MBA Pharmaceutical Management

IIHMR University, Jaipur

IIHMR University offers two years full-time MBA Pharmaceutical Management program. This MBA program aims at developing trained professionals with requisite skills in planning and business operation, techniques, diagnosing and solving management problems and acquiring consultancy skills, with a view to prepare them to manage pharmaceutical business process management and services. The in-take capacity of the program is 60.

The broad objective of the program is to build knowledge and skills to perform as effective professionals in the pharmaceutical sector. The syllabus and course contents are designed to meet the needs of fresh graduates and mid-career professionals.
The major objectives of the program are:

• To understand the concepts and techniques of modern management and their application in making the managerial roles of the student efficient and effective.
• To develop skills of analyzing, diagnosing and solving operational problems in the delivery of pharmaceutical services.
• To learn the application of qualitative and quantitative analytical tools as applicable to the pharmaceutical industry.
• To understand and appreciate methodologies with a focus on strategic responsibility for overall business development skills for the pharmaceutical industry.
• To enlarge the outlook and vision of students about the larger background and context of pharmaceutical management.

MBA Pharmaceutical Management is a two year program. All the introductory and core courses are common to all the streams.The second year is for specialized courses relevant to that stream. The course design is as under. 

First Year -

Introductory Courses-

The Introductory Courses are non-credit courses

• Human Process Lab(HPL) 
• Written and Verbal Communication 
• Essentials of Computers and Information Technology

Core Course-

Term 1 and Term 2

• Principles of Management
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• Bio-Statistics
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• Organization Behavior
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• Human Resource Management
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• Financial Management - 1
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• Research Methods
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• National and International Environment for Pharmaceutical Industry
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• Essentials of Pharmaco-epidemiology
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• Regulatory Environment for Pharma Business
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• Pharmaceutical Marketing
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• Managerial Economics
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• Business Communication
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• Introduction to Medical Pharmacology
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• Intellectual Property Right
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• Social Media Marketing

Summer Training

Each student is required to work with an organization, on a project for a period of a minimum of eight weeks at the end of the first year. The objective is to allow students an intense day-to-day interaction with organizations. Summer Training provides exposure to the student on the working of an origination in the real time. It also helps students to develop managerial skills, competencies and facilitate an informed career choice by the students. At the end of summer training, they are assessed based on their performance during the period by way of report and poster presentation.

Second Year-

Core Course

Term-3 and Term-4

• Strategic Management
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• Management Information System
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• Operations Research
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• Project and Entrepreneurship Management
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• Sales and Distribution Management
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• Pharmaceutical International Business Management
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• Pharmaceutical Production Management
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• Market Research
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• Total Quality Management
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• Product and Brand Management
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• Supply Chain Management
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• Clinical Research and Development
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• Consumer Behavior
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• Financial Management - 2
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• Data Management and Analysis
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• Medical Devices
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• Public Health Policy