UNSW Handbook Course - Drug Discovery and Development

Drug Discovery and Development - PHPH9103


	Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
	School: School of Medical Sciences
	Course Outline: http://medicalsciences.med.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Equivalent: PHPH3101
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course will cover the process of drug development, from lead discovery to final drug registration. It will present the process of drug development including biochemical target selection, lead discovery using structure-based methods and combinatorial chemistry/high-throughput screening. Safety evaluation, bioavailability, clinical trials, and the essentials of patent law will also be discussed. You will learn about molecular recognition, computer-based drug design, and toxicology as applied to the development of new medicines. This course will be taught in parallel with the undergraduate course PHPH3101.

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