- MeduMaZe features the 3 key stages in bringing a new medicine
to market:
* Early Discovery & Development * Full Development & Clinical Studies * Regulatory Review
& Approval
- MeduMaZe is interactive and suitable for use in both tutorial and lecture
theatre settings, with students split into groups of 4-6 players per game board
- In addition
to emphasizing the overall development process, students are exposed to realistic scientific events that may slow down or
speed up development
- The game encourages matrix thinking and an appreciation for good
science and project planning as well as an understanding of the many disciplines that contribute to the medicine development
process
- The game has been tested in academic and industry settings by Bachelor, Pharmacy and
Master of Science students and veterans of industry. The lecture-plus-game combination has been awarded 2 Continuing
Professional Education credits by the UK Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
- Players
said "I loved the game," "we learnt so much," "very creative," "now I understand
why it takes so long and costs so much," "it's very 'adult' for a game," "I have been through drug
development process presentations before but this event was extremely beneficial and interesting"
- Managers and Lecturers said "an interactive tool particularly useful for training beginners
and associates in RA...avoiding expensive travel
and MeduMaZe can be used repeatedly during the year...to meet GXP training
needs," "a fabulous success...revitalized GMP training," "The MeduMaZe session went very well and
the students, and staff, enjoyed it - we will run it again next year for sure" - Consider
use of this game to teach pharmaceutical industry staff and investors about the 'big picture' of R&D, to help science
majors make informed career decisions, and to inform healthcare professionals about development of the products they prescribe
and use to take care of their patients
- The game has been incorporated in undergraduate and graduate
classes at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff and Campbell University, North Carolina, and at seminars at
a variety of pharmaceutical companies
- 10% of all profits from the sale of MeduMaZe
are donated to charities that are active in patient support and medical research.
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