Drug Hunting: The Science of Making New Medicines Specialization

Understanding Drug Discovery and Development

Instructors: Erland Stevens, PhD +7 more

What you'll learn

  •   You will learn the science and considerations behind the complex, challenging, and iterative hunt for novel new medicines to address the unmet medical needs of patients. Preclinical topics such as drug targets, molecular libraries, screening, assays, drug optimization, structure-activity relationships, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety, and formulation will be covered.

    • Skills you'll gain

  •   Drug Interaction
  •   Competitive Intelligence
  •   Clinical Research
  •   Pharmacology
  •   Biochemistry
  •   Medical Science and Research
  •   Laboratory Research
  •   Patient Safety
  •   Biology
  •   Chemistry
  •   Molecular Biology
  •   Regulatory Compliance

    • Specialization - 6 course series

    This course is suitable for life scientists, clinicians, and individuals from fields that support drug discovery (e.g., patents, finance, licensing, etc.) interested in learning more about the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector. Advanced undergraduate coursework or practical familiarity/working knowledge in biological sciences and organic chemistry is recommended.

    Target audience: This course is suitable for life scientists, clinicians, and individuals from fields that support drug discovery (e.g., patents, finance, licensing, etc.) interested in learning more about the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector. Advanced undergraduate coursework or practical familiarity/working knowledge in biological sciences and organic chemistry is recommended.

    Target audience: This course is suitable for life scientists, clinicians, and individuals from fields that support drug discovery (e.g., patents, finance, licensing, etc.) interested in learning more about the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector. Advanced undergraduate coursework or practical familiarity/working knowledge in biological sciences and organic chemistry is recommended.

    Target audience: This course is suitable for life scientists, clinicians, and individuals from fields that support drug discovery (e.g., patents, finance, licensing, etc.) interested in learning more about the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector. Advanced undergraduate coursework or practical familiarity/working knowledge in biological sciences and organic chemistry is recommended.

    Targets, Assays & Screening

    Pharmacokinetics

    Preclinical Safety

    Lead Selection & Optimization

    Pre-formulation

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