Medical school's "Immersive Pharmacy" summer practice team visits Jian, integrating production, education, and research to cultivate new drug R&D talents

At Jiangxi Biological Products Research Co., Ltd., the practice team went deep into the core production area of antitoxins and immune serums. Guided by professionals, the team visited the R&D laboratory, pilot plant, and GMP production workshop in sequence, systematically understanding the complete process of new drug development from laboratory research to industrial production. The students focused on learning the application of the "Quality by Design" concept in actual production and the specific requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice for pharmaceuticals.

"From target discovery to clinical trials and then to large-scale production, every link requires strict quality control standards." Yao Xiaodong introduced, "The development of a new drug often takes more than 10 years and requires hundreds of millions of yuan in investment." In the exchange session, the students engaged in in-depth discussions with company experts on topics such as the development trends of the biopharmaceutical industry and talent cultivation needs.

At Duihua Winery, which boasts the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage techniques, the practice team members followed the trajectory of a drop of wine, going through each stage from grain pretreatment, koji addition, saccharification and fermentation, distillation, and manual blending, experiencing the modernized upgrading path of traditional solid-state fermentation technology.

On-site, students not only observed the subtle influence of temperature and humidity control in earthen jar fermentation on microbial activity, but also deeply understood how experienced techniques such as "watching flowers and picking wine" synergize with modern instrumental analysis to form a unique "sensory evaluation + physicochemical testing" dual quality control system.

This "Pharmaceutical Immersion" summer practice activity is an important exploration by the Southern University of Science and Technology Medical College in implementing the "New Medical Science" construction concept, promoting the integration of production and education, and cultivating composite medical talents. By going deep into the frontline of drug research and development and traditional fermentation processes, students used real industrial scenarios as classrooms, systematically understanding the entire lifecycle management process of drugs from research and development to market launch in immersive learning, expanding their overall understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.

Li Liang pointed out that this kind of practice allows students to directly understand the industry's urgent need for interdisciplinary talents: they must have a solid scientific foundation, as well as engineering thinking, quality awareness, and collaborative abilities. In exchanges with company management, the practice team engaged in in-depth discussions on recruitment standards, R&D structures, and career paths, helping students clarify their future direction and laying the foundation for building school-enterprise co-construction practice platforms and strengthening joint talent cultivation mechanisms.

On the return journey, teachers and students spontaneously held a "mobile sharing session" in the high-speed rail carriage, engaging in lively exchanges on topics such as drug quality control, microbial technology applications, and industrial transformation logic, achieving a two-way leap from observation to thinking and from classroom to site.