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Laura Brown

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Dr Laura Brown MBA, BSc (Biochemistry), BSc (Psychology), PhD, Diploma in Clinical Science, FICR, is a Pharmaceutical Management and Training Consultant, Course Director for the MSc in Clinical Research at the University of Cardiff. She has more than 19 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has worked for several companies, including GlaxoWellcome, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Farmitalia and Phoenix International. She has worked in Drug Development, Clinical Research, Quality Assurance and Marketing and has a particular expertise in Clinical Research and GCP issues. She was Chairman of the ACRPI GCP Forum for six years. She regularly writes on clinical research issues and ICH GCP, is author of SCRIP’s GCP guide and is a member of the editorial board of the Good Clinical Practice Journal. She is co-author of several books on management including ‘Developing the Individual’, 'The Ultimate Book of Business Skills’ and ‘Pharmaceutical Project Management’.

Laura Brown’s courses

  • 08 Jul • 3 day course

The Pharma Mini MBA

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  • 14 Sep • 2 day course

Clinical Trial Regulatory Requirements

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  • 01 Oct • 2 day course

Effective Training Skills in the Pharma Industry

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  • 05 Oct • 1 day course

How to Improve Accuracy and Attention to Detail

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  • 06 Oct • 1 day course

Practical Risk Management in Clinical Research and Trials

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  • 08 Oct • 2 day course

Project Management for Regulatory Affairs Professionals

New for 2026

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  • 21 Oct • 3 day course

Clinical Research Project Management

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  • 23 Nov • 1 day course

Root Cause Analysis and Critical Thinking

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  • 30 Nov • 2 day course

Project Management for Pharma Professionals

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  • 04 Dec • 1 day course

CAPA (Corrective and Preventative Action)

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  • 08 Dec • 1 day course

Data Integrity and Document Management

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  • 10 Dec • 2 day course

Clinical Trial Monitoring

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Reviews for Laura’s courses

Laura was very professional, knowledgeable, and had a relaxed manner that made a somewhat dry subject easy to follow and engage with. The documentation was useful, and having never had formal SOPs writing training before now.

26 Mar 2026

Writing Inspection-Ready SOPs: Best Practice for Compliance and Control

I wanted to gain the knowledge from other SOP writers, especially from another country. I found that the US and the UK have very similar ways to create SOPs and Process Maps. I found the whole experience informative and well put together. I would reccomend it to others.

26 Mar 2026

Writing Inspection-Ready SOPs: Best Practice for Compliance and Control

My main objective was to learn about standard or common approaches to manage projects in the pharmaceutical sector, as well as the soft skills that are most relevant to be efficient in the Project manager role. This was accomplished mainly by reviewing the tools that can be used and some comparisons with other sectors. In a way it made me feel I was on the right path as a Project manager because I had already seen most things, and gave me confidence in this sense. I liked the structure, having first technical and then soft skills, as well as the number of exercises in the separate rooms, for all the attendees to get involved and stay engaged. I also asked for more detail in the pre-course questionnaire and that was addressed accordingly by the presenter after the course.

9 Mar 2026

Project Management for Pharma Professionals

I was hoping to receive inputs about the project management world. I have received a lot of inputs and learnt which hot topics I should focus more; I think my expectations were met with this course.

9 Mar 2026

Project Management for Pharma Professionals

Laura was very good, easy to understand and answered any questions

18 Dec 2025

Data Integrity and Document Management

I really liked this webinar and I would suggest it to other colleagues

4 Dec 2025

Writing Inspection-Ready SOPs: Best Practice for Compliance and Control

Overall, I enjoyed the course and got a lot of worthwhile knowledge and ideas for improving the SOP system I work with currently. Laura was very knowledgeable and led the course well. She was accommodating for delegates of varying levels of experience. I enjoyed the mind mapping and flow chart exercises.

4 Dec 2025

Writing Inspection-Ready SOPs: Best Practice for Compliance and Control

Very good. Also the form of how it was conducted with the exercises

24 Nov 2025

Root Cause Analysis and Critical Thinking

I found the course extremely valuable, particularly in learning techniques that will help me strengthen the structure of my role, with a strong focus on effective communication and leadership. The practical exercises were especially useful for identifying program weaknesses, capturing them clearly, and building proactive mitigation strategies, all of which will support better planning and smoother project execution moving forward. I will definitively apply these tools in my day-to-day work.

10 Nov 2025

Project Management for Pharma Professionals

Very well organised, to time, good content, and well delivered. [Speaker] was engaging and delivered a really good balance between lecture content and breakout sessions. I had already done project management training and was hoping to get more of an insight into practical implementation of techniques. The course was very good at this, with multiple breakout sessions to practice this implementation.

10 Nov 2025

Project Management for Pharma Professionals

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