PHSC 470 - Drug Discovery, Design & Development

Credits: 4
Covers the principles of how new drugs are found with emphasis on the drug discovery pipeline, target identification, screening methodologies and assays, mechanism-based design, structure-based design, in vitro and in vivo testing, chemical analogs and development issues. Connections to genomics, bioinformatics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, immunology and parasitology will be explored and appropriate health science, pharmaceutical industry and clinical issues will be discussed.

Prerequisite(s): PHSC 403 with a minimum grade of “C”.
Offered: F; S.