Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law and Compliance

The graduate certificate in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law & Compliance is designed for professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of legal, regulatory and ethical issues in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The target audience includes pharmaceutical and medical device professionals in compliance, legal, regulatory and medical affairs, sales, marketing, grants and related areas.

Each course takes eight weeks to complete, and you may take them in any order you choose.

Courses offered are:

• Biotechnology and the Law
• Clinical Research and the Law: Compliance Issues for Research Sponsors
• Clinical Research and the Law: Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Designing Clinical Trials
• Compliance Issues in the Life Sciences - Advertising, Promotion and Transparency
• Compliance Issues in the Life Sciences - Fraud and Corruption
• Cybersecurity and Privacy I: Law & Policy
• EU Data Protection and Privacy Law: The GDPR
• FDA Regulation and Liability
• Global Corruption: Regulation, Compliance, and Enforcement
• HIPAA Privacy and Security

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A Certificate in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law & Compliance will be awarded upon completion of three courses. You must take three online pharmaceutical law certificate courses listed above, in any order you choose.

Materials for the certificate program are drawn from a broad range of statutory and regulatory texts, agency guidance documents, enforcement actions, settlement agreements, judicial decisions, and expert commentary. Through a series of multimedia presentations, guided discussions and individually supervised writing projects, students learn to interpret legal documents and assess their business implications.

All of our graduate certificate courses offer intensive, individualized feedback, as well as an opportunity to develop the practical skills necessary to research and communicate effectively about the law.

All nine credits earned while completing the online certificate in medical device law can be applied towards the MLS degree.

New course sessions begin five times per year.

To apply for admission into Seton Hall Law’s certificate program in Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law and Compliance, please submit the following:

• Online application
• Confirmation of Baccalaureate degree from a college or university
• Current resume or employment information

*No entrance exam is required for admission.

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