Description
November - December 2025
Cost - $550 (Academia $275, India $150)
Course Description
This intermediate-level course is designed to deepen your understanding of PK/PD modeling and equip you to build and customize advanced models using Phoenix WinNonlin and Phoenix NLME. You’ll learn to go beyond built-in library models, interpret and present results, run simulations, and incorporate various covariates—including occasion covariates. The course also includes pharmacodynamic concepts and real-world case studies.
Special Pricing
- Academic Users: Contact us to update your account and access academic pricing. You must register with an academic email address.
- Participants in Africa/India: Contact us to request a coupon for discounted pricing. Proof of residency in Africa or India is required.
Course Format, Language and Dates
- Delivery: Live online sessions led by expert instructors
- Language: English
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Schedule:
- Six live sessions on Tuesdays at 10 AM (New York time, GMT-4), from November 5 to December 17
- Five office hour sessions on Fridays at 11 AM (New York time, GMT-4), from November 7 to December 12
- Live attendance is encouraged; breakout group work will not be recorded
- Recordings of main sessions available for 3 months after the course ends
- Office hours will not be recorded
Assignments and Time Commitment
- Five modeling assignments using Phoenix software
- Assignments are not graded; feedback is provided via solution projects
- Weekly pre-work videos (up to 2 hours per week)
- Estimated weekly commitment: 5 hours (videos, sessions, assignments)
Prerequisites
Participants should have:
- Solid understanding of PK/PD concepts, including compartmental and population models
- Experience using Phoenix WinNonlin and Phoenix NLME
- Completion of the following courses (or equivalent):
- Phoenix WinNonlin Part 2: 123-LIVE-CERT or 123-OD-CERT
- Phoenix NLME Population Modeling: 124-LIVE-CERT or 101-OD-CERT
Software Requirements
- Phoenix WinNonlin and Phoenix NLME
- Participants must have a valid license
- A 60-day training license is available for an additional fee. Request a license
Live Session Agendas
Week 1: course structure, PK modeling review game, hands-on exercise parts 1 and 2 (PK2)
Week 2: customizing PK models game, hands-on exercise parts 1 and 2 (PK27)
Week 3: TBA
Week 4: review of covariates, hands-on exercise parts 1 and 2 (4x4 crossover with two formulations)
Week 5: review of PK/PD, hands-on exercise parts 1-2 (PD6)
Week 6: review of VPC, hands-on exercise parts 1-2 (VPC of a multiple-dose study)
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Create customized models using graphical and textual model editors.
- Construct and refine population models with continuous, categorical, and occasion covariates.
- Execute simulations to evaluate dosing regimens and predict PK and PD outcomes
- Create models for target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD), using graphical and textual model editors.
- Critically evaluate model performance using statistical criteria and graphical diagnostics.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Certificate of Completion
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