NAT: Introduction to Drug Development and Japanese-English Pharma Translation

This webinar, to be delivered in English, aims to provide translators and interpreters working between Japanese and English with an overview of the following:

• drug development in Japan;
• regulatory systems in Japan and Australia; and
• Japanese-English translation in the pharma field.

Topics to be covered include:

• drug discovery and design
• generics
• biologics and biosimilars
• drug approval and regulation
• pharmacopoeias
• nonclinical studies and clinical trials
• post-marketing surveillance
• informed consent
• package inserts.

Presenter
Tony Atkinson is a freelance Japanese-English translator working mainly in the areas of medicine and drug development. He also teaches Japanese-English medical translation in the MAJIT course at the University of Queensland, and delivers seminars on pharma translation and English scientific writing to clients in Japan.

Joining the Webinar
Please NOTE this is a live Webinar - Registrants will be provided with an access link to join at 2.00pm AEST on Friday 21 August 2020.  This webinar will not be recorded.

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Level: Intermediate

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https://www.naati.com.au/practitioners/professional-development-requirements/).

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