VCP4092

Drug development ( 3 points, SCA Band 2, 0.063 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr Susan Charman

Offered:
Parkville Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This subject will provide students with an appreciation of the steps taken to develop a molecule into a pharmaceutical product. Topics include identification of disease targets, target validation, contemporary approaches to drug design and discovery, formulation design and development, pre-clinical pharmacokinetics, candidate selection and lead optimization, manufacturing of drugs, clinical trials, drug regulation and registration in Australia, and an overview of the Australian pharmaceutical industry.

Objectives: Students will: ? Develop an understanding of how drug candidates are identified or discovered ? Develop an understanding of how a drug is developed ? Gain an appreciation of what's involved in clinical testing ? Gain insight into the drug regulation and registration processes ? Develop an appreciation of marketing aspects ? Develop an overall appreciation of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Assessment: End of year examination:100%

Contact Hours: There will be 36 lectures. It is expected that this unit will require participants to allocate and average of 6 hours per week for 12 weeks (a total of 72 hours per study period to successfully complete this unit.

Prerequisites: All preceding units of the B.Pharm course

Corequisites: There are no special corequisites for this unit