About the Instructor

Karen du Toit is a pharmacist and attorney. She has work experience in retail and hospital pharmacy, academia, law firms, and more recently as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Karen was previously appointed as an Honorary Professor at the University of Kwazulu-Natal’s School of Health Sciences and was involved in curriculum development and training of under- and postgraduate pharmacy students specifically in pharmaceutical chemistry. She was also involved in research pertaining to traditional medicine as well as drug design and development. Karen worked in the field of intellectual property at two well-known intellectual property law firms. She has been involved as an expert in interesting current litigation pertaining to medicines and pharmacy practice. She also evaluated dossiers and was a member of the Good Practices Committee of the Medicines Regulatory Authority of South Africa.