to corporate practices. Lots of questions were asked during lectures and company tour, which proves their enthusiasm in taking advantage of this precious occasion given by this internship.
■Students' Voice
・They showed things new to us, such as non-clinical test content, drug treatment, regulations for evaluation and animal welfare.
・It was amazing to know the leading role this firm is playing in such innovative areas, with its originally-developed system and translational research.