Pharmaceutical Industry Courses and Certifications

MedCerts

Pharmacy Law, Emergency Preparedness, and Biopharmaceutics

29 ratings at Coursera

Learn the pharmacy technician's legal and clinical groundwork: HIPAA/HITECH privacy rules, controlled substances and drug recalls, HIV/AIDS treatment, emergency response roles, and biopharmaceutics of drug absorption and metabolism.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Genentech

Data Science with Real World Data in Pharma

15 ratings at Coursera

Learn to generate real-world evidence for drug development: weigh real-world data sources, identify bias, design observational studies, and run one on synthetic data.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Making a Cell Therapy: Principles and Practice of Manufacturing

Cell therapies, such as CAR-T and stem cell therapies, are an exciting new class of therapeutics with the potential to revolutionize medicine. Learn the biology, engineering, and analytical chemistry

• edX
• 9 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

EDUCBA

Equity Valuation for Pharmaceutical Companies

Value pharmaceutical stocks through the Claris Lifesciences case: analyze income statements and cost drivers, forecast performance, and estimate intrinsic value with beta, WACC and DCF.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Originator and Biosimilar Biologics: For Patients and Healthcare Providers

Learn what biosimilar biologics are, how they are produced and approved, their indications and side effects, and how to discuss interchangeability and switching with patients.

• edX
• 32 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $133.00
• 2 courses

Take Your Medicine: Developing New Drug Products

Discover how new drugs are developed, tested, approved and marketed.

• edX
• 4 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Healthcare in India: Strategic Perspectives

The first MOOC to focus on healthcare markets in India. Learn about the unique contradictions and challenges that define Indian healthcare.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Document Control & Good Documentation Practices (GDP) in GMP

129 ratings at Udemy

Master documentation and record control to comply with FDA, EMA, and WHO GMP requirements

• Udemy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Pharmaceutical Analysis（药物分析）

1 rating

Pharmaceutical analysis through drug quality standards, chemical and bioanalytical methods, biological products, traditional Chinese medicine, genetic testing, and clinical monitoring.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Practice

Explores the legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations governing pharmaceutical production, distribution, use, and pharmacy practice, with emphasis on patient safety.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Covers drug quality assessment across the lifecycle, combining classical and modern analytical methods for identification, impurity testing, quantification, stability, and method validation.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

IIT Delhi;  NPTEL

Spectroscopic Techniques for Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries

Survey of spectroscopic techniques, from Raman and UV-Vis to NMR and mass spectrometry, with applications in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Salesforce

Discover the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry

Examine the people, trends, and challenges in healthcare and life sciences.

• Trailhead
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

An introduction to the life sciences industry’s value chain, business processes, trends, and SAP’s role in streamlining operations.

• SAP Learning
• 3 hours 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 - Rules, Schedules, and Amendments

An overview of India’s Drugs and Cosmetics Act, rules, schedules, and regulatory categories including fixed-dose combinations, OTC, AYUSH drugs, and supplements.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video